Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region
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Aged Dependency Ratio
Asia Pacific Region
Biro Pusat Statistik
Brunei Darussalam
care
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Civil Servant Medical Benefits Scheme
comparative ageing research
demographic transition
elder care systems
elderly
Elderly People
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fertility
Fertility Decline
filial
Filial Piety
Gold Plan
insurance
Long Term Care Services
long-term care models in Asia
LTC
LTC Institution
LTC Insurance
National Subsidy Programme
Older Persons
pension policy analysis
people
piety
population
Population Ageing
population health policy
Public LTC Insurance Programme
Red River Delta
Retirement Benefits
Rural Elderly People
Senior Citizens
services
social gerontology
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Total Dependency Ratio
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United Nations University
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415220187
- Weight: 900g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First Published in 2004. The Asia-Pacific region is now clearly witnessing the rapid ageing of many of its nations and Asia is already the region with, relatively, the largest number of older persons. This book focuses on the challenges that this demographic trend poses to economies and societies in the region, and the policies that have evolved to date to meet new demands. It looks forward over the coming decades to consider how societies and economies will deal with ageing and the necessary structural and behavioural changes that this will entail. The book is organized into two main sections. The first introduces the key features, demography, research and long-term care issues of the region, and provides region-wide context and analysis. The second section offers in-depth case studies of thirteen countries, including China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. As well as providing a wealth of original research material, the book also offers valuable comparative analysis: while the larger economies have had to develop policies to maintain their social and economic successes in the face of demographic ageing, developing countries must find ways to build their economies around an ageing population. With contributors drawn from a range of academic and professional disciplines, including many practising social gerontologists, this book will be of interest to scholars in economics, sociology, social policy, health policy, politics and development studies. With its particular emphasis on the future, it will also be an essential reference for anybody with a professional interest in policy-making in the region.
David R. Phillips is Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies and Professor of Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He was previously Professor of Human Geography, University of Nottingham and Director of the Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter. His previous publications include Health and Health Care in the Third World, Ageing in the East and Southeast Asia and Health and Development.
