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Material on aged care issues in Australia's Welfare: services and assistance:

The Aged Care Chapters:

The aged care chapters in our reports to Parliament, Australia's Welfare, primarily focus on people aged 65 and over. They contain information on:

  • policy and service development in aged care
  • current and future patterns of population ageing
  • work, retirement and social participation
  • retirement income
  • support for older people by family and friends (informal care)
  • accessing services
  • ageing and disability support and services available to older people
  • the provision of care services in the community
    • Home and Community Care (HACC)
    • Community Aged Care Packages (CACP)
    • Extended Aged Care at Home Packages (EACH)
    • Day Therapy Centres (DTC)
    • National Respite for Carers Program (NRCP)
  • residential aged care
  • aged care expenditure
  • standards and quality of care
  • data development in aged care.


For links to Australia's Welfare aged care:

Last reviewed on 19 November 2007

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