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Ageing in Asia-Pacific : interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives / edited by Thomas R. Klassen, Masa Higo, Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti and Theresa W. Devasahayam.
Van Pelt Library HQ1061 .A4278 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population aging--Pacific Area.
- Population aging.
- Older people--Pacific Area--Social conditions.
- Older people.
- Older people--Care--Pacific Area.
- Older people--Care.
- Older people--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Pacific Area.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Contents:
- The impacts of the demographic transition in Asia Pacific / Thomas R. Klassen, Masa Higo, Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti and Theresa W. Devasahayam
- Ageing and old age in modern society / Masa Higo
- Asia-Pacific and global population ageing / David Phillips
- The changing face of the older population in urban and rural China / Yang Cheng, Jie Yu and Mark W. Rosenberg
- Women and gender ideology in ageing Korea / Yunjeong Yang
- Ageing policies in Taiwan : recent achievements and unresolved challenges / Tsung-hsi Fu
- Growing old in Hong Kong: responding to an increasingly frail population / Joelle H. Fong
- Current laws, policies and practices for older persons in Vietnam / Vu Ngoc Binh
- Growing old in Singapore: workings of the many helping hands policy approach / Leng Leng Thang and Johan Suen
- Population ageing and old age in Malaysia : the changing role of the family and major challenges ahead / Wan Ibrahim Wan Ahmad
- Ageing, the elderly and social change in Bangladesh / Anwar Islam
- Preparedness for old-age income security and support of the Thai pre-elderly / Chalermpol Chamchan
- Culture, changes and ageing population : an overview of the situation of older persons in Myanmar / Ne Lynn Aung
- Caregiving of older adults in Nepal : urbanization, modernization, and globalization / Ramraj Gautam
- Australia's baby boomers as the future older generation / Kate O'loughlin, Helen Barrie and Hal Kendig
- Social environment and positive ageing in New Zealand / Fiona Alpass and Brendan Stevenson
- Policy challenges and recommendations / Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138550421
- 1138550426
- OCLC:
- 1022979011
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