This booklet is intended to help Australians navigate the different phases of ageing.

Due to increased life expectancy, the number of older Australians with a long-term disability, such as intellectual disability is increasing. People with intellectual disability can be reluctant to leave their familiar work environment, and may find it hard to envisage life in retirement. Older people with an intellectual disability meet significant barriers to enjoying an...

Many older Australians report a desire to age in place. This bulletin explores the relationship between this desire and the housing circumstances of older Australians of different tenure types; that is, those who own their home outright, those paying a mortgage and those who rent their home either privately or through social housing. The bulletin...

The National Broadband Network will potentially provide the opportunity for all Australians to access the same level of information and online services regardless of their location, age and level of mobility. But this opportunity can only be grasped by those who have the technical skills needed to use computers and the internet. This research shows...

This study finds that Australians in their 70s and 80s have higher levels of subjective wellbeing than those in their 50s and 60s. Greater proportions of respondents aged 70 and older had high levels of life satisfaction, were comfortable with their standard of living and felt free to decide how to live their lives. Despite...