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