Aged Care Support In Japan

Author : Susan Orpett Long
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134594122

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Caring for the Elderly in Japan and the US by Susan Orpett Long Pdf

In an era of changing demographics and values, this volume provides a cross-national and interdisciplinary perspective on the question of who cares for and about the elderly. The contributors reflect on research studies, experimental programmes and personal experience in Japan and the United States to explicitly compare how policies, practices and interpretations of elder care are evolving at the turn of the century.

Author : Yayoi Saitō,Reiko Abe Auestad,Kari Wærness
Publisher : Trans Pacific Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1920901957

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Meeting the Challenges of Elder Care by Yayoi Saitō,Reiko Abe Auestad,Kari Wærness Pdf

Based on comparative and collaborative studies of Japanese and Norwegian specialists, this book focuses upon the critical analysis of 'rationality of care' with an empirical examination of care services in the two countries. The book argues that elder care is not simply the act of labor, but that of love, and it looks at such aspects of care as home help, new public management, and social enterprise. Predicated on the historical experience and contemporary reality of elder care in both countries, the study confronts the commercial rationalization of care practices and explores their desirable forms.

Author : Yongmei Wu,呉咏梅
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781134350391

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The Care of the Elderly in Japan by Yongmei Wu,呉咏梅 Pdf

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.

Author : Olivia S. Mitchell,John Piggott,Satoshi Shimizutani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Older people
ISBN : IND:30000113920247

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Aged-care Support in Japan by Olivia S. Mitchell,John Piggott,Satoshi Shimizutani Pdf

This study explores economic aspects of the market for long term care (LTC) with a special focus on Japan. First, we describe the LTC system in Japan as presently implemented, and we highlight some aspects of the program that are novel and potentially of interest to other countries seeking models for long-term care provision. Next, we discuss alternative projections of Japanese LTC utilization and costs. Finally, since Japan appears likely to experience important shortfalls in LTC in the future, we discuss whether such services might be more efficiently organized and financed under alternate forms of provision.

Author : Pedro Olivares-Tirado,Nanako Tamiya
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9789400778757

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Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System by Pedro Olivares-Tirado,Nanako Tamiya Pdf

Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealing with its hyper-aged society and particularly from its strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of the Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system. Based on an exhaustive literature review, and the results from six original researches on long-term care expenditures in Japan (LTCE) conducted during a doctoral program, the book provides a comprehensive view in analyzing trends and factors associated with increasing expenditures in the Long-Term Care Insurance system in Japan. The book address relevant topics such as; the main socio-demographic changes experienced by the Japanese society during the last three decades, predictors of the LTCE, measuring efficiency in nursing homes, the impact of the LTCI 2005-reform to contain expenditures, cost-effectiveness of the in-home and community based services and institutional LTCE in the last year of life. The book end with a discussion on futures challenges and strategies oriented to contribute with the sustainability of LTCI system in Japan.

Author : Yongmei Wu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134350341

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The Care of the Elderly in Japan by Yongmei Wu Pdf

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.

Author : Paul Midford,John Creighton Campbell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137402639

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Eldercare Policies in Japan and Scandinavia by Paul Midford,John Creighton Campbell Pdf

These essays by no means cover all areas of interest in long-term care programs, but they offer new insights (and intriguing questions for future research) about how differently policies in this important area can be carried out in different countries.

Author : Mayumi Hayashi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317319443

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The Care of Older People by Mayumi Hayashi Pdf

Across the globe, populations are getting older. Hayashi surveys the development of residential care in Britain and Japan from the 1920s onwards, using regional case studies, and taking into account the influence of traditions and cultural norms.

