Comparison survey on family caregivers of older persons in Japan and Thailand.

Hirochika RyunoChieko GreinerDecha TamdeeNahoko OkamotoPatrapan TamdeeTokiko IsowaWaraporn BooonchiangYuji BabaAkiko Kitagawa

Published in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2024)

Despite there being a long-term care insurance system in Japan, which is absent in Thailand, care burden and psychosocial conditions of FCs might be worse in Japan. There was a clear difference in the factors associated with care burden between Japan and Thailand.

Keyphrases

long term care
healthcare
palliative care
quality improvement
mental health
physical activity
cross sectional
chronic pain