Family caregiver burden and quality of home care in the context of the Long-Term Care insurance scheme: An overview

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-138

  Arai, Yumiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Home care; Japan; Long term care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33748597701     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00143.x     Document Type: Review

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