Japanese scholar: In old age, the resident is the happiest

Text ｜ "China Science News" reporter Wen Xinhong

"I have no family members, and I basically live alone. At the age of 72. I will continue to take the last section of my life in the future. I have been determined to be the level of care for care, and then a person dies quietly. If my death one day, my death When people are discovered, I don't want people to be considered 'lonely to death'. This is my motivation for writing this book. "

Following "Parental System and Capitalism", "Disdish Women" and "Feminist from Zero", well -known Japanese contemporary sociological scholars, feminist scholars Ueno Chiyo Takako pushed a new masterpiece "Farewell to the World in the Familiar Home", through For a comprehensive investigation of the latest medical care, care, care, nursing care, and share your preparations for his old age.

After being listed in Japan in early 2021, this book quickly ranked first on the best -selling list of similar works in Amazon, Japan, and printed 14 times within a year and issued 240,000 copies. Its Chinese version has been launched by Yilin Publishing House recently.

Ueno Chiyoko believes that everyone will be a solitary person. "Because forming a family with others is only a stage of life. Once this stage is passed, everyone is the same. Back to the state of alone ".

In "Farewell to the World in the Familiar Home", there is a survey on the satisfaction of the life of the elderly. This survey found that "in the old age, the resident is the happiest."

In terms of life satisfaction, the elderly who live alone in the elderly have the highest satisfaction, low trouble, and feel that the ratio of loneliness is low, and the ratio of restlessness is also low. If the old man actively chooses to live alone, then he is not easy to feel loneliness and anxiety.

According to the observation of Ueno Chiyoko, in Japan, people's prejudice against the elderly has disappeared. "Living alone or separating from children is better for the elderly" has become a common sense of society.

Go to the nursing home or go to the hospital after getting old? Neither of them choose. Ueno Qianhezi said that we can say goodbye to the world in our familiar home. Give people the confidence of "a person can be realized with dignity at home".

According to the survey of Ueno Chiyoko, from the cost of dying care, the cost of dying in the hospital is the highest, followed by nursing homes, and the cost of home hospice is the lowest.

Judging from the trend of the world, the care of the elderly has shifted from institutional care to home care.

The reason why "saying goodbye to the world in the way you like" for many Japanese elderly people can be realized because of the implementation of the nursing insurance system. Through the accumulation of nursing insurance in the past 20 years, the "home career", which was originally out of reach, has become a reality step by step.

Japan has entered the social stage of aging and declining births earlier than China. Chinese society has already or will face the pressure of pension.

Chinese writer Mao Danqing and Ueno Chiyoko have a conversation about this book. Ueno Chiyoko said: "The problem of pension in the world, especially in Southeast Asia, which is fast -aging in a very short period of time, is a severe issue. Japan should deal with it earlier. The best detours. "

"Farewell to the World in the Familiar House", [Day] Ueno Qianhezi, Liao Rongfa, translated Lin Lin Publishing House in May 2022, pricing: 58 yuan Publishing House Pictures

"China Science News" (2022-07-08 The 3rd edition of the original title "" In the old age, the solitary person is the happiest ""))

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