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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142523203321

Titolo

Ageing and long-term care : national policies in the Asia-Pacific / / edited by David R. Phillips & Alfred C.M. Chan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , [2002]

ISBN

1-280-71726-2

9786610717262

981-230-716-8

1-55250-005-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Social issues in Southeast Asia

Disciplina

362.6/1/0959

Soggetti

Older people - Asia

Older people - Government policy - Pacific Area

Aging - Government policy - Asia

Older people - Care - Pacific Area

Older people - Care - Asia

Older people - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

National policies on ageing and long-term care in the Asia-Pacific / David R. Phillips & Alfred C.M. Chan -- Policies on ageing and long-term care in Hong Kong / Alfred C.M. Chan & David R. Phillips -- National policies on ageing in Korea / Sung-Jae Choi --Ageing in Malaysia / Ong Fon Sim -- National policies on ageing and long-term care in Singapore / Kalyani K. Mehta -- National policies on ageing and long-term care provision for older persons in Thailand / Sutthichai Jitapunkul, Napaporn Chayovan & Jiraporn Kespichayawattana.

Sommario/riassunto

The case studies in this book focus on the emergence, extent and nature of national policies on ageing and associated strategies to address long-term care needs. Key opportunities for and constraints on policy are identified in this first round of regional studies, written by prominent researchers in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, who are partners in the Ageing Research Network of the



Asian Development Research Forum.  The case-studies are set in the context of regional and international plans of action on ageing and the deliberations of the Second World Assembly on Ageing held in 2002.