Monitoring of Metropolitan Local Government Policies on Aging Society

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to monitor the social policies of metropolitan local governments on the elderly, especially in terms of their consistency and appropriateness, and to present measures that could improve these policies. Our analysis found that most of local governments’ social policies on the elderly were limited to welfare assistance. The visions, goals, and implementation strategies of those local policies were mainly in the same direction as those of the central government policies, but some differences were observed. Local government's social policy projects for the elderly are focused on their income security, health, care, and leisure culture. The budget is mainly allocated to matching programs. Based on these findings, this article suggests that in order to improve the substance of these policies, it is necessary to clarify the scope of each and establish a system for managing their implementation.