Refuge of the honored : social organization in a Japanese retirement community / Yasuhito Kinoshita, Christie W. Kiefer.

By:

Kinoshita, Yasuhito, 1953-

Contributor(s):

Kiefer, Christie W

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520911789
0520911784
0520075951
9780520075955
0585102945
9780585102948

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Refuge of the honored.DDC classification:

305.26/0952 20

LOC classification:

HQ1063.2.J3 K56 1992eb

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Contents:

Aging in Japan: Demography and Income -- Consequences of Social Change -- Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities -- Fuji-No-Sato: The Setting and the System -- The Residents -- Social Integration: Management and Residents: Communication Failure -- The Residents Association -- Group and Individual Activities -- Patterns of Social Interaction.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.

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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.

English.

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