The first biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on Australia's welfare services and assistance. This report is the first major attempt to describe the provision of welfare services in Australia and contains information on four main welfare service areas: housing assistance; children's services; aged care services; and disability services. The text is backed by 27 charts, 134 tables and 10 special information boxes. A comprehensive index and extensive reference lists are also included.
Authored by AIHW.
Published 25 November 1993; ISSN 1321 1445; ISBN-13 978 0 644 32832 6; AIHW cat. no. AIHW 044; AusInfo cat. no. AGPS 93 2520 1; 393pp.; OUT OF PRINT
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Publication table of contents
Contents
List of tables
List of figures
List of boxes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Commonly used abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Historical overview
1.2 Structure of Australia's welfare services system
1.3 Scope of the report
2 Welfare services statistics in Australia
2.1 The field of welfare statistics
2.2 The social indicators movement
2.3 Government concerns on health and welfare research and
statistics
2.4 The Australian Bureau of Statistics: developments in social
statistics
2.5 Statistical developments in Commonwealth departments
responsible for welfare and community services
2.6 WELSTAT 1977-1992: the national development of State-based
welfare data
2.7 Welfare function at the Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare
2.8 Establishment of welfare and welfare-related research
organisations
2.9 Sources of statistics on welfare
2.10 Conclusion
3 Housing assistance and services
3.1 Introduction
3.2 A history of housing assistance: the CSHA and SAAP
3.3 Population data; indicators of housing need
3.4 Housing assistance and services
3.5 The recipients of housing assistance
3.6 Housing outcomes: comparing need and the provision of
assistance
3.7 Conclusion
4 Children's services
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Child care: history and current developments
4.3 Child care services
4.4 Child care: use of services
4.5 Child welfare: overview
4.6 Child welfare services
4.7 Child welfare: children in need
4.8 Child welfare: substitute care service usage
4.9 Conclusion
5 Aged care
5.1 Introduction
5.2 History
5.3 Population data: indicators of need
5.4 Aged care services
5.5 Comparing indicators of need and service provision
5.6 Conclusion
6 Disability services
6.1 Introduction
6.2 History and current developments
6.3 Population data: disability and handicap in the Australian
population
6.4 National picture of disability services and supports: a first
overview
6.5 Data developments: a draft national minimum data set for CSDA
disability support services
