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.

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....

Table of Contents:

• Chapter. 1.  Introduction: Population Aging, Health-Caregiving, and International Labor Migration to Japan
• Chapter. 2.  Health-Caregiving to the Elderly in Japan: Professionalized Labor, Community Based Approaches, and International Migration
•  Chapter. 3. International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan and Germany: Policies Designed to Fail
• Chapter. 4.International Migration to Japan: Political and Societal Responses to the Challenge of Integration
• Chapter. 5. Outlook: International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan.