Title Generations in Touch : Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood.

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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.

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Description	1 online resource (224 pages).
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Series	The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues Ser.
	Anthropology of Contemporary Issues Ser.
Summary	A dilemma long faced by western societies--how to bring the generations together--is also of growing concern in the east. In Japan, where, until recently, the extended family often lived under the same roof, social programs designed to facilitate ...
Contents	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Problem: Reengagement -- 2. The Place: Staff, Residents, and Children -- 3. Rhythms of Reencounters -- 4. The Goal: A Big Family Eating from the Same Rice Pot -- 5. The Vision: Dream Family -- 6. Fureai: Encounters and Exchanges -- 7. Fureai: Realities -- 8. Window to Society -- Appendix A: Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly in Japan -- Appendix B: The New Gold Plan -- References -- Index
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	In English.
Subject	Older people -- Institutional care -- Japan -- Tokyo.
	Older people -- Institutional care.
	Japan -- Tokyo.
	Intergenerational relations -- Japan -- Tokyo.
	Intergenerational relations.
	Older people -- Housing -- Japan -- Tokyo.
	Older people -- Housing.
	Older people -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Attitudes.
	Older people.
	Retirees -- Japan -- Attitudes.
	Retirees.
	Japan.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Intergenerational relationships.
Other Form:	Print version: Thang, Leng Leng. Generations in Touch : Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2018 9780801438431
ISBN	150171757X
	9781501717574 (electronic book)
Standard No.	10.7591/9781501717574

Title Generations in Touch : Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood.

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