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Author Kinoshita, Yasuhito, 1953-

Title Refuge of the honored : social organization in a Japanese retirement community / Yasuhito Kinoshita, Christie W. Kiefer.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1992]
©1992
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Description 1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.
Contents Aging in Japan: Demography and Income -- Consequences of Social Change -- Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities -- Fuji-No-Sato: The Setting and the System -- The Residents -- Social Integration: Management and Residents: Communication Failure -- The Residents Association -- Group and Individual Activities -- Patterns of Social Interaction.
Summary Faced with the decline of the traditional family and the explosive growth of the over-65 population, the Japanese are looking for new ways to care for their elders. This study documents the birth of a major social phenomenon in Japan - the planned retirement community.
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Subject Retirement communities -- Japan -- Case studies.
Retirement communities.
Japan.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Retirees -- Japan -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
Retirees.
Older people -- Japan -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
Older people.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Kiefer, Christie W.
Other Form: Print version: Kinoshita, Yasuhito, 1953- Refuge of the honored. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 0520075951 (DLC) 91029107 (OCoLC)24320459
ISBN 9780520911789 (electronic book)
0520911784 (electronic book)
0520075951 (alkaline paper)
9780520075955 (alkaline paper)

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