Long-Term Care for Frail Older People Reaching for the Ideal System

The aging of society is a growing concern in all advanced nations, and at the forefront of concern is long-term care for frail older people. Enactment of a new public long-term care insurance program by the Japanese government in 1997 provided an excellent opportunity for a conference focusing on an ideal long-term care system for frail older people. The conference was organized around four major themes: Social aspects, including family dynamics and the role of formal providers; Clinical aspects, including effective treatments for physical and mental disabilities; Macroeconomic and macropolitical settings for public policy; Program design and management issues. With contributions from the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, gerontology, political science, economics, and sociology, this volume provides an overview of key problems and possible solutions in programs for frail older people from a unique international perspective.

Riassunto

The aging of society is a growing concern in all advanced nations, and at the forefront of concern is long-term care for frail older people. Enactment of a new public long-term care insurance program by the Japanese government in 1997 provided an excellent opportunity for a conference focusing on an ideal long-term care system for frail older people. The conference was organized around four major themes: Social aspects, including family dynamics and the role of formal providers; Clinical aspects, including effective treatments for physical and mental disabilities; Macroeconomic and macropolitical settings for public policy; Program design and management issues. With contributions from the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, gerontology, political science, economics, and sociology, this volume provides an overview of key problems and possible solutions in programs for frail older people from a unique international perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John C. Campbell
• Con la collaborazione di: John C. Campbell (Editore), Naoki Ikegami (Editore), Joh C Campbell (Editore), Ikegami (Editore), John C Campbell (Editore), Ikegami (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.1999
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali
• EAN: 9784431702504
• ISBN: 978-4-431-70250-4
• Numero di pagine: 247
• Illustrazioni: XVIII, 247 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16.3 x 24.3 x 1.7 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 620 g
• Serie: Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine > .4; Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine; Keio University Symposia for Life Science and Medicine > 4
• Categorie: C, Sociology, Medicine, Geriatrics, Health, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Gerontology