Paul Midford & John Creighton Campbell 
Eldercare Policies in Japan and Scandinavia [PDF ebook] 
Aging Societies East and West

Introduction 1. Japan’s Long-Term-Care Insurance System 2. Eldercare in Norway Content, Organization and Financing the Care System — a Brief History, Current Status and Future Prospects 3. Care Providers in Japan Before and After the Long-Term Care Insurance 4. Formal Providers of Eldercare in Norway 5. Changes in Family and Informal Care in Japan 6. Changes in Family and Informal Care in Norway 7. Assessment Instrument and Allocation of Services in Japan 8. Assessment Instrument and the Allocation of Care Services in Norway 9. Quality of Care Services in the Japanese System of Long-Term Care 10. Quality of Care Services in Norway

Paul Midford is Professor and Director of the Japan Program at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.