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Social policies for the elderly in the Republic of Korea and Japan: a comparative perspective
- Authors:
- PALLEY Howard A., USUI Chikako
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 29(3), September 1995, pp.241-257.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Japan are highly industralised and modern nations which are both influenced by the Confucian tradition of respect for elderly and family responsibility for the care of aging parents. In both countries the proportion of the elderly population is increasing. Japan, since the end of World War II, has utilized its government bureaucracy to help develop the social welfare system and to formulate social policies and programs for the elderly. Japan's tradition of samurai Confucianism is congruent with the commitment of the Japanese government to such social development as a matter of national policy. The Republic of Korea has not assigned a comprehensive planning role to its government bureaucracy. Lacking the mix of industrial/post-industrial infrastructure of Japan and not yet faced with the immediacy of a very large elderly population, the Republic of Korea's government has developed its social policies for the elderly in a more incremental manner, usually emphasizing small scale and piecemeal initiatives. With respect to social support, it has emphasized voluntary family efforts as congruent with the Korean (and Chinese) variant of Confucianism. This paper will compare and contrast these different approaches.
Long-term care policy for the elderly in the Zaporozhye Region of Ukraine: a case study of social development following the collapse of communism
- Authors:
- PALLEY Howard A., ROMAENKOVA Lyudmyla A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 16(3), 2004, pp.71-91.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reviews the status of social policy for the elderly in Ukraine since the fall of Communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union. The authors specifically address the problem of “rebuilding” an income and services policy for the at-risk elderly after the unraveling of the system that existed prior to the fall of Communism. Also, the authors address some existing problems faced by the elderly in the health care system. Within this context, they present a case study of the current status of long-term care policy for the elderly in one province of Ukraine, the eastern province of Zaporozhye, encompassing the industrial city of Zaporozhye on the Dnieper River. This case study particularly pays attention to current attempts to promote a social development process of long-term care services for the elderly. It examines recent developments with respect to public sector organizations and voluntary sector organizations that are trying to provide necessary services to the needy elderly. With respect to the voluntary sector, the paper pays particular attention to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) model of a largely externally funded NGO that provides comprehensive and integrated social supports, while emphasizing local empowerment and the use of volunteers, for the needy Jewish population in the province of Zaporozhye. Based on these findings, the authors make some proposals regarding the improvement of income and services policy with respect to the elderly in Zaporozhye and Ukraine. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)