An Acquaintance with An Aging Society
In: Social Sciences: open access journal, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 110
ISSN: 2076-0760
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.