Community-Based System, Reports, and Substantiated Cases of Elder Abuse: Disparities Between Municipalities and Relating Factors in Japan

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-247

  Nakanishi, Miharu ^a   Nakashima, Taeko ^a   Sakata, Nobuko ^b   Tsuchiya, Noriko ^c   Takizawa, Kaoru ^c  

^a 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Board Member of Advocacy Committee Tokyo Bar Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

elder abuse; Japan; local government; long term care insurance; social policy

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

JAPAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; ELDER ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84885009972     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2013.793086     Document Type: Article

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