Corrections statistics in Australia indicate a clear trend towards increased numbers of older prisoners and the growth of this inmate group is paralleled in prisons in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Older prisoner populations present a number of challenges for governments, correctional administrators, healthcare providers and community agencies. This paper looks at...

The Economic Potential of Senior Australians Advisory Panel presented the first report to the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP and the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, the Hon Mark Butler MP at a launch at the Salvation Army Church in Taigum, Queensland.

We have an historic opportunity to re-assess our views and policies, writes the Brotherhood of St Laurence's, 
Simon Biggs.

What do older Australians who never or rarely use the Internet know about the types of online products and services available to them, and how they might use these products and services to improve their daily life? This project aims to support current and future strategies and initiatives by: 1) exploring the extent to which...

Australia is facing significant demographic shifts over the next decade as the population grows and ages. Currently, services for the ageing population are fragmented with no single government department assuming responsibility for older Australians in all their diversity. Homelessness and housing services are reporting an increase in aged people presenting for assistance with no (recent)...