Population Aging and International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan

• Main Author: Vogt, Gabriele (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Emigration and immigration.; Public health.; Aging.; Migration.; Public Health.
• Physical Description: VIII, 103 p. 14 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319680125
• ISSN: 2211-3215
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68012-5

This book introduces Japan's current policy initiatives directed at eldercare and international labor migration, and, wherever appropriate,it adds a comparative perspective from Germany. The book shows how eldercare is currently being organized and discusses integration policies for foreigners. It studies the policy-making process behind the system, and contextualizes the migration avenue within the strong roots of Japan's eldercare in local communities and the non-preparedness of the nation to grant local citizenship to international newcomers. Through applying an approach of multi-level policy making, putting a strong focus on the local level and introducing new approaches, this book is of interest to policy makers and scholars in aging, migration, health care, and contemporary Japan.