Older Australia at a Glance, 2nd ed.

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• Preliminary material
  • Title page and verso
  • Foreword
  • Contents
• Sections
  1. General context
     • Australia in context
  2. Demography
     • Older Australians: age, sex and living arrangements
     • The changing demographic profile: 1976-2016
     • Indigenous peoples
     • People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
     • International comparisons
  3. Health and wellbeing of older people
     • Life expectancies of older Australians
     • Health differentials
     • Dementia and older Australians
     • Self-rated health among older Australians
     • Dependency levels among older Australians
     • The nature of dependency among older Australians
  4. Wellbeing and productive ageing
     • Older Australians as volunteers
     • Older people's organisations in Australia
     • Healthy ageing
  5. Families and caring
     • Carers
     • Formal and informal care
     • Location of older people with a disability
  6. Retirement, income and housing
     • Australian Age Pension
     • Superannuation in Australia
     • Housing of older Australians
     • Retirement in Australia
  7. Health services used by older Australians
     • Hospital use by older Australians
     • Hospital statistics - diagnoses and procedures
  8. Aged care services
     • Assessment strategies
     • Home and Community Care (HACC) program
     • Care packages and community options
     • Hostels
     • Nursing homes
     • Dependency levels among service users
  9. Aged care system
     • Fitting the pieces together - the Australian system
     • Financing the Australian aged care system
  10. Expenditure trends
      • Expenditure on aged care
      • Health expenditure on older people in Australia
      • Government expenditure on older people in Australia
      • Expenditure trends and international comparisons
      • 1999 International Year of Older Persons

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