ISBN : 9782296049369
POPULATION AGEING AND THE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE SYSTEM IN JAPAN
Kenji Kuroda
The ageing population of Japan has the following features: (1) A drastic increase in the percentage of the elderly spread over the entire population; (2) It is estimated that the percentage of people over 65 will be 26% in 2015, and 36% in 2050; and (3) although the proportion of three-generation households is large compared with European countries, the number of elderly couples or even elderly persons living alone is rapidly increasing.