Overview

In an era of changing demographics and values, this volume provides a cross-national and interdisciplinary perspective on the question of who cares for and about the elderly. The contributors reflect on research studies, experimental programmes and personal experience in Japan and the United States to explicitly compare how policies, practices and interpretations of elder care are evolving at the turn of the century. This volume provides a broader picture of how elder care is defined at a time when ageing is becoming increasingly defined as a social problem. It contextualises its subject through a unique approach which brings together international experts from fields including anthropology, health economics, social work and psychology to examine the implications for elder care of demographic, social and economic change in both the US and Japan. Key issues which are addressed include: * the role of gender in the assignment of caregiving duties * the impact of social change on reciprocal care and intergenerational justice * the influence of cultural assumptions on the shaping of policy through political process This book will be an invaluable resource to all students, teachers and researchers interested in health and welfare, applied social policy and gerontology.

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Author:   Susan Orpett Long
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v.4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9780415223522

ISBN 10:   0415223520
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   10 February 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Susan O. Long Assuring Care: Government Policies and Programs 1. Cultural meanings of 'security' in ageing policies Akiko Hashimoto 2. The socioeconomic context of Japanese social policy for ageing Daisaku Maeda 3. From the new deal to the new millennium: bridging the gap in US health and ageing policy Brett R. South and Douglas D. Bradham 4. Changing meanings of frail old people and the Japanese welfare state John Creighton Campbell 5. Critical issues in health care for the US elderly: beyond the millennium Douglas D. Bradham Providing Care: Professional Caregivers 6. We live too short, and die too long: on Japanese and US physicians' caregiving practices and approaches to withholding life-sustaining treatments Michael D. Fetters and Marion Danis 7. Difficult choices: policy and meaning in Japanese hospice practice Susan O. Long and Satoshi Chihara 8. Policies and practices near the end of life in the US: the ambivalent pursuit of a good death David Barnard Assisting in Care: Non-Profit Organizations and Volunteers 9. The development of social welfare services of voluntary organizations in Japan Kiyoshi Adachi 10. The accountability dilemma: providing care for the elderly in the US and Japan Yuko Suda Coordinating and Caring: Family Caregivers 11. Variations in family caregiving in Japan and the United States Ruth Campbell and Berit Ingersoll-Dayton 12. Recognizing the need for gender-responsive family caregiving policy: lessons from male caregivers Phyllis Braudy Harris and Susan O. Long Facilitating Care of Self 13. The creativity of the demented elderly: the use of the psychological approach in a Japanese outpatient clinic Yukiko Kurokawa 14. Visible lives: life stories and ritual in American nursing homes Thu Tram T. Nguyen, Joal M. Hill and Thomas R. Cole 15. Disclosure, decisions, and dementia in Japan: maximising the continuity of self Masahiko Saito 16. Concepts of personhood in Alzheimer's disease: considering Japanese notions of a relational self William E. Deal and Peter J. Whitehouse Epilogue 17. Downsizing the material self: late life and long involvements with things David W. plath

Reviews

""""Long's collection is outstanding for its comparative perspective and broad coverage from government to physicians to family caregivers.."" -Journal of Japanese Studies, 27:2 (2001)

Long's collection is outstanding for its comparative perspective and broad coverage from government to physicians to family caregivers.. -Journal of Japanese Studies, 27:2 (2001)

Long's collection is outstanding for its comparative perspective and broad coverage from government to physicians to family caregivers.. <br>-Journal of Japanese Studies, 27:2 (2001) <br>

Long's collection is outstanding for its comparative perspective and broad coverage from government to physicians to family caregivers.. -Journal of Japanese Studies, 27:2 (2001)

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