Social workers' perspectives on care arrangements between vulnerable elders and foreign home care workers: Lessons from Israeli/Filipino caregiving arrangements

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-142

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Kaniel, Miri ^a   Rosenberg, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Frailty; Long term care; Migration; Nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FOCUS GROUPS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 56149089174     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621420802022563     Document Type: Article

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