Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Problem: Reengagement -- 2. The Place: Staff, Residents, and Children -- 3. Rhythms of Reencounters -- 4. The Goal: A Big Family Eating from the Same Rice Pot -- 5. The Vision: Dream Family -- 6. Fureai: Encounters and Exchanges -- 7. Fureai: Realities -- 8. Window to Society -- Appendix A: Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly in Japan -- Appendix B: The New Gold Plan -- References -- Index
Summary
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 ..
