Global Leadership and Problem-Solving: Elder Care in Asia

1 Course Unit

Today, for the first time in human history, there are as many adults age 60 and older as there are children age five and younger; by 2050, the world will be home to about two billion persons age 60 and older and two billion persons age 15 and younger. Global aging poses a consequential array of economic, social, and civic challenges that are only just now being confronted by local, national, and transnational leaders in government, business, and the nonprofit sector. In this course, students describe, analyze, and evaluate multiple and competing governance approaches and programmatic initiatives in relation to this major but still emerging global human well-being challenge. After surveying the best research on global aging, this course explores eldercare in Asia, with a special focus on China, India, Japan, and South Korea. 1 Course Unit