Ageing Society
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Bali Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development | Asian and Pacific Population Conference (4th : 1992 : Bali, Indonesia) | Describes the Bali Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development held from 19-27 August 1992. Includes a preamble and discussion of population goals. Details recommendations that address population, environment and development urbanization, internal and international migration family planning and maternal and child health population and human resources development women and population population and poverty alleviation mortality a ...Continue Reading | English | 54409 |
Report of the Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, 19-27 August 1992, Bali, Indonesia | Asian and Pacific Population Conference (4th : 1992 : Bali, Indonesia) | Reports on the meetings of government officials and of ministers in the areas of the Asian and Pacific region with aims to review and appraise population trends and policies, integrate research and evaluation into program planning and implementation, and formulate multidisciplinary policies and programs in the field of population and sustainable development. Focuses on issues regarding demographic and outlook situation population, environment a ...Continue Reading | English | 54408 |
Drawing Policy Lessons for Asia from Research on Ageing | Hermalin, Abert I | Focuses on the interface between policy and research, listing some of the challenges facing the formulation of sound policy and programmes for the elderly in the future. States that research to date shows no rapid shift away from familial support. Concludes with a member of criteria for guiding future research to inform policy makers and provide guidance for programme development. | English | 54212 |
Living Arrangements, Patrilineality and Sources of Support among Elderly Vietnamese | Presents some initial results from two recent surveys of elderly people in Viet Nam, one in the Red River Delta (including Hanoi) in the northern region, and the other in Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding provinces in the southern region. Collects information about basic living arrangements, household structure, location of children and other relatives, sources of income and a variety of attitudes and life experiences. | English | 54211 | |
Family Support and Living Arrangements of Thai Elderly | Knodel, John | Analyzes family support given to the Thai elderly, especially as manifested through living arrangements and intergenerational exchanges of both a material and non-material nature. Uses data from a 1995 nationally representative survey. Assesses the extent to which changes in the level of co-residence are evident by comparing results with those from previous sources. Explores living arrangements and material exchanges and contact between the ch ...Continue Reading | English | 54210 |
An Overview of the Living Arrangements and Social Support Exchanges of Older Singaporeans | Chan, Angelique | Examines some of the gaps in support systems for the elderly in Singapore and the challenges that might be faced by this population group and their care-givers in the future. Describes the formal and informal support mechanisms available for supporting the elderly in Singapore. Focuses on the extent to which Central Provident Funds (CPF) are used for daily living expenses by the elderly. Examines whether the implementation of formal social sec ...Continue Reading | English | 54209 |
Patterns in Living Arrangements and Familial Support for the Elderly in the Philippines | Natividad, Josefina N | Examines patterns in living arrangements and sources of social support for the Filipino elderly across gender, marital status and rural-urban residence. Uses data from a 1996 survey of the elderly that while co-residence with a child is the most common living arrangement, the elderly are not passive recipients of support. Indicates a growing acceptability for an autonomous living in a home for the aged as a choice that few families would make ...Continue Reading | English | 54208 |
Living Arrangements and Support among the Elderly in South-East Asia: An Introduction | Knodel, John | Points to the increased concern in the ESCAP region over the issue of population ageing and the growing body of related research that has emerged on the issue of ageing. Provides expanded information about the population of older persons as illustrated by articles on Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam in this issue. Reviews briefly the findings on living arrangements and support, showing a modest trend towards reduced co-residence be ...Continue Reading | English | 54207 |
Annotated Bibliography on Policy and Programme Issues in the Field of Ageing | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | Provides bibliographic information relating to ageing issues at the national, sub-regional and international levels, with special reference to Asia and the Pacific. Compiles bibliographies from a number of sources, including government publications and reports, monographs, research papers, training manuals, journal articles and meeting reports. Covers subjects in policy-making, planning and legislation concerning ageing as well as social, econo ...Continue Reading | English | 53917 |
A Study of Family Consciousness in Contemporary Thailand--With Comparison Among Bangkok, Seoul and Fukuoka-- | Amara Pongsapich | Studies the dynamic features of family consciousness among the citizens of contemporary developing Thailand. Examines the impact of the development on the real situation of family life, including its gender relation and parent-child relation on the respondents' daily consciousness level. Compares the survey data of the family consciousness among Bangkok, Seoul and Fukuoka. Covers the results on family structure, family consciousness, family no ...Continue Reading | English | 53731 |
