International journal of environmental research and public health 20(14) Jul 2023 [Refereed]
Western countries are currently facing the public health challenge of a rapidly aging population and the associated challenge of providing long-term care services to meet its needs with a reduced working age population. As people age, they will in...
Mika Musgrave-Takeda   Miyuki Ishibashi   Harue Masaki   
Dementia 21(6) 2020-2034 Aug 2022 [Refereed]
Background and Purpose
While the marital relationship with partners with dementia has an impact on spousal carers’ well-being, the spousal understandings or expectations of their marital relationship have not been fully identified. As the marita...
Ying-Jie Cai   Harue Masaki   Tie-Ying Shi   
Oncology nursing forum 48(3) 341-349 May 2021 [Refereed]
PURPOSE: To describe the supportive care needs of Chinese women newly diagnosed with breast cancer prior to adjuvant chemotherapy. PARTICIPANTS & SETTING: 13 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer were recruited from a public teaching hospit...