The Network and the Australasian Centre on Ageing (ACA) at the University of Queensland have produced a guide for involving older people in research. The Guide is a product of an ongoing program of work within the Network in Ageing Well and builds on a series of workshops held in 2006-2007. The Guide is intended...

The Victorian Government is developing policies that respond to population ageing. The Ministerial Advisory Council of Senior Victorians conducted consultations in May and June 2008 to allow members of the community to contribute their ideas about how to make Victoria a better place for older people. More than 1500 people participated in community forums. Seniors...

The Transition Care Program provided additional treatment and care options following hospitalisation for patients and their families. When compared with similar groups of frail older people discharged from hospital during the same time period, those who received Transition Care had fewer re-admissions to hospital and were less likely to move into permanent residential aged care...

This report makes a number of recommendations which aim to alleviate the current pressures experienced by older Australians on low incomes, including a review of the Age Pension base level and indexation arrangements, a review of financial thresholds to access government services, benefits and concessions, the introduction of measures to improve access to dental care...

This report makes 48 recommendations with a particular focus on fraud, financial abuse, substitute decision making, and family agreements.