Risk factors for heavy burden among family caregivers in a rural town in Hokkaido

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-228

  Washio, Masakazu ^a,b   Saitoh, Shigeyuki ^a   Arai, Yumiko ^b   Takagi, Satoru ^a   Oonishi, Hirofumi ^a   Isobe, Takeshi ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Oohata, Junichi ^a   Mori, Mitsuru ^a   Shimamoto, Kazuaki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Family caregiver; Frail elderly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; JAPAN; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 19444381672     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.221     Document Type: Article

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