Elderly Chinese and Their Family Caregivers' Perceptions of Good Care: A Qualitative Study in Shandong, China

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 609-625

  Li, Lydia W ^a   Long, Yan ^a   Essex, Elizabeth Lehr ^b   Sui, Yujie ^c   Gao, Lingzui ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

elder care; family care; filial piety; long term care expectation; rural; urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866303147     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2012.703165     Document Type: Article

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