Healthy ageing
Alternative labels
Older people health
Journal article
Older Aboriginal Australians’ health concerns and preferences for healthy ageing programs
This article presents the findings from a study that gives voice to older Aboriginal Australians’ perspectives culturally-appropriate programs to assist with healthy ageing.
Report
Building an age-friendly Indigo health system
This report documents the development of a systematic, rigorous co-design process to develop an age-friendly approach to care for older people.
Report
Ageing in multicultural Western Australia
The challenges faced by older Western Australians from culturally diverse backgrounds are highlighted in this report, which has been prepared to assist with service planning and work to combat ageism, discrimination and financial stress.
Guide
Is your health service age-friendly?
This guide was developed to help health service boards, clinicians, executive teams, staff and community members assess, plan and contribute to the establishment of an age-friendly health service.
Briefing paper
The Grim Reaper? Coronavirus and the elderly in Australia and the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world brings more than illness, death and economic chaos; it brings existential and ethical dilemmas about how to provide care for the elderly who are most at risk of contracting the virus and who are dying as a consequence. This brief provides a look at how the United States and...