Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Aging Populations: Lessons In Healthy Aging From Japan
This online course explored Japan's aging population problems and their policies and solutions for a long and enjoyable life. The course introduced the concept of “healthy aging” including scientific and medical research about centenarians. It also covered the healthcare service for healthy aging and ways to socially engage elderly people, national and local government policies, and examples of activities in Japan that promote an age-inclusive society.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Tomoko Koike
Associate professor, Faculty of Nursing & Medical Care,
Keio University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify both the challenges and the possibilities of a super-aged society.
- Explain the concept of healthy aging and what is necessary for it.
- Explore innovative strategies for individuals, communities, and healthcare services to bring about healthy aging.
- Improve your lifestyle for your own healthy aging.
- Evaluate the policies for age-inclusivity in your own community.
Syllabus
Week 1 - What is the Super-Aged Society?
- The concept of healthy aging.
- The mechanisms of healthy longevity from a scientific and medical perspective.
- An overview of three components of support for healthy aging: services, communities and policies.
Week 2 - Healthy Aging and Healthcare Service
- Various kinds of support for individuals’ healthy aging through care services and technology.
- How to prevent decline in function due to aging and compensating for it when it does occur.
Week 3 - Healthy Aging and Social Engagement
- Case studies of support for social engagement by local communities.
- How to enable the elderly to participate in society with a sense of purpose, even whilst aging.
Week 4 - How to promote an Inclusive Society
- Policies working toward an age-inclusive society.
- Various initiatives that are underway in Japan through joint efforts by the government, the private sector, and academia.
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Issued on 1st June 2020
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