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
 expand section8  Management and Residents: Communication Failure
 expand section9  The Residents Association
 expand section10  Group and Individual Activities
 collapse section11  Patterns of Social Interaction
 •Settings
 •Building Informal Ties
 •Gender Difference
 expand sectionKey Norms
 •Gossip
 •The Lack of Mutual Knowledge Among Men
 •The Management of Distance
 •New Residents: The Informality of Socialization
 •Friendship
 •The Golf Group
 •Friendships Among Women
 expand section12  Conclusions

  BIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionINDEX
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