Care Over Cure: Japan's Dementia Strategy

By Prof Mario D Garrett Ph.D. and Maki Wakiyama

For those lucky enough to survive into older age, dementia shadowed their increasing longevity. Most people died decades before they were likely to get dementia, so our increased longevity has exposed this lurking disease . With an increasingly aging population, Japan is leading the way in how to treat people with dementia. How Japan approaches this radical health crisis bears witness to other countries that are just now entering into this new care reality. This book explores what Japan is doing right, what needs improving, and what the U.S. needs to learn in order to move forward in providing better care. Comparing the U.S. and Japanese systems of health care bears witness to the effectiveness of investing in care rather than gambling everything on a cure. Following the Japanese pragmatic approach provides better care for those going through dementia today and establishes a plan for the future. This book explores and contrasts the two systems of health care for people with dementia and comes up with some recommendations both at a policy and at an individual level.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09LH2L4RL
• ISBN13: 9798456314420
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"