Difficulties experienced by care managers who are care workers managing elder abuse cases in the Japanese long-term care insurance system

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-576

  Omote, Shizuko ^a   Saeki, Kazuko ^b   Sakai, Akemi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Care management; Contract; Difficulties; Elder abuse; Home care; Long term care insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 35448976129     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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