Part 3 To Promote Measures for the Aging Society
1. Important Points in Promoting Measures for the Aging Society
When promoting measures for the aging society, the following points should be attended to：
(1) The role of families and local communities in supporting individuals' self-help efforts and maintaining living conditions will be emphasized. In particular, consideration should be given to the importance of volunteer activities which support the elderly. In addition, the public and private sectors should share appropriate responsibilities. Measures should be implemented efficiently by making the most of creativity and flexibility of private service providers based on the principles of competition. Moreover, local administrative bodies should be utilized.
(2) To obtain the understanding and cooperation of people in promoting measures for the aging society, people's opinions should be reflected, and effective public relations and education should be implemented.
(3) Information about changes in economic societies associated with aging should be continuously collected and analyzed . Necessary systems should be developed so that the elderly and local residents may have easy access to this information as well as other information about the use of measures for the aging society.
(4) Measures should be implemented steadily, giving consideration to training and securing necessary personnel, based on plans with goals that are made as clear as possible.
(5) Measures which can be trusted by people should be promoted through administrative reforms, such as deregulation, decentralization and the disclosure of administrative information.
(6) Consideration should be given to resolving governmental issues that are closely connected with measures for the aging society, such as a gender-equal society and the normalization of the disabled.
