Suzuki, Wataru; Ogura, Seiritsu; Izumida, Nobuyuki - Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of … - 2007
Long Term Care Insurance introduced in Japan in 2000 is rapidly turning into a system of rationed benefits due to financial difficulty. Based on our survey of 2500 family care-givers and the Zarit Care-Giver Burden Index, we have examined how these changes are affecting their subjective burden,...