Leng Leng Thang

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

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