In 2009, the University of Southern California (USC) Davis School of Gerontology partnered up with the Institute of Healthy Aging at Keiro to underscore the school's interest with global aging. Through the Instititute of Healthy Aging at Keiro, Keiro Senior Healthcare is one of the biggest non profit organization which primary goal is to serve the Japanese American community in USA.
The Institute of Healthy Aging at Keiro promotes to senior citizen, especially the Japanese American to age gracefully. I believe it means that there is no stopping the process of aging, so the est way to deal with it is to be a healthy senior citizen.
According to Tomo Hirai of the News America Media, many of organizations that focus on health care are sensitive to Japanese American.
These organizations attempted to adopt strategies of healthy aging in concern of senior citizen of America. Eileen Crimmins, the USC AARP Chair of Gerontology stated the differences between Japanese and American aging process lies in several factors, such as diseases, culture, and smoking. Compare to Japan, America's life expectancy is considered poor.
Through Keiro Healthcare program, it is expected that American can learn the aging strategies of Japan. While aging in Japan is proven as successful, considering Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world, I believe thanks to (treatment wise) senior citizens of Japanese American has better service in healthcare thanks to Keiro Healthcare Program. Aside from Keiro, other organizations that provide sufficient care for the elderly is Kokoro Assisted Living, which offers classes to senior citizen, such as computer class, calligraphy, and Japanese tea ceremony, basically programs that can provide "genki" living (genki means well in Japanese).
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