Family caregiver burden in the context of the long-term care insurance system.
نویسنده
چکیده
This paper covers our recent work regarding family caregiver burden for elderly. The topics are as follows: cross-sectional studies on caregiver burden; changes in caregiver burden; appropriateness of the Long-Term Care insurance assessment scheme; attitude towards caregiving among caregivers; and the development of the short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of epidemiology
دوره 14 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004