Health Issues and Care System for the Elderly

Description

This book sheds new light on health issues that concern both aging patients and their caregivers, and provides practical and in-depth insights. The respective chapters address various topics including locomotive organ disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease and more. Japan is currently experiencing a massive growth in its elderly population, and at a speed unmatched elsewhere in the world. As such, this edited volume offers a valuable guide for countries that are likely to experience an increase in their elderly population, especially with regard to the epidemiological findings and cohort studies in Japan that it presents. Health Issues and Care System for the Elderly offers a valuable resource for both new and established researchers, doctors, healthcare workers, and students who are seeking information on health problems involving the elderly in the field of public health and gerontology. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Population Aging and Health of Older People in Japan: Introduction of Health Issues and Care System for the Elderly (Ikuko Miyabayashi, Masakazu Washio, Tomoko Yanagimoto, Eric Fortin, Seiji Yasumura)....Pages 1-16 Burden Among Family Caregivers of Older People Who Need Care in Japan (Masakazu Washio, Yasuko Toyoshima, Ikuko Miyabayashi, Yumiko Arai)....Pages 17-32 Health Promotion and Long-Term Care for the Elderly in Rural Areas of Hokkaido, Japan (Mitsuru Mori, Kazutoshi Kitazawa, Satoko Showa, Miki Takeuchi, Toshiaki Seko, Shunichi Ogawa)....Pages 33-44 Prevention Strategy for Frailty (Hunkyung Kim, Tatsuro Ishizaki)....Pages 45-68 Epidemiology of the Locomotive Organ Diseases (Noriko Yoshimura, Kozo Nakamura, Sakae Tanaka)....Pages 69-81 Epidemiology of Dementia in a Community: The Hisayama Study (Toshiharu Ninomiya)....Pages 83-95 Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly (Hirofumi Ohnishi, Shigeyuki Saitoh)....Pages 97-106 Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly (Kei Asayama, Takayoshi Ohkubo)....Pages 107-119 Stroke in the Elderly Population (Masahiro Kamouchi)....Pages 121-135 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) as an Emerging Risk Factor in the Elderly (Kunitoshi Iseki)....Pages 137-150 Lung Cancer in the Elderly: The Most Dominant Cause of Cancer Death in Japan (Chikako Kiyohara, Yoichi Nakanishi, Masakazu Washio)....Pages 151-170 Influenza and Influenza Vaccination in Japanese Elderly (Megumi Hara)....Pages 171-183 The Great East Japan Earthquake, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, and Elderly Health (Seiji Yasumura)....Pages 185-196