Older Australia at a glance (4th edition)

Full publication (1.8MB PDF)

• Preliminary material (226KB PDF)
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and symbols
  • Overview
• Sections
  1. Demographic profile (334KB PDF)
     • Age, sex and cultural diversity
     • The changing demographic profile
  2. Social and economic context (518KB PDF)
     • Marital status and living arrangements
     • Housing
     • Transport
     • Workforce participation
     • Retiring from paid work
     • Community and civic participation
     • Providing care
     • Social participation and leisure
     • Use of technology
     • Income, wealth and expenditure
     • Age Pension and superannuation
     • Intergenerational transfers within families
  3. Health and functioning (513KB PDF)
     • Ageing and health risk factors
     • Life expectancy, health status and causes of death
     • Disability
     • Burden of disease
     • Cardiovascular disease
     • Cancer
     • Diabetes mellitus
     • Respiratory disease
     • Mental health
     • Osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions
     • Dementia
     • Vision problems
     • Oral health
  4. Use of health and aged care services (502KB PDF)
     • The Australian health and welfare systems
     • Care needs and sources of care
     • General practitioner services
     • Use of pharmaceuticals
     • Dental services
     • Hospital use
     • Reasons for admission to hospital
     • Aged care assessment
     • Home and Community Care Program
     • Community Aged Care Packages
     • Extended Aged Care at Home and Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia packages
     • Respite care
     • Residential aged care: resident profiles
     • Residential aged care: patterns of supply and use
  5. Special population groups (385KB PDF)
     • Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
     • People from non-English-speaking countries
     • Older people in regional and remote communities
     • Older veterans
• End matter (528KB PDF)
  • Appendix tables
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures