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From transfer to social service
— a new emphasis on social policy for the aged in Japan | | Author(s) | Takeshi Kimura |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 8, nos 2/3, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 177-189 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Social policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | This article examines two problems with the Gold Plan, the Japanese government's attempt to build a nationwide network of care service provision for older people. First, it is adding new institutional ambiguities and functional confusion to the old fragmentation, instead of producing a well-integrated system. Second, the response to the central policy greatly varies across the municipalities, so that disparities in levels of service are emerging. A 'public care service insurance' scheme, in the planning stages since 1994, will offer a solution to the first problem. However, it will leave the second problem unsolved and may introduce a market factor into the field of social service. As it is, the service provision itself is overwhelmingly entrusted to private organisations. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960306011 A |
| Classmark | I: L: TM2: 7DT |
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