KEBIJAKAN TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT LANSIA JEPANG YANG BERORIENTASI PADA MODEL PEMBERDAYAAN KOMUNITAS

Abstract

This article provides a brief overview of the situation of the elderly in Japan,
including demographic and social changes in Japan, policy direction, and
empowerment-oriented community development model. Through the human
security approach: protection and empowerment, government retain the primary
role and responsibility for ensuring the survival, livelihood and dignity of their
citizens, and requires greater collaboration and partnership among regional
organizations and civil society. The human security approach, is more than an
exercise in joint programming. This approach is people-centered. It considers the
broad range of conditions that threaten the survival, livelihood, and dignity of
people and their communities particularly those who are most vulnerable (UN
Commissions of Human Security, 2010). In this case is elderly people. Policy
direction designed to address elderly related issues. The potential of
empowerment-oriented community development intervention strategies to decrease
the gap between available institutional and formal community-based services and
the needs of the elderly and their families in their efforts to meet late-life
challenges. The policies and programs are imitable for countries like Indonesia,
where there is no substantial policies and programs for caring the elderly. We can
learn various experiences from Japan in the protection (policy direction) and
empowerment (collaboration and partnership) programs.