Caring for the elderly in Japan and the US : practices and policies / / [edited by] Susan O. Long |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.6/0952 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LongSusan Orpett |
Collana | Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-59413-5
1-280-06965-1 0-203-46447-8 0-203-24962-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455503803321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 | ||
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Caring for the elderly in Japan and the US : practices and policies / / [edited by] Susan O. Long |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.6/0952 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LongSusan Orpett |
Collana | Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
1-134-59412-7
1-134-59413-5 1-280-06965-1 0-203-46447-8 0-203-24962-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779930203321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Caring for the elderly in Japan and the US : practices and policies / / [edited by] Susan O. Long |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.6/0952 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LongSusan Orpett |
Collana | Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
1-134-59412-7
1-134-59413-5 1-280-06965-1 0-203-46447-8 0-203-24962-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819199603321 |
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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