Models of long-term care use among older people with disabilities in Taiwan: institutional care, community care, live-in migrant care and family care

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-104

  Chou, Yueh Ching ^a   Kröger, Teppo ^b   Pu, Cheng yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Andersen model; Community home based care; Family care; Institutional care; Migrant care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032070086     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-014-0322-z     Document Type: Article

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