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| Responding to dementia in East Asia: developments in Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea | | Author(s) | B Ineichen |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 2, no 4, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 279-285 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Family care ; Policy ; Social change ; China ; Korea ; Taiwan ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Countries in the Far East share a number of features in their response to the problem of dementia among older people. Research in Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea finds a very rapid rate of growth in their older populations, with corresponding rises in the number of dementia cases. Initial impressions from the epidemiology - low rates overall, an excess of multi-infarct dementia over Alzheimer's disease - have become less precise as more surveys are carried out. Official responses have been rather slow, due to the long-standing belief that families would provide care. Demographic and sociological trends - longer life span, smaller families, urbanisation, the growing opportunity for paid work, especially for women - have contributed to the decline of filial piety. All these processes are more advanced in the cities. Rural older people suffering from dementia may be specially vulnerable to isolation, and in need of non-familial sources of help. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990125404 A |
| Classmark | EA: I: P6:SJ: QAD: TMH: 7DC: 7DK: 7DP: 7DT |
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