Meeting the challenges of elder care
Subtitle: Japan and Norway
By: edited by Yayoi Saito, Reiko Abe Auestad and Kari Wærness
Publisher: Kyoto University Press; Trans Pacific Press; Distributor, USA and Canada, International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kyoto; Melbourne, Vic; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781920901950
Subjects: Older people; Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.170-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the rationality of caring; title: Between late modern and later modern elderly care in Norway and Japan; title: Development of home help in Japan: a comparison with Norway; title: Long-tern care insurance, marketization, and quality of care: 'good time living'; title: The work situations of home helpers in Japan and Norway; title: Care providers in Japan: the potential of and challenges for social enterprises; title: Challenges for the future of public care - a lesson from Norway; title: Aiming towards diversity welfare in a global society.