Factors related to family visits to nursing home residents in Japan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-86

  Fukahori, Hiroki ^a,b   Matsui, Noriko ^b   Mizuno, Yoko ^c   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^d   Sugai, Yuichi ^e   Sugishita, Chieko ^a,b  

^a MIE PREFECTURAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Group Home Wakatake Nishisugeta   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Tokyo Dementia Care Research and Training Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Japanese norm; Nursing home; Support for family; Visit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 34247543050     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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