Publications by authors named "Shizuko Tanizaki"
Objects: The aim of this paper was to identify factors affecting the urgency of nursing home placement after introduction of public long-term care insurance.
Methods: The subjects were families including at least one disabled elderly person and one another family member in two cities in Chugoku Prefecture. The measure of the urgency of placement was 0 if the family did not submit any application for placement, 1 if the care managers judged that the elderly person should enter in the future when she/he really needs placement, 2 if the care managers judged that she/he might be able to wait for a short while, and 3 if the care managers judged that she/he should enter as early as possible.