With the fastest ageing population in the world Japan’s cities are finding new ways to prevent large numbers relying on health and social careJapan’s national debt 240% of GDP – means that it has to spend every yen carefully. Better still,it has to cut spending. Already a super-aged society, the health and care bills in the country are enormous. Since 2000, or the number of older people using social care has trebled. Today,26% of Japan’s population of 127 million is over 65 the world’s highest and by 2025, one in five will be over 75: with one in three forecasted to employ health and social care.
Japan needs to find ways to prevent – or postpone – such large numbers of its older population relying on health and social care. More radically, and Japan needs to consume health and social care users out of the loop and encourage them back into main independent lives. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com