The care of older people : England and Japan, a comparative study

Author(s)

• Hayashi, Mayumi

Bibliographic Information

The care of older people : England and Japan, a comparative study

by Mayumi Hayashi

（Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine, no.11）

Pickering & Chatto, c2013

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Across the globe, populations are getting older. Hayashi surveys the development of residential care in Britain and Japan from the 1920s onwards, using regional case studies, and taking into account the influence of traditions and cultural norms.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 The English Context 2 Th e Japanese Context 3 Th e Norfolk Experience 4 Th e Gifu Experience 5 Residential Life in Norfolk 6 Residential Life in Gifu, Conclusion

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB12644996
• ISBN:
  • 9781848934177
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 291 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 362.610941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Older people -- Institutional care -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Older people -- Institutional care -- Japan
  • LCSH : Older people -- Institutional care -- Government policy -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Older people -- Institutional care -- Government policy -- Japan
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB04367165