Gerontechnology for a Super-Aged Society

2010 ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoko Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Aged Society

scholarly journals Person-Centered Health Care: An Approach That Integrates Acute and Long-Term Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 704-704
Author(s):  
Yuchi Young ◽  
Barbara Resnick
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Population ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Aged Society

Abstract The world population is aging. The proportion of the population over 60 will nearly double from 12% in 2015 to 22% in 2050. Global life expectancy has more than doubled from 31 years in 1900 to 72.6 years in 2019. The need for long-term care (LTC) services is expanding with the same rapidity. A comprehensive response is needed to address the needs of older adults. Learning from health systems in other countries enables health systems to incorporate best long-term care practices to fit each country and its culture. This symposium aims to compare long-term care policies and services in Taiwan, Singapore, and the USA where significant growth in aging populations is evidenced. In 2025, the aging population will be 20% in Taiwan, 20% in Singapore and 18 % in the USA. In the case of Taiwan, it has moved from aging society status to aged society, and to super-aged society in 27 years. Such accelerated rate of aging in Taiwan is unparalleled when compared to European countries and the United States. In response to this dramatic change, Taiwan has passed long-term care legislation that expands services to care for older adults, and developed person-centered health care that integrates acute and long-term care services. Some preliminary results related to access, care and patterns of utilization will be shared in the symposium. International Comparisons of Healthy Aging Interest Group Sponsored Symposium.

scholarly journals A “super-aged” society and the “locomotive syndrome”

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kozo Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Locomotive Syndrome ◽  
Aged Society

scholarly journals An Aged Society

Kobunshi ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 639-639
Author(s):  
Komei KUMAGAI
Keyword(s):  
Aged Society

Ageing in an aged society: experiences and attitudes of Catholic order members towards population ageing and older people

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARC LUY ◽  
PRISKA FLANDORFER ◽  
PAOLA DI GIULIO
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Older People ◽  
General Public ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Intergenerational Solidarity ◽  
Basic Pattern ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Aged Society

ABSTRACTPopulation ageing occurs in all industrialised societies and is the demographic phenomenon that currently gets the highest attention from scientists, policy makers and the general public. The main aim of this paper is to broaden our understanding of its societal consequences, such as ageism and intergenerational solidarity. Our study is based on the 2008 investigation of attitudes towards population ageing and older people in seven European countries of Schoenmaeckerset al.We replicate their analysis in a specific human subpopulation in which the process of population ageing started earlier and is much more advanced than in the general societies: the members of Catholic orders. The study compares the attitudes of 148 nuns and monks from three Bavarian monasteries to those of the western German general population using descriptive and multivariate analyses in the context of the debate around population ageing in Germany. We discuss the specific characteristics of order members that might influence their attitudes and also take a brief look at their views on possible political strategies to solve the problems connected with the demographic changes. Our results confirm the findings of Schoenmaeckerset al.and reveal that worldly and monastic populations show an identical basic pattern of a positive attitude towards older people while at the same time considering population ageing a worrisome development. However, order members evaluate older people's abilities and their role in society more positively. This result gives rise to the optimistic perspective that in an aged population the younger and older generations can build a well-functioning society.

“Psychogeritechnology” in Japan: Exemplars from a super-aged society

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1533-1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iracema Leroi ◽  
Kentaro Watanabe ◽  
Nick Hird ◽  
Taro Sugihara
Keyword(s):  
Aged Society

scholarly journals A Library of Old Photos Supporting Conversation of Two Generations Serving Reminiscence Therapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Jiang ◽  
Panote Siriaraya ◽  
Dongeun Choi ◽  
Noriaki Kuwahara
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Older People ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Aged Society ◽  
Assessment Scales ◽  
Emotion Assessment

In Japan, a shift in family patterns has led to a sense of social isolation among older people, which increases the risk of major neurocognitive disorder. Interventions for them using old photos to implement reminiscence therapy (RT) have been proved to be effective. A super-aged society has in turn led to a shortage of medical resources and older people prefer home care over institutional care. Therefore, there is an urgent need for volunteers to help in RT. However, the age of volunteers tends to be increasingly younger. The lack of knowledge and experience of the past for the young volunteers makes it difficult for them to select appropriate stimulated materials. To improve this situation, a library of old photos for RT was developed to support conversation between the two generations. A two-factor experiment and emotion assessment scales were designed to explore the effect of different old photo types on the fluency of conversation between the two generations and their emotion. It was found that the types of old photos have little effect on older people and that conversations were almost pleasant. However, the pleasantness of older people was enhanced when using photos that they wanted to talk about (P = 0.006). Meanwhile, pleasure in conversation of the older people increased with the attention of the young people to the topic (R = 0.304, p < 0.001). Conversely, photo type has a strong impact on young people. When photos are selected that older people do not want to talk about or photos that young people do not know the content and are not interested in, concern for the topic of young people drops dramatically. Therefore, when RT, it is important to avoid using the types of photos above that cause a drop in younger people's attention.

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