LEADER 04669oam 2200781I 450 001 9910779930203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-59412-7 010 $a1-134-59413-5 010 $a1-280-06965-1 010 $a0-203-46447-8 010 $a0-203-24962-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203464472 035 $a(CKB)111056485542172 035 $a(EBL)178662 035 $a(OCoLC)52059217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118209 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118209 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10053073 035 $a(PQKB)10384225 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178662 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178662 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054685 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL6965 035 $a(PPN)198454201 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485542172 100 $a20180331d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCaring for the elderly in Japan and the US $epractices and policies /$f[edited by] Susan O. Long 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (381 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-51072-4 311 $a0-415-22352-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aPART 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 327 $aPART 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 327 $a16 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 330 $aIn an era of changing demographics and values, this volume provides a cross-national and interdisciplinary perspective on the question of who cares for and about the elderly. The contributors reflect on research studies, experimental programmes and personal experience in Japan and the United States to explicitly compare how policies, practices and interpretations of elder care are evolving at the turn of the century. 410 0$aRoutledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ;$v3. 606 $aOlder people$xCare$zUnited States 606 $aOlder people$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aOlder people$xServices for$zUnited States 606 $aOlder people$xCare$zJapan 606 $aOlder people$xGovernment policy$zJapan 606 $aOlder people$xServices for$zJapan 615 0$aOlder people$xCare 615 0$aOlder people$xGovernment policy 615 0$aOlder people$xServices for 615 0$aOlder people$xCare 615 0$aOlder people$xGovernment policy 615 0$aOlder people$xServices for 676 $a362.6/0952 701 $aLong$b Susan Orpett$01512580 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779930203321 996 $aCaring for the elderly in Japan and the US$93746595 997 $aUNINA