Depression among Caregivers of the Frail Elderly: Three Years after the Introduction of Public Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly

International Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-183

  Washio, Masakazu ^a   Oura, Asae ^a   Arai, Yumiko ^b   Mori, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Family caregiver; Frail elderly; Long term care; Price of services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0242642729     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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