Productive Ageing in Asia and the Pacific, Report and Selected Background Papers from the Expert Group Meeting on Local-level Policy Development for Dealing with the Consequences of Population Ageing, 1-4 September 1992 at Pune, India | Contains information on the Expert Group Meeting on Local-Level Policy Development for Dealing with the Consequences of Population Ageing. States the review of population ageing situation and major issues at local levels, roles of elderly population in respect of their families and communities, and role of planners and policy makers. Includes selected background papers on the above-mentioned topics, covering case studies of participating countr ...Continue Reading | English | 53632 | |
Respect for the Elders? | Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan | Notes that poverty and family breakdowns have pushed many elderly people onto the streets of Bangkok to make their living as beggars. Examines the plight of old people who have to survive as beggars. Narrates in detail the story of Grandma Koh from the Northeast province of Surin setting out on her journey to the city of Angels to beg for a living. Looks at a successful cross-generational village project. Cities the Diocese Social Action Cen ...Continue Reading | English | 53506 |
Population Ageing in Asia and the Pacific | Provides useful data on various social and economic issues related to population ageing in the Asian region. Describes the global trend and patterns of ageing in Asia and the Pacific region. Presents population dynamics and ageing in terms of the process, the changes, dependency ratio, changing pattern of old-old and young-old , and sub-national differences. Contains the impact of ageing on the economy, ratio of the elderly population, econ ...Continue Reading | English | 53504 | |
Community Participation in Providing Care, Services and Activities for Thai Elderly, Preliminary Report | Malinee Wongsith | Presents information on the Project carried out jointly by the Department of Public Welfare, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and the Institute of Population Studies (IPS), Chulalongkorn University. Discusses the research findings conducted by the IPS staff, dealing with readiness of the community in providing care, services and activities for the elderly. Includes problems and needs of the elderly and community participation, regarding bot ...Continue Reading | English | 53461 |
Research for the Development and Promotion on the Operations Concerning the Aged | Yupin Worasiriamorn | Studies the operational process and steps for conducting activities on the aged of the Association of Public Health Housewives to see whether it corresponds to the needs of the aged or not. Seeks the suitable patterns and evaluates the sufficiency and appropriateness of the government services provided to the aged. Selects five research projects from five provinces as case studies for enhancing the physical and mental health of the aged. Prese ...Continue Reading | Thai | 53238 |
Regional Health Report 1996 | Describes disease trends and human resources for health during the decades 1950-1970. Relates the socioeconomic changes and health status of countries during the decade 1970-1980. Describes the commitment to Health for All : 1980-1990 and beyond through the primary health-care approach. Reports on the double burden of disease carried by the region, issues related to maternal and women's health, implications of ageing population and environment ...Continue Reading | English | 53177 | |
Women's Health, Proceedings of the National Conference on 13-14 June 1996 at Bangkok | Proceedings of the National Conference on Women's Health (1996 : Bangkok) | Presents paper on women and health: reframing women's health to answer the questions of why women's health, and why we need to reconstruct the concept of women's health. Includes abstracts of issues of women's health, namely women's health security women as health care provides family planning and motherhood voices of infertile women Thai women, health and pharmaceuticals menopause and Thai women health of Thai elderly women reproductive ...Continue Reading | English | 53173 |
The 1996 Thai National Symposium on Population Studies, 21-22 November 1996 at Bangkok | Thai National Symposium on Population Studies (1996 : Bangkok) | Contains articles and research reports on population studies in Thailand in terms of fertility and family planning, demographic trends and population change,AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, the status of women and the environment, age groups, life span of Thai children, labor force and labor migration, Thai immigrant workers in Japan, and unskilled foreign labor in Thailand | Thai | 53134 |
The Turning Point of Population Policy in Thailand | Indicates the significance of demographic transition of Thailand, dealing with fertility decline, socio-economic and technological development, AIDS epidemic, and aged population proportion. Includes the studies on related subject, beginning with the factors affected the rapid declines in fertility in the last two decades. Follows with technology and labor market changes, the effects of AIDS death on population and population policies, the find ...Continue Reading | Thai | 53118 | |
A Possibility for the Establishment of Elderly Service Center in the Community by the Community Itself: A Case Study of the Community in Muang Suphan Buri, Suphan Buri Province | Praphaisri Suthikitiworakul | Studies the problems and needs of the aged in the community, the roles of the aged, the community and social institutions in establishing and operating a Day Center in the community. Describes the meaning of Day Care for the aged, including its purposes, target groups, principles regarding management and activities, and activities suggested for the aged. Reports on the study results, noting conditions of the aged in the community, data on the l ...Continue Reading | Thai | 53004 |