Caring for the elderly in Japan and the US : practices and policies / / [edited by] Susan O. Long

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779930203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-59412-7; 1-134-59413-5; 1-280-06965-1; 0-203-46447-8; 0-203-24962-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; ; 3
• Altri autori (Persone): LongSusan Orpett
• Disciplina: 362.6/0952
• Soggetti: Older people - Care - United States; Older people - Government policy - United States; Older people - Services for - United States; Older people - Care - Japan; Older people - Government policy - Japan; Older people - Services for - Japan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Assuring care: government policies and programs; 1 Cultural meanings of ""security"" in aging policies; 2 The socioeconomic context of Japanese social policy for aging; 3 From the New Deal to the new millennium:: bridging the gap in US aging and health policy; 4 Changing meanings of frail old people and the Japanese welfare state; 5 Critical issues in health care for the US elderly: beyond the millennium; PART II Providing care: professional caregivers6 We live too short, and die too long: on Japanese and US physicians' caregiving practices and approaches to withholding life-sustaining treatments; 7 Difficult choices: policy and meaning in Japanese hospice practice; 8 Policies and practices near the end of life in the US: the ambivalent pursuit of a good death; PART III Assisting in care: non-profit organizations and ; volunteers; 9 The development of social welfare services in Japan; 10 The accountability dilemma; providing voluntary care for the elderly in the US and Japan; PART IV Coordinating and caring: family caregivers11 Variations in family caregiving in Japan and the US; 12 Recognizing the need for gender-responsive family caregiving policy: lessons from male caregivers; PART V Facilitating care of self; 13 The creativity of the demented elderly: the use of psychological approaches in a Japanese outpatient clinic; 14 Visible lives: life stories and ritual in American nursing homes; 15 Disclosure, decisions, and dementia in Japan: maximizing the continuity of self; 16 Concepts of personhood in Alzheimer's disease: considering Japanese notions of a relational self17 Epilogue: downsizing the material self: late life and long involvements with things; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.