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| A comparison of long-term care recipients in Japan and Sweden | | Author(s) | Mårten Lagergren, Noriko Kurube, Marti Parker |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 11, no 2, 2009 |
| Pages | pp 119-134 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Services ; Long term ; Needs [elderly] ; Comparison ; Sweden ; Japan. |
| Annotation | There are many similarities, but also many differences, between Japan and Sweden when it comes to long-term care of older people. Do Japanese and Swedish recipients of long-term care differ, and if so to what extent and regarding which aspects? Using datasets collected in the assessment of care needs for the Japanese long-term care insurance system in Handa municipality, Japan, and data from the Swedish National Study on Ageing and Care, Kungsholmen district, the recipients of care in the two countries have been compared with regard to different variables describing needs. This article compares the allotted care and services, given these needs. The comparison shows that on average the Handa care recipients are more dependent than the Kungsholmen population. A possible explanation for this could be differences in household patterns: far fewer older people live alone in Handa than in Kungsholmen. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100215203 A |
| Classmark | I: 4Q: IK: 48: 76P: 7DT |
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