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Ageing and Long-term Care : National Policies in the Asia-Pacific / ed. by David R. Phillips, Alfred C. M. Chan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789812301734
  • 9789812307163
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.6/1/0959 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.A78 A425 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. National Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care in the Asia–Pacific: Issues and Challenges -- 2. Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care in 23 Hong Kong -- 3. National Policies on Ageing in Korea -- 4. Ageing in Malaysia: A Review of National Policies and Programmes -- 5. National Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care in Singapore: A Case of Cautious Wisdom? -- 6. National Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care Provision for Older Persons in Thailand -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The case studies in this book focus on the emergence, extent and nature of national policies on ageing and associated strategies to address long-term care needs. Key opportunities for and constraints on policy are identified in this first round of regional studies, written by prominent researchers in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, who are partners in the Ageing Research Network of the Asian Development Research Forum. The case-studies are set in the context of regional and international plans of action on ageing and the deliberations of the Second World Assembly on Ageing held in 2002.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. National Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care in the Asia–Pacific: Issues and Challenges -- 2. Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care in 23 Hong Kong -- 3. National Policies on Ageing in Korea -- 4. Ageing in Malaysia: A Review of National Policies and Programmes -- 5. National Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care in Singapore: A Case of Cautious Wisdom? -- 6. National Policies on Ageing and Long-term Care Provision for Older Persons in Thailand -- Bibliography -- Index

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The case studies in this book focus on the emergence, extent and nature of national policies on ageing and associated strategies to address long-term care needs. Key opportunities for and constraints on policy are identified in this first round of regional studies, written by prominent researchers in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, who are partners in the Ageing Research Network of the Asian Development Research Forum. The case-studies are set in the context of regional and international plans of action on ageing and the deliberations of the Second World Assembly on Ageing held in 2002.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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