| |
| |
| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Public policy and the old age revolution in Japan | | Author(s) | Scott A Bass, Robert Morris, Masato Oka |
| Publisher | Haworth Press, New York, 1996 |
| Pages | 203 pp (published in Jnl. of Aging & Social Policy, vol 8, nos 2/3) |
| Source | The Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, New York 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Older people ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Demography ; Health [elderly] ; Retirement ; Employment of older people ; Needs [elderly] ; Pensions ; Health services ; Finance [care] ; Social policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Japan is the most rapidly ageing society in the world, which has implications for its social and economic policy. This collection of papers provides an overview of the ageing population in Japan, and examines some of the challenges facing policymakers. The first part looks at the health status of older people in Japan, and issues related to the public financing of health care. In the second part, work, retirement and pensions in Japan are examined. It also looks at the Silver Human Resource Centers (SHRC), which were established to address the economic and psychological needs of retired people. The final part focuses on social policy, covering public policies and services in rural areas, the expansion of formalised in-home services, Japanese housing policy, and the Gold Plan, which is the central government's attempt to build a nationwide network of care service provision for older people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971104207 B |
| Classmark | B: F: S8: CC: G3: GC: IK: JJ: L: QC: TM2: 7DT |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|
|