Refuge of the honored : social organization in a Japanese retirement community /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kinoshita, Yasuhito, 1953-
Other Authors: Kiefer, Christie W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Retirement communities > Japan > Case studies.
Retirees > Japan > Attitudes > Case studies.
Older people > Japan > Attitudes > Case studies.
Villages-retraite > Japon > Études de cas.
Retraités > Japon > Attitudes > Études de cas.
Personnes âgées > Japon > Attitudes > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Older people > Attitudes.
Retirees > Attitudes.
Retirement communities.
Verzorgingshuizen.
Gerontology.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Japan.
Old persons > Care
Japan
Case studies.
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