Generations in touch : linking the old and young in a Tokyo neighborhood /
Leng Leng Thang
- Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, c2001.
- x, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
The problem : reengagement The place : staff, residents, and children Rhythms of reencounters The goal : a big family eating from the same rice pot The vision : dream family Fureai : encounters and exchanges Fureai : realities Window to society
A dilemma long faced by western societies—how to bring the generations together—is also of growing concern in the east. In Japan, where, until recently, the extended family often lived under the same roof, social programs designed to facilitate...
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Intergenerational relations Japan Tokyo Kotoen (Age-integrated institution : Tokyo, Japan) Older people Institutional care Japan Tokyo Retirees Attitudes Older people Institutional care