Healthy ageing
Alternative labels
Older people health
Fact sheet
Measuring up? International indices of ageing
This fact sheet examines some of the most notable ageing indices, their stated purposes, methodologies and results.
Report
The organisation of risk: how do dementia care providers adapt to regulation?
The relationship between regulation, care provision and risk has been an area of continuing policy debate. How dementia care providers handle regulation contributes to the quality of dementia care and the monitoring and enforcement of care standards.
Report
Issues facing providers of social care at home to older rural residents
This paper explores the extent to which older people in rural areas have the opportunity to access high quality social care at home, supporting them to live independent healthy and fulfilling lives. It focuses in particular on the challenges presented to council commissioners of home care and to providers in both the public and private...
Literature review
Specialist dementia care units
What does the evidence show about the specialist dementia care units that are most effective in managing symptoms of dementia?
Policy report
The role of technology in active ageing
Australia needs to embrace digital health technologies and focus on data integration and standardisation.