Tanya, who has been living in Japan for the last 30 years, gives us a detailed report on eldercare in Japan.

She points out there is tremendous need for caregivers there just as there is in the United States because people are living longer.

Also, Tanya shows us first hand how Japanese society is changing and how that affects the care given to the elderly.  One aspect is that extended families don't live together as much as they did in the past.  New nursing homes are being built but they are more institutionalized than their American counterparts.  (And we thought the ones in America were bad enough). However,Tanya is complimentary of the American nursing homes she has visited.

Her report is fascinating and shows taking care of the elderly is a world wide challenge.

Read Tanya's report on elder care in Japan

More from the Net

Helping Seniors Avoid Abus – May 21,2008 – … this invaluable educational tool very affordable for nearly every family. Check it out at www.SavingOurParents.com Be sure to check out Dr. Marion's site for beneficial tips and caregiving strategies. It's good stuff. Mr. Eldercare.

Popularity: 10% [?]

• How Singles Should Plan for Future Elder Care You're single and you've never been married. You have no children and very few relatives. 3030 camera digital pdc polaroid What can you do now to insure you will be well taken care of should you become disabled or incapacitated? Will there be someone you can trust who will see......
• In-Home Health Care for the Elderly Trumps Over Nursing Homes Expanding in-home health care for the elderly is catching on. Oregon and Tennessee are two states which are pushing public money away from nursing homes and into more individual care given to the elderly in their own homes. This is major. We're looking at a big shift in the elder......
• We Need Eldercare Help Now We've often talked about why we need to give elder care to our aging parents as they grow more elderly. What about the how? How exactly do we do provide family eldercare when we're still working, strapped for cash, dealing with massive healthcare costs, and a recession? I've said......
• Home Health Care to Replace Many Nursing Homes? Forbes has an interesting post on home health care and the future of taking care of the elderly in their own homes. I believe this is a coming trend, mainly because it will be too expensive to care for our aging parents in hospitals or nursing homes. High tech will......
• Centenarians Number Men Women People  How many centenarians, or people over the age  of 100, are there?  How many people will be celebrating their 100th birthdays in the future?Projected numbers are 125,000 American centenarians in 2011 followed by in increase  of 834,000 to possibly 1 million by 2050.These estimations are based on the American population growing......

• Review: The Old House Handbook: The Essential Guide to Care and Repair by Roger Hunt, Marianne Suhr This tome is the authoritative guide to looking after an old home. These can include such houses as a medieval cottage, an urban terrace from the eighteenth century, or a Victorian development. This book builds upon the thoughts and works of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, approaching......
• My Credit Check Shows Two Credit Card Companies Ready To GRILL Me In Front Of The Judge! My Credit Check shows an unpaid balance for $2734.68! How much money do I need to owe a credit card company before they sue me or something dreadful? If I had a penny for every time I get this question, I'd be lounging poolside sipping fruity drinks at some beach-front......
• Review: Soul of the Wildcat by Devyn Quinn by Susan S., guest reviewer Soul of the Wildcat is a wild and hot erotica! Devyn’s sexy Native American shifters will leave you breathless. I recommend this book to erotica readers. She’s ♀ Dakoda Jenkins, a ranger working in North Carolina’s South Mountains State Park. Her assignment, is to......
• Daylight saving time [/caption] Daylight saving time (DST; also summer time in British English—see Terminology) is the practice of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first......
• A health care reality check from Earl Blumenauer Represetative Earl Blumenauer has posted an open letter to his fellow members of Congress over on Huffington Post. For your convenience, we've posted the text here: Senators who are filibustering and throwing sand in the gears to delay health care reform desperately need a reality check. It is ironic to......