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| Handbook of Asian aging | | Author(s) | Hyunsook Yoon, Jon Hendricks |
| Publisher | Baywood, Amityville, NY, 2006 |
| Pages | 495 pp |
| Source | Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 26 Austin Avenue, PO Box 337, Amityville, NY 11701, USA. E-mail: baywood@baywood.com Web site: http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Economic status [elderly] ; Living patterns ; Health services ; Services ; Asia ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Asia is among the most rapidly ageing areas in the world, and contributors to this book describe how different countries are adapting to improved life expectancy. The book is arranged in five parts, the first of which looks at Asian ageing in social context - of demography, economic resources, politics and policies, and culture. Part II concerns economic status, work and retirement, variously in China, Japan, Malaysia and Korea. Contributors to Part III - on living arrangements, family caregiving and social support - focus on the situations in India, Taiwan, the Philippines and South Korea. Long-term care issues are the theme of Part IV, with papers on health insurance in South Korea, long-term care insurance in Japan, and healthcare and long-term care financing in Singapore. Part V comprises chapters on community care services in China, Australia and Japan. The inclusion of Australia is by virtue of the country's prominence in the Asia-Oceania region. The editors' introductory chapter notes that local circumstances greatly affect challenges facing older people, the influence of the major religions - Buddhism, Confucianism and Islam - should not be overlooked. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051209001 B |
| Classmark | BG: F:W: K7: L: I: 7C: 7YA |
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