Japan: A glimpse at Montana’s future?

By David Erickson, Missoulian

June 30, 2020

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f69c74996a7d32792d2ba962790d4291 — Virginia Lund, center, and others work out in an exercise class at the Missoula Family YMCA on Friday. The YMCA is kicking off its 2020 Annual Support Campaign, which helps provide financial assistance for membership costs and support for programs like senior group exercise programs and scholarships for kids to play soccer and basketball.

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This is part 1 of a two-part story about financing elder care in aging populations. Part 2 — what new strategies could Montana explore? — will be published next week.

Montana, the oldest state in the western United States, faces many of the same problems as Japan, the world’s oldest country. Might there be solutions for Montana from what looks to be a successful experiment enacted two decades ago to help pay for elder care in Japan?

On April 1, 2000, a new law in Japan began the world’s largest and most radical long-term care program for the elderly.

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