04669oam 2200781I 450 991077993020332120200520144314.01-134-59412-71-134-59413-51-280-06965-10-203-46447-80-203-24962-310.4324/9780203464472 (CKB)111056485542172(EBL)178662(OCoLC)52059217(SSID)ssj0000118209(PQKBManifestationID)11145191(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118209(PQKBWorkID)10053073(PQKB)10384225(MiAaPQ)EBC178662(Au-PeEL)EBL178662(CaPaEBR)ebr10054685(CaONFJC)MIL6965(PPN)198454201(EXLCZ)9911105648554217220180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCaring for the elderly in Japan and the US practices and policies /[edited by] Susan O. LongLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (381 p.)Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-415-51072-4 0-415-22352-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 millenniumPART 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 JapanPART 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 self16 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; IndexIn 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.Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ;3.Older peopleCareUnited StatesOlder peopleGovernment policyUnited StatesOlder peopleServices forUnited StatesOlder peopleCareJapanOlder peopleGovernment policyJapanOlder peopleServices forJapanOlder peopleCareOlder peopleGovernment policyOlder peopleServices forOlder peopleCareOlder peopleGovernment policyOlder peopleServices for362.6/0952Long Susan Orpett1512580MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779930203321Caring for the elderly in Japan and the US3746595UNINA