Refuge of the Honored |
PREFACE |
1 Introduction |
2 The Scholarly Context of the Study |
PART I AGING IN JAPAN: AN OVERVIEW |
3 Demography and Income |
4 Consequences of Social Change |
5 Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities |
PART II FUJI-NO-SATO |
6 The Setting and the System |
7 The Residents |
PART III SOCIAL INTEGRATION |
8 Management and Residents: Communication Failure |
The Residents' Perspective |
• | Communication Problems Within the Management |
Problems and Consequences of "Contract Welfare" |
• | Japanese Meanings of "Contract" |
• | Japanese Meanings of "Welfare" |
• | Intrinsic Problems of Contract Welfare |
9 The Residents Association |
10 Group and Individual Activities |
11 Patterns of Social Interaction |
12 Conclusions |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
INDEX |