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.

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...

Elder abuse is a significant issue for the Western Australian community, as the population is ageing and the percentage of people over age 65 is increasing exponentially. This research examines the extent of elder abuse in Western Australia, synthesising qualitative and quantitative information from organisations working with elder abuse in order to provide a coherent...

This report sets out a series of proposals to deal with weaknesses and challenges in the aged care system and promote higher quality care.

This project aims to explore how the asset poor status of older Australians helps to determine their demand for housing assistance, the coping strategies used by the asset poor as they strive to secure satisfactory housing outcomes and the importance of these outcomes to ontological security.