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In western countries, the rising tide of population aging took 100
years to alter the face of societies, but Asia is experiencing
comparable changes in not much more than a quarter of a century.
Contributors to "The Handbook of Aging" describe the magnitude of
these changes and their effects on the aged and on societies
attempting to adapt to the dramatic improvements in life expectancy
brought on by rapid economic and social transformations. Asia
encompasses a vast reach from Pakistan and India to Japan, the
Philippines, and Indonesia, and in this book including Australia.
"The Handbook of Aging" provides a framework for making sense of
the meeting between reverential views of the elderly and
contemporary priorities as Asia arrives at the crossroads. The need
for innovative approaches to social policy and personal practices
is nowhere more evident than in Asian countries, where modern
marketing economies have forced hard political choices. The
economic tigers of the Asian-Pacific region experienced the aging
of their populations ahead of other Asian countries, but solutions
reached during times of financial boom are being re-examined as
economies come back to earth, with soft or hard landings. "The
Handbook of Asian Aging" provides an atlas of the far-reaching
changes that are afoot and that will become even more pronounced in
the near future.
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