2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Anthropological Study of Changing Living Environments & Well-being of the Elderly in the US
| Project/Area Number |
22520825
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
SANO Mariko 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (80206002)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SANO Toshiyuki 奈良女子大学, 研究院生活環境科学系, 教授 (20196299)
SUZUKI Nanami 国立民族学博物館, 先端人類科学研究部, 教授 (80298744)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-10-20 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 老年人類学 / 文化人類学 / アメリカ研究 / ライフデザイン / 民族学 / 老後の住環境 |
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| Research Abstract |
In a "Super-Aging Society" with a rapidly aging population and declining fertility, providing the elderly with a suitable living environment is critical for them to maintain independent lives and to receive necessary care as their health and mobility decline. This study focuses on the growth of new types of care facilities in lieu of more conventional nursing homes in two research sites in the US which I have been continuously studying since the 1980s. How does the development of community-based residential facilities and residential care apartment complexes affect the life design of the elderly?
The study examines the diversification of care facilities in the context of longitudinal, social, and cultural changes of the areas and analyzes changes and continuity in the life-design and well-being of the elderly.
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