Older Australia at a glance (second edition)

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Release Date: 23 Dec 1999

Topic: Older people

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AIHW, Gibson D, Benham C, Racic L (1999) Older Australia at a glance (second edition), AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 22 March 2023.

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AIHW, Gibson D, Benham C, Racic L. (1999). Older Australia at a glance (second edition). Canberra: AIHW.

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AIHW, Gibson D, Benham C, Racic L. Older Australia at a glance (second edition). AIHW, 1999.

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Prepared by AIHW and the Office for Older Australians in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, this publication provides an overview of the health, wellbeing and social circumstances of older Australians and their health and welfare services.

ISBN: 978 0 642 24793 3
Cat. no: AGE 12
Pages: 78

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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