Beliefs and practices regarding Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Filipino home care workers in Israel

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-462

  Ayalon, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross cultural; Dementia; Domestic care; Formal caregiving; Knowledge; Migrant workers

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MIGRANT WORKER; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; PHILIPPINES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 67949086811     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802534625     Document Type: Article

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