Ageing in Asia and the Pacific : emerging issues and successful practices /

Ageing in Asia and the Pacific : emerging issues and successful practices /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : United Nations, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 103 pages) : color illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Social policy paper ; no. 10 Social policy paper ; no. 10.
Subject:	Older people -- Services for -- Asia -- Case studies. Older people -- Services for -- Pacific Area -- Case studies. Older people -- Asia -- Social conditions. Older people -- Pacific Area -- Social conditions. Older people -- Services for. Older people -- Social conditions. Asia. Pacific Area. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11130611

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Aging in Asia and the Pacific
Other authors / contributors:	United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
ISBN:	1417547707 9781417547708 9211201500 9789211201505
Notes:	"ST/ESCAP/2235"--Title page verso. "Sales No. E.03. II. F.13"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30). Print version record.
Summary:	The publication aims to address major policy implications of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific and review successful cases in developing national policies and programmes on ageing. The publication is divided into four parts. Part one discusses the social and economic consequences and policy implications of ageing in Asia and the Pacific. Part two presents the approach followed by the Government of Australia in developing the national policy and strategy in meeting the challenges of ageing. Part three examines the case study of HelpAge India in providing support to older persons in emergencies while the last part, Part four presents the case study of the Tsao Foundation in Singapore in developing an integrated system of community-based care for older persons.
Other form:	Print version: Ageing in Asia and the Pacific. New York : United Nations, 2002 9211201500

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Ageing in Asia and the Pacific: socio-economic consequences and policy implications
pt. 2. Population ageing: an Australian approach
pt. 3. Older persons in emergencies: a case study of HelpAge India
pt. 4. Integrated system of community-based care for older people: a case study of the Tsao Foundation.