Caregivers' decisions on placement of family members in long-term care facilities in Japan: Analysis of caregiver interviews

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-410

  Tamiya, Nanako ^a   Chen, Li Mei ^b   Sugisawa, Hidehiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Caregiving; Conflict; Cultural issues; Elder care; Institutionalization; Japan; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649964737     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.3.393     Document Type: Article

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