In this report, the author shows that older people contributed greatly through the COVID-19 pandemic, often coping and supporting others across a range of areas - despite often facing worse impacts of the pandemic.

Frailty is an age-related clinical state associated with deterioration across multiple physiological systems and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality later in life. This review summarises evidence from longitudinal studies on frailty trajectories, transitions and trends.

The Skills and Training Incentive is available to individuals aged 45 to 70 who are employed and at risk of entering the income support system, or unemployed within the last 9 months and not registered for assistance through an Australian Government employment services program. The evaluation assessed the relevance, appropriateness, implementation efficiency, and short-term effectiveness...

This review is being conducted to determine whether the policy objectives of the 2019 Ageing and Disability Commissioner Act, created to help protect vulnerable adults with disability and older people, remain valid and the terms of the Act are still appropriate to help meet those objectives.

Across the world, people are living longer, but with more chronic conditions, disability and frailty. This study aimed to examine the feasibility of deriving an electronic Frailty Index (eFI) and to use the index to describe the prevalence of frailty and the prevalence with socioeconomic status and geographic remoteness.