Shifting Costs of Caring for the Elderly Back to Families in Japan: Will It Work?

Abstract

Over the next 30 years the percentage of Japans population who are elderly will rise rapidly to unprecedented levels and the countrys population will become the oldest in the world. The financial pressures on Japans social security system will be severe. To alleviate these pressures the government is attempting to shift some of the costs of the social security system back to families. But fundamental economic social and value changes discussed in this article are eroding the capacity of the Japanese family to care for elderly parents. It is therefore unlikely that the government will succeed in shifting the costs appreciably. (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA) (EXCERPT)

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