WHY ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED OLDER ADULTS UNABLE TO ACCESS SERVICES IN JAPAN? A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF FOUR FACTORS
Tomoko Ikeuchi, Kazunori Kikuchi, Yu Taniguchi, Cullen Hayashida, Kae Ito · 2023
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Tomoko Ikeuchi and colleagues ask why isolated older adults in Japan miss services, in a review from 2023. The pandemic strained outreach to elders living cut off from community ties. Surveys of every local council and welfare board map how that support gap grew.
Half the replies saw isolated elder counts rise during the pandemic years. Four blocks stood out in the coded free text answers from local staff. Elders refused help outright, could not be found, or resisted face to face contact. Diverse needs plus unrecognised need, often with dementia or mental illness, blocked support. Sorting refusal types is the first fix step the authors propose.
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| CREATOR | Tomoko Ikeuchi, Kazunori Kikuchi, Yu Taniguchi, Cullen Hayashida, Kae Ito |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |