Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region

Issues, Policies and Future Trends

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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First Published in 2004. The Asia-Pacific region is now clearly witnessing the rapid ageing of many of its nations and Asia is already the region with, relatively, the largest number of older persons. This book focuses on the challenges that this demographic trend poses to economies and societies in the region, and the policies that have evolved to date to meet new demands. It looks forward over the coming decades to consider how societies and economies will deal with ageing and the necessary structural and behavioural changes that this will entail. The book is organized into two main sections. The first introduces the key features, demography, research and long-term care issues of the region, and provides region-wide context and analysis. The second section offers in-depth case studies of thirteen countries, including China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. As well as providing a wealth of original research material, the book also offers valuable comparative analysis: while the larger economies have had to develop policies to maintain their social and economic successes in the face of demographic ageing, developing countries must find ways to build their economies around an ageing population. With contributors drawn from a range of academic and professional disciplines, including many practising social gerontologists, this book will be of interest to scholars in economics, sociology, social policy, health policy, politics and development studies. With its particular emphasis on the future, it will also be an essential reference for anybody with a professional interest in policy-making in the region.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-08-10
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt900 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies
Antal sidor400
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415220187

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David R. Phillips is Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies and Professor of Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He was previously Professor of Human Geography, University of Nottingham and Director of the Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter. His previous publications include Health and Health Care in the Third World, Ageing in the East and Southeast Asia and Health and Development.

1. Ageing in the Asia-Pacific region: issues, policies and contexts David R. Phillips 2. Demographic dimensions of ageing in East and Southeast Asia Kevin Kinsella 3. Research and development in ageing in the region Gary Andrews and Albert I Hermalin 4. Long-term care issues in Asia Pacific region Edward Leung 5. Financing health and long-term care for ageing populations in Asia Pacific Phua Kai-Hong 6. Ageing in Japan: retirement, daily lives, pensions and social security Daisaku Maeda and Hisanori Ishikawa 7. Development of Long-Term Care for elderly people in Japan Hisanobu Ishikawa and Daisaku Maeda 8. Ageing in Hong Kong Nelson Chow 9. Singapore's ageing population: social challenges and responses S. Vasoo, Tee-Liang Ngiam and Paul Cheung 10. Population ageing in China Du Peng and Guo Zhi-gang 11. Ageing and aged care in Taiwan Helen Bartlett and Shwu-chong Wu 12. Ageing in Korea: issues and policies Sung-jae Choi 13. Ageing in Thailand: an overview of formal and informal support John Knodel, Napaporn Chayovan, Chutima Suraratdecha and Siriwan Graisurapong 14. Ageing in Malaysia: issues and policies Tan Phoo Chang and Miss Ng Sor Tho 15. Ageing in the Philippines: an overview Joy Natividad 16. Lansia: elderly people in Indonesia at the turn of the century Graeme Hugo 17. Ageing, Islam and care for older persons in Brunei Darussalam Mark Cleary and Hairuni Ali Maricar 18. Older people in Vietnam amidst transformations in social welfare policy John Knodel, Bui The Chong, Truong Si Anh, Daniel Goodkind and Jed Friedman 19. Ageing in Cambodia: tradition, change and challenges Elisabeth Uphoff

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