Group homes for elders with dementia in Japan

Care Management Journals

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Traphagan, John W ^a   Nagasawa, Tomoko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Welfare Foundation Zenjinkai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Elder group homes; Japan; Long term care insurance

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE;

EID: 47949087993     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.9.2.89     Document Type: Article

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