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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172225303321

Titolo

Older persons in Southeast Asia : an emerging asset / / edited by Evi Nurvidya Arifin, Aris Ananta [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2009

ISBN

981-4414-80-8

981-230-945-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxi, 425 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.260959

Soggetti

Aging - Government policy - Southeast Asia

Older people - Southeast Asia - Economic conditions

Older people - Southeast Asia - Social conditions

Older people - Medical care - Southeast Asia

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword / Hill, Hal -- Message from the Director / Kesavapany, K. -- Preface / Arifin, Evi Nurvidya / Ananta, Aris -- Contributors -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Older Persons in Southeast Asia: From Liability to Asset / Ananta, Aris / Arifin, Evi Nurvidya -- 2. Future Ageing in Southeast Asia: Demographic Trends, Human Capital, and Health Status / Lutz, Wolfgang / Samir, K. C. / Khan, Hafiz T.A. / Scherbov, Sergei / Leeson, George W. -- PART II: OLD-AGE INCOME SECURITY -- 3. Economics and Old Age: The Singapore Experience / Reisman, David -- 4. National Long-Term-Care Severe Disability Insurance in Singapore / Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat -- 5. Social Security and Health Care Financing for Older Persons in Thailand: New Challenges / Soonthorndhada, Kusol -- 6. An Exploration of a Universal Non-contributory Pension Scheme in Vietnam / Long, Giang Thanh / Pfau, Wade Donald -- PART III: EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION -- 7. Employment of Older Persons: Diversity across Nations and Subnations in Southeast Asia / Arifin, Evi Nurvidya / Ananta, Aris -- 8. Work, Income, and Expenditure: Elderly and Near-elderly Women in Metro Cebu, Philippines / Gultiano, Socorro



A. / Agustin, Sonny S. -- 9. Employability Approach to Financing Old Age / Beng, Chew Soon / Chew, Rosalind -- 10. Facing the Geriatric Wave in Indonesia: Financial Conditions and Social Support / Rahardjo, Tri Budi W. / Hartono, Tony / Dewi, Vita Priantina / Hogervorst, Eef / Arifin, Evi Nurvidya -- PART IV: AGEING, MIGRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT -- 11. The Nexus of Ageing and Migration in Singapore / Mehta, Kalyani K. -- 12. Overseas Labour Migration and Well-being of Older Filipinos / Cruz, Grace T. / Laguna, Elma P. -- 13. Urbanization and the Ageing Community in Sarawak, Malaysia / Kee, Ling How -- PART V: ROLES OF GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY -- 14. Ageing, Finance, and Civil Society: Notes for an Agenda / Kreager, Philip -- 15. Evaluation and Implementation of Ageing-related Policies in Indonesia / Abikusno, Nugroho -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"A welcome and timely volume that realistically considers the challenges that the rapid increase in older persons pose for the family, community and society at large in the context of Southeast Asia. Most importantly, it shifts the focus from viewing older persons simply as liabilities to one that recognizes their value as an asset that can be enhanced through appropriate actions at each of these levels, especially ones that take into account the rapidly changing socio-economic and technological environment in which population ageing is taking place." - Professor John Knodel, Research Professor Emeritus, Population Studies Center and Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University of Michigan