This report examines the most frequent causes of hospitalisations due to injury sustained by Australians, aged 65 years or older, during the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012. Summary As Australia's population gets older, increasing numbers of older people are being admitted to public and private hospitals as a result of an injury...

A group of international experts, including economists, policy makers, social scientists, researchers and representatives of private sector, professional and other associations, convened at Harris Manchester College, in Oxford, on 26 June 2014, to discuss the opportunities of the silver economy as a response to population ageing. The consultation was organised jointly by the OECD and...

This report examines the characteristics and service use of people who accessed both Disability Services and Home and Community Care programs in 2010–11, finding that people using both programs required higher, more complex and diverse supports, and relied on a wide range of complementary services from both programs to support their distinct support needs. Summary...

This discussion paper sets out the context for the establishment of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme. It briefly discusses the current system of home support programmes for frail, older people, the challenges the system faces, and the need for reform. The paper then flags the key reform directions that are proposed for the Commonwealth Home...

The spectre of an ageing population has led to the government’s exhortation to repair the national economy to avert ‘intergenerational inequity’, writes Associate Professor Elizabeth Brooke, from Swinburne University's Centre for Social Impact.