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Changes in Housing Welfare System and Family Norms in Aging Jeju, South Korea
(Academic)
The second lecture in the Globalization Of Consumers: A Year of Study program will be presented by Dr. Seung-Hahn Koh, Founder and Director of Research Center for Jeju Longevity Culture (JLC) since 2003. His research interests include social policy, housing and urban development, and culture and diversity. Recently he has completed projects on the needs of centenarians, community/health services and employment issues for seniors, and age-friendly Jeju, South Korea. Jeju has the highest proportion of the oldest old (85+) in Korea and Dr. Koh will address issues of a rapidly aging society and its impacts on families and communities.
Sponsors:
Institute for Society, Culture and Environment
Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management
Center for Gerontology
CLAHS Diversity Grant
CLAHS Dean's Advisory Committee on International Initiatives
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