Ageing
Alternative labels
Aging
Gerontology
Report
Spaces for all ages: policies for an inclusive Australia
Population, participation and productivity. These are the ‘three Ps’ which feature in Australia’s intergenerational reports as the means to ameliorate the negative economic implications of an ageing society. The 2015 Intergenerational Report (IGR) invoked the three Ps as a means to resolve the government’s self-described ‘challenge of change’. The challenge of change narrative is based...
Report
The age old problem of old age: fixing the pension
This report argues that reforming the pension could deliver income gains of more than $5,900 a year to almost 98% of pensioners. These reforms would also reduce the cost of the pension by $14.5 billion a year. Executive summary
Report
Super savings
The Government must act to prevent excessive fees taking at least $40,000 from the superannuation accounts of millions of Australians at retirement. The report recommends that government reduce fees by running a tender to select superannuation funds to manage the accounts of more than nine million Australians who choose a default fund through their employer.
Journal article
CARE-PACT: a new paradigm of care for acutely unwell residents in aged care facilities
Describes the Comprehensive Aged Residents Emergency and Partners in Assessment, Care and Treatment (CARE-PACT) program: a hospital substitutive care and demand management project that aims to improve, in a fiscally efficient manner, the quality of care received by residents of aged care facilities.
Report
Muslims in Australia and their aged care needs: an exploratory study with special reference to South Australia
The report provides insights into Islam and Muslims so as to put the issue of Muslim aged care into proper perspective; it also provides opportunity to clarify some concepts in the context of Muslims, such as culture, ethnicity, and spirituality.