Topic: Family Care and Generations
How does Indonesia mark Family Care and Generations?
Everyday topic
Indonesia frames elder care through Law No. 13 of 1998 on the welfare of older people, dividing responsibility between the state, society and the family, and setting sixty as the threshold for lanjut usia. In practice care still leans heavily on family and neighbourhood networks, with multi-generational households common; religious communities and posyandu lansia — integrated service posts for older people — fill part of the gap at neighbourhood level. Care here is therefore neither a purely family duty nor a purely state benefit. Religious institutions and neighbourhood organisations fill a good deal of the gap between the state and the family in practice.
What is this topic?
Family care is not only a question of living together: it is also about who is legally responsible and where support can be requested. Taiwan routes long-term care through its 1966 assessment line; Japan uses long-term-care insurance funded from age 40 and assessed mainly from 65; India allows older people to seek maintenance through tribunals, while Brazil writes older people's rights into law. Mainland China and Indonesia still rely heavily on family and community networks, and US support is split across Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and self-pay. This guide compares law, public services, and what families can realistically carry.
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