ISBN:
9781138550421
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 290 pages
,
illustrations
,
25 cm
DDC:
305.2609182/3
Keywords:
Population aging
;
Older people Social conditions
;
Older people Care
;
Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Alter
;
Alternde Bevölkerung
;
Altenpflege
Abstract:
The impacts of the demographic transition in Asia Pacific / Thomas R. Klassen, Masa Higo, Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti and Theresa W. Devasahayam -- Ageing and old age in modern society / Masa Higo -- Asia-Pacific and global population ageing / David Phillips -- The changing face of the older population in urban and rural China / Yang Cheng, Jie Yu and Mark W. Rosenberg -- Women and gender ideology in ageing Korea / Yunjeong Yang -- Ageing policies in Taiwan : recent achievements and unresolved challenges / Tsung-hsi Fu -- Growing old in Hong Kong: responding to an increasingly frail population / Joelle H. Fong -- Current laws, policies and practices for older persons in Vietnam / Vu Ngoc Binh -- Growing old in Singapore: workings of the many helping hands policy approach / Leng Leng Thang and Johan Suen -- Population ageing and old age in Malaysia : the changing role of the family and major challenges ahead / Wan Ibrahim Wan Ahmad -- Ageing, the elderly and social change in Bangladesh / Anwar Islam -- Preparedness for old-age income security and support of the Thai pre-elderly / Chalermpol Chamchan -- Culture, changes and ageing population : an overview of the situation of older persons in Myanmar / Ne Lynn Aung -- Caregiving of older adults in Nepal : urbanization, modernization, and globalization / Ramraj Gautam -- Australia's baby boomers as the future older generation / Kate O'loughlin, Helen Barrie and Hal Kendig -- Social environment and positive ageing in New Zealand / Fiona Alpass and Brendan Stevenson -- Policy challenges and recommendations / Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
