Changes in perceived filial obligation norms among coresident family caregivers in Japan

Gerontologist

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 797-807

  Tsutsui, Takako ^a   Muramatsu, Naoko ^b   Higashino, Sadanori ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiving norms; Informal care; Long term care insurance system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROLE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84928343702     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt093     Document Type: Article

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