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Eldercare Policies in Japan and Scandinavia

Aging Societies East and West

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  • © 2014

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  1. John Creighton Campbell
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  2. Unni Edvardsen
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  3. Paul Midford
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  4. Yayoi Saito
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • John Creighton Campbell, Unni Edvardsen
      Pages 1-5

  3. Long-Term Care for the Elderly in Japan and Norway

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Japan’s Long-Term Care Insurance System

      • John Creighton Campbell
      Pages 9-30

    3. Eldercare in Norway: Content, Organization, and Financing the Care System: A Brief History, Current Status, and Future Prospects

      • Kjell Arne Aarheim
      Pages 31-48

  4. Provision of Formal Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Care Providers in Japan: Before and After the Long-Term Care Insurance

      • Yayoi Saito
      Pages 51-69

    3. Formal Providers of Eldercare in Norway

      • Steinar Barstad
      Pages 71-89

  5. Provision of Informal Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Changes in Family and Informal Care in Japan

      • Ruth Campbell
      Pages 93-118

    3. Changes in Family and Informal Care in Norway

      • Marit Solheim
      Pages 119-156

  6. Procedures of Assessment and Allocation of Eldercare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Assessment Instruments and Allocation of Services in Japan

      • Noriko Kurube
      Pages 159-175

    3. Assessment Instrument and the Allocation of Care Services in Norway

      • Unni Edvardsen
      Pages 177-195

  7. Mechanisms for Ensuring Quality of Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Quality of Care Services in the Japanese System of Long-Term Care

      • Koichi Hiraoka
      Pages 199-223

    3. Quality of Care Services in Norway

      • Unni Edvardsen
      Pages 225-249

    4. Conclusions: The Salience of Eldercare

      • Paul Midford
      Pages 251-261

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 263-273
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About this book

These essays by no means cover all areas of interest in long-term care programs, but they offer new insights (and intriguing questions for future research) about how differently policies in this important area can be carried out in different countries.

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"A fascinating read for anyone interested in how seemingly very different societies (Japan and Norway) organize their services for older people. From this a good deal can be learnt." - Gerdt Sundstrom, Professor Emeritus in Gerontology, Jönköping University, Sweden, and consultant with The Swedish Federation of Retired Persons

About the authors

Paul Midford is Professor and Director of the Japan Program at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

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