The Challenging Role of Informal Carers Within the Long-Term Care System in Japan: Focusing on Issues of Japanese Working Carers
Mai Yamaguchi
Abstract:Despite the increasing demand for long-term care (LTC) caused by demographic changes and several long-term care insurance (LTCI) program reforms, formal care in Japan is shrinking because of public financial constraints, leading to many problems for informal carers. Because more than half of the informal carers are employed in paying jobs, balancing working and caregiving roles is an important issue in the political agenda. Based on an online survey data of working carers of care recipients eligible for the LT… Show more
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