ISBN:
9780520911789
,
0520911784
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 220 p.)
,
ill., map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Refuge of the honored
DDC:
305.260952
Keywords:
Retirement communities Case studies
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Japan
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Retirees Case studies
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Attitudes
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Japan
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Older people Case studies
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Attitudes
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Japan
;
Japan
;
Retirement communities Case studies
;
Retirees Case studies Attitudes
;
Older people Case studies Attitudes
;
Older people Case studies Attitudes
;
Retirees Case studies Attitudes
;
Retirement communities Case studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gerontology
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Aging
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Older people ; Attitudes
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Retirees ; Attitudes
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Retirement communities
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Verzorgingshuizen
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Gerontology
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Social Welfare & Social Work
;
Social Sciences
;
Case studies
;
Japan
;
Japan
;
Electronic books Case studies
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Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Faced with the decline of the traditional family and the explosive growth of the over-65 population, the Japanese are looking for new ways to care for their elders. This study documents the birth of a major social phenomenon in Japan - the planned retirement community
Description / Table of Contents:
Aging in Japan: Demography and IncomeConsequences of Social Change -- Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities -- Fuji-No-Sato: The Setting and the System -- The Residents -- Social Integration: Management and Residents: Communication Failure -- The Residents Association -- Group and Individual Activities -- Patterns of Social Interaction.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and index. - Description based on print version record
