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| The supply of manpower for care services from the viewpoint of care insurance | | Author(s) | Eiko Shinotsuka |
| Journal title | Review of Population and Social Policy, no 7, 1998 |
| Publisher | National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 15-44 |
| Keywords | Personnel ; Services ; Domiciliary services ; Employment ; Insurance [elderly] ; Statistics [data] ; Japan. |
| Annotation | While most of the research on this topic deals with the financial base for care itself, very little examines the issue from the perspective of manpower supply. This article considers three concerns. First, research indicates that, in 16 countries studied, the financing necessary to supply manpower in assisting older people in Japan increased in the 1980s, but dropped in the early 1990s due to budget deficits. Second, Japan's Council on Health and Welfare for the Aged (CHWA) has underestimated the number of older people who will need this support, and there are some contradictions in the fundamental preparations for care of older people. Third, there is an extreme shortage of home helpers in many regions. Given the absolute shortage of manpower in some 3,300 municipalities in Japan, what is required are administrative policies that will build a co-operative organisation for delivering care services to alleviate the manpower deficiency. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990331213 A |
| Classmark | QM: I: N: WJ: JG: 6C: 7DT |
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