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Aging and elder care in Japan
— a call for empowerment-oriented community development | | Author(s) | Miyuki Inaba |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 59, nos 7-8, October-December 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 587-603 |
| Source | htpp://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Family care ; Development projects ; Policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | This article provides a brief overview of the situation of older people and their caregivers in Japan, including demographic change in the country, development and changes in long-term care policy that have targeted the poorly integrated community care system, and other challenges that older people and family caregivers face. Policy direction designed to address these issues is increasingly targeting care by the community versus support care by society (which was initially the main strategy). The potential of empowerment-oriented community development intervention strategies to decrease the gap between available institutional and formal community-based services, and the needs of older people and their families in their efforts to meet late-life challenges is described. The need for an increased role of social workers in community development interventions is explored, and strategies are suggested. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170217236 A |
| Classmark | P6: P6:SJ: IGD: QAD: 7DT |
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