Ageing in Asia-Pacific: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives

In the coming decades, challenges and risks associated with rapid population ageing will be paramount in Asia-Pacific. Examining key trends, dilemmas and developments with reference to specific nations, the book draws conclusions and policy recommendations that apply to Asia-Pacific as a whole. Individual chapters focus on the impact of population ageing, along with urbanization and industrialization, on the lives of people in the region. The book shows how leaders in Asia-Pacific ? political, community and others ? need to respond to changes in family and social structures, disease pathology, gender roles, income security, the care of older citizens and the provision of social and health welfare.

• | Author: Thomas R. Klassen, Masa Higo, Theresa Devasahayam, Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 23, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 290 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138550426
• | ISBN-13: 9781138550421