"Many Helping Hands": A Review and Analysis of Long-term Care Policies, Programs, and Practices in Singapore

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 641-658

  Rozario, Philip A ^a   Rosetti, Amanda Leigh ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brooklyn Community Services PROS   (United States)

Author keywords

filial piety; long term care policies; political economy; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84866272032     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2012.667524     Document Type: Review

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