Refuge of the Honored

  PREFACE

 expand section1  Introduction
 expand section2  The Scholarly Context of the Study

 collapse sectionPART I  AGING IN JAPAN: AN OVERVIEW
 expand section3  Demography and Income
 expand section4  Consequences of Social Change
 expand section5  Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities

 collapse sectionPART II  FUJI-NO-SATO
 expand section6  The Setting and the System
 expand section7  The Residents

 collapse sectionPART III  SOCIAL INTEGRATION
 collapse section8  Management and Residents: Communication Failure
 expand sectionThe Residents' Perspective
 Communication Problems Within the Management
 collapse sectionProblems and Consequences of "Contract Welfare"
 Japanese Meanings of "Contract"
 Japanese Meanings of "Welfare"
 Intrinsic Problems of Contract Welfare
 expand section9  The Residents Association
 expand section10  Group and Individual Activities
 expand section11  Patterns of Social Interaction
 expand section12  Conclusions

  BIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionINDEX

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