ISBN:
9783845285948
,
384528594X
Language:
English
,
Japanese
Pages:
1 online resource
Edition:
1st edition.
Series Statement:
Ethnosoziologie = Bd. 2
Series Statement:
Social anthropology ;
Series Statement:
Ethnosoziologie ;
Parallel Title:
Print version: Heidt, Vitali. Two worlds of aging.
DDC:
305.260952
Keywords:
Older people
;
Aging Social aspects
;
Personnes âgées
;
Vieillissement Aspect social
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations.
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies.
;
Aging Social aspects
;
Older people
;
Japan
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; 1 Institutional change and the emergence of social risks; 1.1 Inequality in ageing Japan; 1.2 Gaps in the social security system; 1.2.1 Dysfunctional elements of social security; 1.2.2 Things are not so bad after all; 1.2.3 Changes in family structures; 1.2.4 Subjective dimensions of ageing; 1.2.5 Periphery and urbanity; 1.3 Hypotheses and research question; 1.4 Research design: mixed methods approach; 1.4.1 Case studies; 1.4.1.1 Tōkyō-to: shitamachi and yamanote; 1.4.1.2 Nagano prefecture: Komagane-shi; 1.5 Theoretical foundation: welfare mix in an ageing society
Description / Table of Contents:
1.5.1 Individualisation of risks and the emergence of social risks1.5.2 The welfare mix in transition; 1.5.3 Communities as an institutional buffer; 2 The old, the frail and the demented: aspects of care for the elderly in Japan; 2.1 Demographic change-increasing need for care for the elderly; 2.2 Welcome to Japan: Long-Term Care Insurance; 2.2.1 Historical developments of care for the elderly; 2.2.2 Need for a change in elderly welfare: the LTCI is coming to Japan; 2.3 The structure of the LTCI; 2.3.1 Administrational foundations: insurers and financing; 2.3.2 Eligibility and benefits
Description / Table of Contents:
2.4 Live long and prosper: the institution of day care2.4.1 Scheduling day care; 2.5 Reforms of the LTCI: curtailing expenses, fostering civic engagement; 2.5.1 Surprised by popularity: unscheduled reform in 2003; 2.5.2 On-time prevention: reform of 2006; 2.5.3 Care and community: reform of 2012; 2.6 Consequences of the LTCI and the effects of day care; 3 Ageing in peripheral Japan: flowers, care and social meshes; 3.1 The city between the two Alps: Welcome to Komagane; 3.1.1 Getting older: demographics of Komagane; 3.1.2 Still in the field: working seniors
Description / Table of Contents:
3.1.3 Well distributed: infrastructure of care for the elderly3.2 Inclusionary meshing: the institutional set-up for rural elderly welfare; 3.2.1 Centralised: organisation of care; 3.2.2 ... but outsourced: the interlocking of Shakyo and the city's Welfare Office; 3.3 Let's have fun together: community projects, preventive measures and day care; 3.3.1 Drinking tea: saron & ochanomikai; 3.3.2 Moped grannies: elderly widows in rural Japan; 3.3.3 ""Uchi de warau koto nai sa""-social isolation of the elderly; 3.4 Where it's at: an interim conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
4 A tale of two cities: diversity in a metropolis4.1 Young with older spots: demography of Tōkyō-to; 4.1.1 Modern yamanote: Minato ward; 4.1.2 Traditional shitamachi: Taitō ward & Katsushika ward; 4.2 Urban care institutions; 4.2.1 Showpiece of urban care for the elderly: all-in-one care facilities; 4.2.2 Hand in hand: synergy effects and internal organisation of labour; 4.3 Still to do: meshing of public and social institutions; 4.3.1 Betsubetsu: the organisation of care for the elderly; 4.3.2 Dichotomy of scales: long-term care usage
Note:
English with Japanese citations.
URL:
ProQuest Ebook Central
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