Nursing Homes and Long-term Care in Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2857475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Campbell (0000-0001-7324-1313, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2758388 |
| OpenAlex | W2317551312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
DON'T KNOW much about old people's homes, said one elderly I Japanese woman, but they don't sound like places where one would want to go. Despite this widely-held feeling, the number of nursing homes in Japan has increased from one in 1963 to 1,165 in 1981, and about one hundred new ones continue to be built each year.1 Although this number is still small compared to the United States and Europe, the existence of the nursing home in a society where it was once stipulated that the eldest son had legal responsibility for his parents warrants attention
Feeling · Nursing homes · Term (time) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 1993 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |