Caregivers' experience of the decision-making process for placing a person with dementia into a nursing home: Comparing caregivers from Chinese ethnic minority with those from English-speaking backgrounds

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 413-424

  Caldwell, Lauren ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^a   Brodaty, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cross cultural; Decision making; Dementia; Nursing homes; Qualitative research; Residential facilities; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH SPEAKING BACKGROUND; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; MALAYSIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALTA; PARKINSON DISEASE; SINGAPORE; SPEECH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIET NAM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84893763528     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002020     Document Type: Article

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