Generations in Touch : Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood

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A dilemma long faced by western societies--how to bring the generations together--is also of growing concern in the east. In Japan, where, until recently, the extended family often lived under the same roof, social programs designed to facilitate ...

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thang, Leng Leng
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Retirees > Attitudes.
Older people > Institutional care.
Older people > Housing.
Older people > Attitudes.
Intergenerational relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
Retraites > Japon > Attitudes.
Retirees > Japan > Attitudes.
Older people > Japan > Tokyo > Attitudes.
Older people > Housing > Japan > Tokyo.
Intergenerational relations > Japan > Tokyo.
Older people > Institutional care > Japan > Tokyo.
Japan > Tokyo.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Problem: Reengagement
  • 2. The Place: Staff, Residents, and Children
  • 3. Rhythms of Reencounters
  • 4. The Goal: A Big Family Eating from the Same Rice Pot
  • 5. The Vision: Dream Family
  • 6. Fureai: Encounters and Exchanges
  • 7. Fureai: Realities
  • 8. Window to Society
  • Appendix A: Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly in Japan
  • Appendix B: The New Gold Plan
  • References
  • Index

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