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Author Kinoshita, Yasuhito, 1953-

Title Refuge of the honored : social organization in a Japanese retirement community / Yasuhito Kinoshita, Christie W. Kiefer
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations, map
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
Analysis Old persons Care
Japan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Retirement communities -- Japan -- Case studies
Retirees -- Japan -- Attitudes -- Case studies
Older people -- Japan -- Attitudes -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Older people -- Attitudes
Retirees -- Attitudes
Retirement communities
Verzorgingshuizen.
Gerontology.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Japan
Japan.
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Kiefer, Christie W
LC no. 91029107
ISBN 9780520911789
0520911784
0520075951
9780520075955
0585102945
9780585102948