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Eldercare policies in Japan and Scandinavia, aging societies East and West, edited by Paul Midford, Yayoi Saito, John Creighton Campbell, Unni Edvardsen

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Eldercare policies in Japan and Scandinavia

bibliography

885008224

edited by Paul Midford, Yayoi Saito, John Creighton Campbell, Unni Edvardsen

aging societies East and West

Aging societies are an issue of increasing importance in advanced industrial societies, and many developing nations. This book focuses on the key challenge of long-term care for the growing number of frail elderly, examining how two very culturally different societies, Japan and Norway, have addressed this challenge, and drawing lessons with wider applicability for aging societies. Chapters focus on long-term care institutions, the role of formal and informal care-providers, how assessments are used to allocate care, how care quality is assessed, and how aging society issues influence national politics.--, Provided by Publisher

Introduction 1. Japan's Long-Term-Care Insurance System 2. Eldercare in Norway - Content, Organization and Financing the Care System - a Brief History, Current Status and Future Prospects 3. Care Providers in Japan - Before and After the Long-Term Care Insurance 4. Formal Providers of Eldercare in Norway 5. Changes in Family and Informal Care in Japan 6. Changes in Family and Informal Care in Norway 7. Assessment Instrument and Allocation of Services in Japan 8. Assessment Instrument and the Allocation of Care Services in Norway 9. Quality of Care Services in the Japanese System of Long-Term Care 10. Quality of Care Services in Norway