Citation

Wakino K. Rev. Leg. Polit. Sci. 2011; 47(2): 119-135.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Japan Association of Legal and Political Sciences)

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Abstract

This paper deals with legislative response to ill-treatment of the aged and problems of long-term care policy. The act which deals with ill-treatment of the aged in Japan is the "Act on Prevention of Ill-treatment of the Aged and Support to Carers of the Aged". As its name shows, a characteristic of this act is to provide not only response to ill-treatment of the aged but support to carers. There is no precedent of legislation similar to this in other countries. This paper, at first, confirms a definition of ill-treatment of the aged in this act, and then, points out legislative response to ill-treatment of the aged and its problems. Finally, this paper examines the relation between ill-treatment of the aged and long-term care policy in Japan and presents some problems of the policy.