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Author_Yongmei Wu
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elderly care in Japanese society
Elderly Persons
Elderly Residents
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family caregiving roles
gerontology
halls
In-home Care
institutional
Institutional Care
Institutional Life
institutional management
institutions
intergenerational support
life
long-term care systems
LTCI
LTCI Policy
LTCI Programme
LTCI Scheme
LTCI System
Matron's Station
Matron’s Station
Meal Provision
mental
Mental Health Care System
NG Tube
persons
Public Administration
Rehabilitation Room
Residential City
residents
Sazanka
social welfare policy
supervisor
Tv Set
Violated
welfare
Welfare Institutions
Welfare Supervisor
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415323192
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jun 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The problems of an ageing population are particularly acute in Japan. These problems include people living longer, with many needing more care, and the problems of supporting them by a diminishing working population and a diminishing tax base. This book, based on extensive fieldwork in a Japanese institution for the elderly, explores the whole issue of ageing and responses to it in Japan, and compares the Japanese approach in these matters with Western approaches. It discusses how people in Japan have changed their perceptions towards family responsibility, the institutionalization of the elderly, and rights of welfare. It also discusses how institutions for the elderly are run in Japan and how their management differs from that in the West.
Yongmei Wu is lecturer at the Beijing Centre of Japanese Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University. She received her PhD in Japanese Studies from the University of Hong Kong. She was a research fellow at the Japan College of Social Work and a visiting researcher in the University of Tokyo. Her research interests include Cross-Cultural Aging Research in Japan and China, Asian Welfare Models, Gender and Family.
