Abstract
Low birth rates and higher life expectancy have been ravaging Japanese society. This article summarizes some of the latest medical knowledge and assistive activities, with a nod toward one nonprofit organization’s efforts to deliver better home healthcare to the elderly through housing and technologies, in the world’s first super-aging society. The response to the transforming society requires a combination of familiar customs and new technologies that create a favorable environment for mobility and continuous learning that are key to elderly health. As other countries will face similar issues, further international interdisciplinary knowledge-building will be necessary to face the challenges of super-aging societies.
Highlights
Geriatrics and Gerontology, Liaison Office, Innovation Center for Clinical Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Morioka-chou
Ms Kawakami recognizes that activities handled almost exclusively by staff and helpers at Sawayaka Town will be substantially enhanced by technology and the Internet of Things (IoT), as robots and robotic assistance can provide additional support to the aging society’s worsening manpower shortage
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that suppress the decline of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists that suppress excitotoxicity by the neurotransmitter glutamate are used as therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (Winblad et al 2006; Nakamura et al 2011; Zhao et al 2002; Samochocki et al 2003; Tariot et al 2004)
Summary
According to an announcement from the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) on 30 November 2018, According to an announcement the Statistics. 2018; of those aged 65 years and above surpassed the 35 as of 1 October population of those agedover. 65 years and above million mark for2018; the first time—anthe increase of 468,000. Over the previous year (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau, Japan 2018). Japan already oldest country in the world,ten as shown in Figure which lists(United those countries in thewas world withthe the highest life expectancy years before and1,after. Nations,in the world with highest and life expectancy ten years beforeDivision and after2017). Low birth rates and higher life expectancy life expectancy in JapanPopulation becoming aDivision super-aging society, and its population started declining resulted in 2017. In Japan becoming a super-aging society, and its population started declining in 2017
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