Refuge of the Honored : Social Organization in a Japanese Retirement Community / / Christie W. Kiefer, Yasuhito Kinoshita

• Autore: Kinoshita Yasuhito
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1992]; ©1992
• Edizione: Reprint 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 220 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 305.26/0952
• Soggetto topico: Retirement communities - Japan - Case studies; Retirees - Japan - Attitudes - Case studies; Older people - Japan - Attitudes - Case studies; Retirement communities - Attitudes - Japan; Retirees - Attitudes - Japan; Older people - Japan
• Persona (resp. second.): KieferChristie W.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Scholarly Context of the Study -- 3. Demography and Income -- 4. Consequences of Social Change -- 5. Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities -- 6. The Setting and the System -- 7. The Residents -- 8. Management and Residents: Communication Failure -- 9. The Residents Association -- 10. Group and Individual Activities -- 11. Patterns of Social Interaction -- 12. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Faced with the decline of the traditional family and the explosive growth of the over-65 population, the Japanese are looking for new ways to care for their elders. This study documents the birth of a major social phenomenon in Japan - the planned retirement community.
• Titolo autorizzato: Refuge of the Honored
• ISBN: 0-520-91178-4; 0-585-10294-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495892303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II