title: Observations on Alzheimer disease: a comparison of services in Japan and the United States.
abstract: In both Japan and the United States, families provide most of the care to Alzheimer patients, but in Japan, the patient is more likely to live in a multi-generational setting. Three types of programs are described and compared: support groups, day care centers, and institutional care. Despite rapid growth in services, neither country yet provides a uniformly satisfactory level of service.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States