Ageing in the Asia-Pacific region : issues, policies and future trends /
This book focuses on the challenges that an ageing Asia-Pacific population poses to economies and societies in the region. It considers the policies that have evolved to date to meet new demands, and how these will operate in the future.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0203251091 9780203251096 0203463080 9780203463086 9786610403516 6610403511 1280403519 9781280403514 9781134600366 1134600364 9781134600311 1134600313 9781134600359 1134600356 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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 directions in ageing in the Asia-Pacific reign: past, present and future / Gary R. Andrews and Albert I. Hermalin
- 4. Long-term care issues in the Asia-Pacific region / Edward Man-Fuk Leung
- 5. Financing health and long-term care for ageing populations in the Asia-Pacific region / 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 / Hisanori Ishikawa and Daisaku Maeda
- 8. Ageing in Hong Kong / Nelson N.S. Chow.