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An Acquaintance with An Aging Society

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  • Kazumasa Yamada

    (Organization for Co-Creation Research and Social Contributions, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-chou, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan
    Liaison Office, Innovation Center for Clinical Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Morioka-chou 7-430, Obu, Aichi 474-8511, Japan)

Abstract

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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  • Kazumasa Yamada, 2019. "An Acquaintance with An Aging Society," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-27, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:4:p:110-:d:219683
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