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UNINA9910783974903321 |
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Wu Yongmei |
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Titolo |
The care of the elderly in Japan / / Yongmei Wu |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 |
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1-134-35038-4 |
1-134-35039-2 |
1-280-17709-8 |
9786610177097 |
0-203-33303-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Collana |
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Japan anthropology workshop series |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social work with older people - Japan |
Older people - Services for - Japan |
Bejaardenzorg |
5.380 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-219) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Series preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on language conventions and style""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Background information on ageing in Japan""; ""Demographic trends""; ""Social policy in an ageing society""; ""Changes in the family""; ""Research on institutions for the aged and Quality of Life""; ""Institutions for the elderly""; ""A conceptual framework: Quality of Life""; "" The culture of care: dependency and dependency on indulgence (amae)""; ""Ethnographic methodology""; ""Organisation of this book""; ""Notes"" |
""2 The setting: Kotobuki""""Location and the physical layout""; ""Socio-demographic background of the residents""; ""Average age and length of residence""; ""ADL and health condition of the residents""; ""Reasons for institutionalisation""; ""Some figures""; ""Organisation and administration""; ""Staff and their duties""; ""Coming to the home""; ""Institutional care""; ""Daily lives in Kotobuki""; ""A day in Sazanka and Akashia""; ""A day in Aoba""; ""Notes""; ""3 The residents""; ""Narratives of five residents""; ""Toshiko Matsumoto""; ""Kazuo GotÅ?""; ""Haruko |
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