Author : Scott A. Bass,Masato Oka
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0789000121

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Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan by Scott A. Bass,Masato Oka Pdf

Japanese policymakers describe responses to their rapidly aging population, with sections on health and social care, work and retirement, and social policy, discussing aspects such as financing health care for the elderly, keeping older workers employed, and expansion of formalized in-home services. Of interest to policymakers, professionals, and students in the fields of gerontology, Japanese studies, sociology, public policy, and administration and management. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Howard Gleckman
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781429988308

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Caring for Our Parents by Howard Gleckman Pdf

When his mother-in-law died suddenly and his seriously ill father-in-law was left with no one to care for him, the author and his wife were thrust into the complex and overwhelming world of long-term care. Just months later his own father fell sick, and the couple struggled to help care for him too—from 1000 miles away. Over the next year-and-a-half, this ordinary family faced one crisis after another, as each day brought new struggle and pain, but also surprising rewards. They were among the 44 million Americans who are caring for elderly parents or relatives or friends with disabilities. Someone you love will almost certainly need long-term care services before they die. Nearly 70 percent of our parents will receive such help sometime during their old age—usually at home, though often in a nursing home. It will last for an average of three years, though one in five will need this assistance for five years or more. This book tells the sometimes painful, sometimes uplifting, and always compelling stories of the families who struggle every day with the care needs of their loved ones. The costs are crushing: and the weight of 77 million aging Baby Boomers will devastate our nation's already fragile system for funding this critical day-to-day assistance. How can we repair the tattered safety net that is so essential to our aged and disabled?

Author : Margaret Walton-Roberts
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781487531751

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Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional Credentials by Margaret Walton-Roberts Pdf

Bringing together diverse approaches and case studies of international health worker migration, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional Credentials critically reimagines how we conceptualize the transfer of value embodied in internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs). This volume provides key insights into the economistic and feminist concepts of global value transmission, the complexity of health worker migration, and the gendered and intersectional intricacies involved in the workplace integration of immigrant health care workers. The contributions to this edited collection uncover the multitude of actors who play a role in creating, transmitting, transforming, and utilizing the value embedded in international health migrants.

Author : C. K. Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family life surveys
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028875230

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Caring for the Elderly by C. K. Brown Pdf

Author : Elena Glinskaya,Zhanliang Feng
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464810763

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Options for Aged Care in China by Elena Glinskaya,Zhanliang Feng Pdf

This volume aims to provide an understanding of the evolving aged care landscape in China; review international experiences in long-term care provision, financing, and quality assurance and assess their relevance to China; discuss implications of current developments and trends for the future of aged care in China; and propose policy options.

Author : Hitoshi Miyazawa,Teruo Hatakeyama
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813344730

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Community-Based Integrated Care and the Inclusive Society by Hitoshi Miyazawa,Teruo Hatakeyama Pdf

This book discusses the building of comprehensive community support systems, which constitutes a key issue in social security reforms in Japan. The book comprises three parts: (I) Mapping Social Security in Japan, (II) Community-Based Integrated Care Systems in Japan, and (III) A Prospect of Community-Based Inclusive Society in Japan. The chapters in this book were composed on the basis of research into community-based integrated care systems and community-based inclusive society, conducted by members of the Association of Japanese Geographers’ Study Group “Regional Issues Related to the Birthrate Decline and Population Aging.” Choosing local governments with different regional characteristics, the authors conducted empirical research to uncover the characteristics of comprehensive community support systems, building processes, and challenges in the respective local governments. Non-Japanese readers will acquire an understanding of the characteristics of social security and the trends of the reforms in Japan. To support its use as a reference book, chapters in Part I include numerous maps and figures with the themes of welfare, medical care, and health levels in Japan.

Author : Keimei Kaizuka,Anne O. Krueger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137001566

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Tackling Japan’s Fiscal Challenges by Keimei Kaizuka,Anne O. Krueger Pdf

This book examines how Japan should cope with fiscal challenges, as demands on the budget from an ageing society have necessitated the reigning in of public debt and the revamp of the pension and healthcare systems. It combines insights from academic research with the views of policymakers to distil key issues that need to inform public debate.