Andrew E. Scharlach - Healthy Aging in Sociocultural Context

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Healthy aging in sociocultural context / edited by Andrew E. Scharlach,

Kazumi Hoshino.

p. cm. (Routledge advances in sociology; 81)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Older peopleUnited StatesSocial conditions. 2. Older peopleSwedenSocial conditions. 3. Older peopleJapan Social conditions. 4. AgingUnited States. 5. Aging Sweden. 6. AgingJapan. I. Scharlach, Andrew E. II. Hoshino, Kazumi.

HQ1064.U5.H366 2012
305.260973dc23
2012015563

ISBN: 978-0-415-63621-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-08555-4 (ebk)

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ANDREW E. SCHARLACH

WILLIAM A. SATARIANO

WINSTON TSENG

GERDT SUNDSTRM AND MATS THORSLUND

SANDRA TORRES

TAKESHI NAKAGAWA AND YASUYUKI GONDO

TAKAYUKI SASAKI

KAZUMI HOSHINO

KAZUMI HOSHINO

ANDREW E. SCHARLACH AND KAZUMI HOSHINO

7.1 Total costs of social welfare benefits administered by a
public, semi-public, or autonomous body founded by legislation.

Healthy aging is a topic of increasing importance to policy-makers, planners, researchers, families, and individuals, as a result of rapid population aging occurring worldwide. Longer lives and increasing diversity are now considered to be basic social processes affecting much of the world. This book examines healthy aging in the context of population aging, diversity, and social policy, focusing particularly on Japan, Sweden, and the U.S. three countries that provide important examples of emerging global trends. Japan and Sweden represent countries with long healthy life expectancies, whereas the U.S. represents a country with considerable diversity. Examining these three countries together provides a unique opportunity to address questions such as the following: How can we understand differences in healthy life expectancy among the U.S., Sweden, and Japan? What role might diversity play? And how might these effects change as geographic mobility increases diversity, even among societies that historically have been relatively homogeneous?