Refuge of the Honored
  PREFACE

 collapse section1  Introduction
 •The Message of Japan's Aged
 •Selection of the Study Site
 •The Study
 •The Ethnographic Experience
 collapse section2  The Scholarly Context of the Study
 •An Age-Homogeneous Community
 •A Changing Community
 •Social Integration as Seen From the West
 •Social Integration From A Japanese Perspective
 •A Model of Japanese Interpersonal Relations
 •The Model And Fuji-No-Sato
 •Limits of The Model

 collapse sectionPART I  AGING IN JAPAN: AN OVERVIEW
 collapse section3  Demography and Income
 •The Graying of Japanese Society
 •Income
 collapse section4  Consequences of Social Change
 collapse sectionThe IE System
 •The Meiji Civil Code (1899)
 •The Present Civil Code (1948)
 •Changing Living Arrangements
 collapse section5  Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities
 •Welfare Homes For The Aged
 •Three Types Of Homes For The Aged
 •Recent Growth Of Toku-Yo Homes
 •Acute Hospitals
 •Cost-Efficient Measures
 collapse sectionRetirement Communities
 •Confusion Over Names
 •The "Silver Business"
 •The Image Problem

 collapse sectionPART II  FUJI-NO-SATO
 collapse section6  The Setting and the System
 collapse sectionThe Setting
 •Location
 •Building Structures
 •Accommodations
 •Community Center
 •Administration
 •Health Care
 •The Operating System
 collapse section7  The Residents
 •Socioeconomic Background
 •The Process of Moving in

 collapse sectionPART III  SOCIAL INTEGRATION
 collapse section8  Management and Residents: Communication Failure
 collapse sectionThe Residents' Perspective
 •Building Design
 •Problems in the Clinic
 •Problems Concerning the Director
 •The "Money-Making" Policy
 •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
 collapse section9  The Residents Association
 •History
 •Association and Management
 collapse section10  Group and Individual Activities
 •The Formation of Hobby Groups
 •Patterns of Participation
 •Interactional Characteristics
 •Christian Groups
 •The Volunteer Service Group
 •Gardening
 collapse section11  Patterns of Social Interaction
 •Settings
 •Building Informal Ties
 •Gender Difference
 collapse sectionKey Norms
 •"Don't Cause Trouble (Meiwaku) to Others"
 •"Exchange Respect"
 •"Derss to Impress!"
 •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
 collapse section12  Conclusions
 •A Family Substitute?
 •Establishing Second-Level Relationships
 •Possibilities For Change
 •The Question Of Loneliness

  BIBLIOGRAPHY
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