An Acquaintance with An Aging Society
Low birth rates and higher life expectancy have been ravaging Japanese society. This article summarizes some of the latest medical knowledge and assistive activities, with a nod toward one nonprofit organization’s efforts to deliver better home healthcare to the elderly through housing and...
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| description | Low birth rates and higher life expectancy have been ravaging Japanese society. This article summarizes some of the latest medical knowledge and assistive activities, with a nod toward one nonprofit organization’s efforts to deliver better home healthcare to the elderly through housing and technologies, in the world’s first super-aging society. The response to the transforming society requires a combination of familiar customs and new technologies that create a favorable environment for mobility and continuous learning that are key to elderly health. As other countries will face similar issues, further international interdisciplinary knowledge-building will be necessary to face the challenges of super-aging societies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eed41315d5ad405eb0e96c40f3ed14fd2022-12-22T01:56:21ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602019-04-018411010.3390/socsci8040110socsci8040110An Acquaintance with An Aging SocietyKazumasa Yamada0Organization for Co-Creation Research and Social Contributions, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, JapanLow birth rates and higher life expectancy have been ravaging Japanese society. This article summarizes some of the latest medical knowledge and assistive activities, with a nod toward one nonprofit organization’s efforts to deliver better home healthcare to the elderly through housing and technologies, in the world’s first super-aging society. The response to the transforming society requires a combination of familiar customs and new technologies that create a favorable environment for mobility and continuous learning that are key to elderly health. As other countries will face similar issues, further international interdisciplinary knowledge-building will be necessary to face the challenges of super-aging societies.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/8/4/110assistive technologiesphysical environment/spacecommunity carerural agingurban aging |
| spellingShingle | Kazumasa Yamada An Acquaintance with An Aging Society Social Sciences assistive technologies physical environment/space community care rural aging urban aging |
| title | An Acquaintance with An Aging Society |
| title_full | An Acquaintance with An Aging Society |
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| title_short | An Acquaintance with An Aging Society |
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| topic | assistive technologies physical environment/space community care rural aging urban aging |
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