Exploring strategies to alleviate caregiver burden: Effects of the National Long-Term Care insurance scheme in Japan

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Arai, Yumiko ^a   Zarit, Steven H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Carers; Dementia; Long term care; Long term care policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIETY; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 80053163814     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2011.00367.x     Document Type: Review

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