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Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities

O'Loughlin, Kate; Browning, Colette; Kendig, Hal

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This stimulating volume examines the many faces of Australia’s ageing population, the social and health issues they contend with, and the steps being taken—and many that should be taken—to help ensure a more positive and productive later life. Individual and societal ageing are conceptualized as developmental in nature, socially diverse, and marked by daily life challenges stemming from the country’s economic structures, attitudes, geography, political landscape, and infrastructure....[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorO'Loughlin, Kate
dc.contributor.authorBrowning, Colette
dc.contributor.authorKendig, Hal
dc.contributor.editorO’Loughlin, K.
dc.contributor.editorBrowning, C.
dc.contributor.editorKendig, H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-06T00:13:57Z
dc.date.available2021-05-06T00:13:57Z
dc.identifier.isbn9781493964666
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/232473
dc.description.abstractThis stimulating volume examines the many faces of Australia’s ageing population, the social and health issues they contend with, and the steps being taken—and many that should be taken—to help ensure a more positive and productive later life. Individual and societal ageing are conceptualized as developmental in nature, socially diverse, and marked by daily life challenges stemming from the country’s economic structures, attitudes, geography, political landscape, and infrastructure. Wide-ranging coverage (e.g., health, inequalities, employment, transportation) assesses options available to older people, and the role of families, employers, service providers, government agencies, and others in promoting or expanding those choices. The book’s double emphasis on challenges in older people’s lives and opportunities for enhancing their quality of life is on clear display as case studies examine policy issues—and propose solutions—in a societal and individual context. Included in the coverage: · Australian developments in ageing: issues and history. · Cultural diversity, health, and ageing. · Indigenous Australians and ageing: responding to diversity in policy and practice. · Enhancing the health and employment participation of older workers. · Housing and the environments of ageing. · Health services and care for older people. The rich examples in Ageing in Australia contain a depth of understanding and evidence for sociologists, gerontologists and psychologists studying ageing, health care professionals providing care to older people, and policy analysts assessing areas for improvement.
dc.format.extent286pp
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Perspective on Aging
dc.relation.isversionof1 Edition
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017
dc.titleAgeing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities
dc.typeBook
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedNo
dc.date.issued2017
local.identifier.absfor111702 - Aged Health Care
local.identifier.absfor111712 - Health Promotion
local.identifier.absfor111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5147057xPUB19
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.com/
local.type.statusMetadata only
local.contributor.affiliationO'Loughlin, Kate, University of Sydney
local.contributor.affiliationBrowning, Colette, Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationKendig, Hal, College of Health and Medicine, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage286
local.identifier.doi10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6
local.identifier.absseo940103 - Ageing and Older People
local.identifier.absseo920502 - Health Related to Ageing
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T10:10:17Z
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationNew York
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