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Japan's vision of a 'total care' future looks bright
- Author:
- HAYASHI Mayumi
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 124(6404), 27 June 2014, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes the Japanese government's ambitious "2025 vision" for the delivery of health care for its ageing population through the establishment of a localised 'comprehensive "total care" provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Service delivery reforms for Asian ageing societies: a cross-country study between Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines
- Authors:
- NODA Shinichiro, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Integrated Care, 21(2), 2021, p.1. Online only
- Publisher:
- International Foundation for Integrated Care
Introduction: Japan’s health policies to address the most advanced-aged society have been the target of focus in Asia, but no studies have investigated this issue using tools for cross-country comparisons. Theory and methods: A cross-country study design was used to compare healthcare reform policies with a framework in Japan, Korea, Thailand, China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Data were collected via document reviews and key informant interviews. Results: Three distinctions were identified. First, all countries except for the Philippines have policy decisions regarding reforms for the existing service delivery systems for healthcare, long-term care and welfare. Second, the most extensive service delivery reform is currently being implemented in Japan, whose system is shifting to primary health care. Third, the direction of the transformation of service delivery system is different between Thailand and China despite a similar level of ageing society. China has made progress on facility-based care integration between health and social care, whereas Thailand is focusing on home-based care. Conclusions and discussion: Doctor and hospital-based healthcare delivery system requires more drastic reform for an aged society. This fact implies that strengthening primary health care is not only useful for current health issues but also an investment for the aged society near future in low- and middle-income countries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Gerontological social work practice: issues, challenges, and potential
- Editor:
- COX Enid Opal
- Publisher:
- Haworth Social Work Practice Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 204p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Current social work research in the United States is explored with reviews of social work in Japan and Canada. The book also looks at such key areas of gerontological social work as aging and mental health, the provision of services in health related systems, death and dying, special issues related to working with African Americans, and coordination between social workers and political activists.
Japan's financing system for health care of the elderly
- Author:
- OKAMOTO AtoZ
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 8(2/3), 1996, pp.25-35.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Japan's national health insurance system is expected to face a great challenge by ever-growing costs for elderly health care in the near future. This article examines the major issues relating to Japan's public financing for elderly health care and recent policy developments in an attempt to cope with the problem.
The graying of the world: who will care for the frail elderly?
- Editor:
- OLSON Laura Katz
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 345p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Comparative study of policies for older people in 11 countries. Countries covered include Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and Yugoslavia.
Japan's search for a seamless care package: is the micro-multifunctional community facility providing total care for older people the answer? And would it meet the needs of an ageing population in the UK?
- Author:
- HAYASHI Mayumi
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 7
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study takes a detailed look at the challenge of meeting the unprecedented demand for long-term healthcare and social care for Japan’s ageing population. It offers some fresh insights into recent and current measures taken, particularly the micro-multifunctional community facility for a total care package with some appreciation of both the impact and remaining challenges in this field. The micro-multifunctional facility model aims to provide core day care provision, planned and emergency day/overnight respite care, regular and on-demand health care, personal care and domestic support. Each facility caters for a maximum of 25 registered, eligible older people with various levels of assessed need still living at home in the local community. The paper argues that more evaluative evidence from the Japanese experience is required to determine whether similar models for total care packages would work in the UK. However, it notes that they could represent an answer to the increasing demand for home care and extra care provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learn from the land of rising demand
- Author:
- HAYASHI Mayumi
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 124(6393), 4 April 2014, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Japan faces a serious challenge in meeting the demand for health and social care for its older population. In 2000 a mandatory long term care insurance system was launched. Co-funded from taxation and insurance contributions paid in by everyone over the age of 40, the system gives entitlement to everyone over 65 years. The aim is to encourage the use of public services, and reduce care by the family. This article considers these developments and looks at what England can learn from this policy. (Original abstract)
Review of social policy
- Author:
- SHIONOYA Yuichi
- Publisher:
- Social Development Research Institute
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 117p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Tokyo
Includes papers on: needs measurement and estimation of the amount of health and welfare services required for frail elderly people; redistribution effects of the Japanese public pension system; economic analysis of the non profit sector; administrative management methods in medical policy since 1975 in Japan; and economic analysis of the bequeathing behaviour of older people in Japan.
Health and mortality among elderly populations
- Editors:
- CASELLI Graziella, LOPEZ Alan D.
- Publisher:
- Clarendon Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 376p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Pinpoints the most recent trends internationally in the growing population of older people. Includes papers on: what is old age - variation over time and between cultures; prospects for extended survival - a critical review of the biological evidence; a demographic and medical survey about centenarians in France; comparative mortality trends among older people in developed countries; socio-demographic differentials in mortality at older ages in Finland; social support, life satisfaction and survival at older ages; old age mortality in Japan; trends and differentials in disability free life expectancy; disability and functional status among older people - cross national comparisons; health and survival of older people; future longevity; mortality predictions for Japan; new approaches to formal and informal care; and strategies for the provision of health and social care services for older people.
Implementing public policies and services in rural Japan: issues and problems
- Authors:
- HIRAYAMA Hisashi, MIYAZAKI Akio
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 8(2/3), 1996, pp.133-146.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The increased services for the elderly in Japan announced in the revised Gold Plan in 1994 are expected to present numerous issues and problems, particularly in the rural areas of Japan. This is due to unique circumstances such as depopulation and the presence of a disproportionately large number of elderly; geographical and physical isolation; a conservative and tradition-bound political climate; and conservative attitudes of the elderly. This article examines the current state of policy implementation, identifying issues and problems that are being encountered in the rural areas of Japan. Looks at issues such as economic and family life, health care, and service delivery for the elderly.