Effects on Elderly Welfare Services of the Merger of Municipalities with Geographic Barriers: Case Study in Numata, Gunma Prefecture

Hatakeyama, Teruo

doi:10.4157/grj.80.857

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“…Because the insurers of Long-term Care Insurance are generally municipal governments, their mergers affect the provision of nursing care services for elderly people. Hatakeyama (2007) surveyed the cases of merged municipalities nationwide and pointed out that some merged municipalities, which were divided geographically by mountains or rivers, could not readily achieve economies of scale resulting from mergers when providing nursing care services. A similar observation could be made that the insurer of Long-term Care Insurance might be provided by a widearea government association consisting of multiple local governments.…”

Section: Elderly Care Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geographical Studies of Welfare Issues in Japan since the 1990s

Miyazawa

2013

Geog. Rev. Japan B

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Fertility decline and population aging are progressing rapidly in Japan. To develop an appropriate welfare system to accommodate this aging society, coupled with low fertility, welfare reform has been implemented in Japan since around 2000. Demographic and political changes have stimulated Japanese geographers to study welfare-related issues. Since the latter half of the 1990s, many reports in the literature of Japanese geographical circles have described welfare issues. This article is intended to introduce geographical studies that have specifically examined welfare issues in Japan. There are three themes of the studies: 1) provision of welfare services, especially elderly care services and childcare services; 2) community reorganization to cope with an aging society; and 3) housing problems of vulnerable groups, including single elderly people, female-headed households, and homeless people. This article presents a review of existing geographical studies of each theme, and presents some themes for additional study.

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Section: Elderly Care Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geographical Studies of Welfare Issues in Japan since the 1990s

Miyazawa

2013

Geog. Rev. Japan B

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“…The amalgamation and realignment of administrative districts have attracted many Japanese geographers and provided them with various research topics Katayanagi 2002 ;Arai 2003 ;Hatakeyama 2007 ;Kajita 2008 . In particular, Morikawa 2008 is a comprehensive book to illustrate how local administrative districts have been demarcated in Germany and Japan and is an admirable attempt to reinforce a field of "Administrative Geography gyosei chirigaku . "…”

Section: Chronology Of Political Geography In Japanmentioning

confidence: 99%