The basic unit of account is an hour of service to an elderly person. Sometimes seniors help each other and earn the credits, other times family members in other communities earn credits and transfer them to their parents who live elsewhere. For example, an elderly woman who no longer has a driver’s license; if you shop for her, you get credit for that, based on the kind of service and the number of hours. These credits accumulate- users may keep them for when they become sick or elderly themselves, then use the credits in exchange for services. Alternatively, the users may transfer credits to someone else.
A surprising part of the project has been that the elderly tend to prefer the services provided by people paid in Fureai Kippu over those paid in yen. This may be due to the personal connection. When they surveyed the elderly, it was clear they preferred the people who worked for Fureai Kippu over the people who worked for yen because of the nature of the relationship. To convert this community service to yen would seem to dilute the community ethic.
There are two clearinghouses that send the credits from one side of Japan to the other.[2]
Further readingedit
Marketplace Revolution - from Concentrated Wealth to Community Capital, David LePage, Buy Social Canada, 2020.
^"Community currency guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith". publishing.yudu.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^"Japan's Fureai Kippu Time-banking in Elderly Care: Origins, Development, Challenges and Impact". IJCCR. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
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fureai, kippu, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2013,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fureai kippu news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Fureai kippu Japanese ふれあい切符 lit caring relationship ticket is a Japanese sectoral currency created in 1995 by the Sawayaka Welfare Foundation so that people could earn credits helping seniors in their community 1 The basic unit of account is an hour of service to an elderly person Sometimes seniors help each other and earn the credits other times family members in other communities earn credits and transfer them to their parents who live elsewhere For example an elderly woman who no longer has a driver s license if you shop for her you get credit for that based on the kind of service and the number of hours These credits accumulate users may keep them for when they become sick or elderly themselves then use the credits in exchange for services Alternatively the users may transfer credits to someone else A surprising part of the project has been that the elderly tend to prefer the services provided by people paid in Fureai Kippu over those paid in yen This may be due to the personal connection When they surveyed the elderly it was clear they preferred the people who worked for Fureai Kippu over the people who worked for yen because of the nature of the relationship To convert this community service to yen would seem to dilute the community ethic There are two clearinghouses that send the credits from one side of Japan to the other 2 Further reading editMarketplace Revolution from Concentrated Wealth to Community Capital David LePage Buy Social Canada 2020 See also edit nbsp Money portal Demurrage currency Fureai Local exchange trading systemReferences edit Community currency guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith publishing yudu com Retrieved 2017 10 06 Japan s Fureai Kippu Time banking in Elderly Care Origins Development Challenges and Impact IJCCR 2012 08 16 Retrieved 2017 10 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fureai kippu amp oldid 1219150793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
