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National Roundtable on Social Isolation and Older People ... What Works?
The National Roundtable Forum was held on Monday 14 November 2011. To view a copy of the Forum notes, click here.
Added 16 January 2011
Ask the Elderly What they Need, Not the Care Industry
Professor Hal Kendig has written an opinion piece on the subject.
Please click here to view the article from "The Conversation".
Added 13 October 2011
Realising the Economic Potential of Senior Australians: Changing Face of Society
The Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians has delivered the first report, Realising the economic potential of senior Australians.
The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer and the Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing received the report Realising the economic potential of senior Australians: changing face of society,on 26 August 2011.To view the report please click here.
The Ageing Experience of Australians from Migrant Backgrounds
We are pleased to advise that a new report from the National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre has been released today.
One in five Australians aged 50 and over were born in non-English-speaking countries, numbering more than 1 million people. The Ageing Experience of Australians from Migrant Backgrounds digs deeper into the 2006 Census – the first to collect a range of data that can be used to examine productive ageing and wellbeing of older Australians – to provide a detailed picture of this large and significant group. The results highlighted in this report are sometimes surprising and certainly deserve wider recognition. It shows that older Australians from migrant backgrounds differ in their social and economic well-being according to country of origin and ancestry suggesting that cultural factors and migration experiences influence their ageing experiences. This report is about quantifying these different ageing experiences.
To view the report please click here.Added 4 August 2011.
Hospital Use in the Last Year of Life
"Quality of death” can be enhanced by improving the standards of end-of-life care. This paper considers hospital emergency department use by people in the last year of their life and investigates where people spend their last months of life and the quality of care they receive, to view the article please click here.
Added 4 August 2011
Age Discrimination in Employment
This report, conducted for National Seniors Australia by the late Professor Sol Encel, finds that age discrimination is widespread - in recruitment, in promotion, and during times of retrenchment.
It is evident in workplace harassment and pressure to retire, and in the unspoken but powerful assumption that the best workers are young workers To view the report please click here.
Added 30 June 2011.
End of Life for People with Dementia
The general reluctance in our society to discuss end-of-life issues translates into a failure by many to prepare properly for the end of life.
This publication considers what additional options might become available in the future that people with dementia could access towards the end of their lives, including euthanasia and assisted suicide. Please click here to access the report. (Added 20 June 2011).
Women's Health & Ageing
The latest major report from the ongoing Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health has been released, focusing on the health of older women.
For a copy of the report please click here. (Added 23 May 2011).
AAG's Response to the Productivity Commission's Draft Report
The Productivity Commission is currently seeking responses to its Draft Report on Caring for Older Australians.
Responses also include via public hearings conducted in capital cities around Australia (see Productivity Commission website for details). Attached is the AAG's response to the Productivity Commission's draft report.
To view the report click here. (Added 23 May 2011)
The Global Social Initiative on Ageing
The Global Social Initiative on Ageing (GSIA) is a new activity of the International Association of Gerontology (IAGG).
Its mission is to foster collaborative, trans-national approaches to the creation and transfer of knowledge at the intersections of global trends and population ageing. Click here to see attached for more information.
Productivity Commission Draft Report
On Friday 21 January 2011, the Productivity Commission released its draft report on Caring for Older Australians.
Dementia: A major health problem for indigenous people
This paper suggests that more research is needed in respect of those Indigenous people living in urban areas.
Dementia Risk Reduction - What do Australians know?
This paper highlights the need to raise awareness that it is possible to reduce the risk of dementia as well as the need to educate Australians about the link between cardiovascular risk factors and an increased risk of dementia.
The Future of Aged Care in Australia
National Seniors has commissioned a report from Access Economics on the future of aged care in Australia.
The report covers current issues in aged care such as quality of care, infrastructure requirements and alternative models of funding. Click here to access the report. (Added 12 October 2010).
Quality Dementia Care: No Time Like the Present
The objective of this publication is to promote the importance of timely diagnosis and the role that GPs have in this.
The booklet is aimed at GPs and other health professionals and covers the types of dementia, the signs and symptoms, assessment and diagnosis, and management of the disease. To view the booklet please click here (Added 5 October 2010)
Housing Needs of Asset Poor Older Australians
This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that explores the housing options and actual housing circumstances of asset-poor older Australians.To view the report click here (Added 23 September 2010).
National Dementia Health Prevention Strategy
With the prevalence of dementia projected to reach around one million by 2050 and the cost of dementia care set to outstrip any other health condition, this paper sets out a case for the establishment of a national dementia preventative health strategy.
To view the paper please click here (Added 14 September 2010)
AAG Productivity Commission Submission
The AAG has given a response to the Productivity Commission Inquiry: Caring for Older Australians.
For a copy of the submission, please click here. ( Added 7 September 2010)
Older Workers: Age Discrimination and Research Ethics
Community Care Research Agenda
ACSA, the AAG and the ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well united to develop a National Community Care Research Agenda
The purpose was to set high-priority, high-value topics for investigation and to advise stakeholders how to expand their involvement in research. This publication includes two key deliverables: a list of the top priority research topics which form the National Research Agenda, and a 'Getting involved in Research' guide to assist people from the sector to engage actively in research.
For a copy of the document, please click here or to access a hard copy please contact Leanne Lovell at ACSA on LLovell@agedcare.org.au(Added 29 July 2010)
Caring for Older Australians
The AAG is currently in the process of putting together a submission for the Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Caring for Older Australians.
If you have an issue you would like to see addressed as part of the AAG's submission, please send your thoughts to the AAG Executive Officer at eoaag@aag.asn.au by Wednesday 14 July.
For information on the Inquiry, click here.
Added 22 July 2010
Environment and Technology for People with Dementia
There is an increasing body of evidence that suggests people with dementia can be assisted by the provision of special environments and technology aimed at improving their communication, mobility, manipulation, orientation, cognition and life style.
For more information please click here to access the full report. (Added 30 June 2010).
Beyond Life Expectancy
The ageing of the Australian population is often portrayed as a problem rather than an opportunity. Using census data, this report dispels some myths about ageing and its social and economic impacts. Please click here to view the report.
Added 24 June 2010
Grey Nomad Volunteers
This research report sets out the issues and challenges facing Grey Nomad Volunteer projects as well as highlighting the successes. To read the full report click here
Added 14 June 2010
Age Friendly Cities
The number of Australians aged over 65 is set to double in the next 40 years, but are our cities set up and designed to deal with greater numbers of older people?
As we hear in this discussion, it's not just practical improvements like more seats and public toilets, it's attitudes towards ageing and older people that need to change too.
To talk about what makes an age friendly city are Dr John Beard, Director of the World Health Organisation's Department of Ageing and Life Course; Barbara Squires, General Manager for Ageing for the Benevolent Society; and, Professor Hal Kendig, Research Professor of Ageing and Health at the University of Sydney.
All three were speakers at the IFA 10th Global Conference on Ageing held from 3-6 May 2010 in Melbourne
To hear the discussion click hereAdded 3 June 2010
Revers Mortgages and Older People
Rapid population ageing in Australia should lead to a significant increase in the demand for reverse mortgage products over the next 25-years. AHURI's recent report entitled "Reverse Mortgages and Older People" investigates the implications of this trend. To read the report click here (added 27 May 2010)
The Future is Grey: Article in the Sunday Age
On 11 April 2010, the Sunday Age Lifestyle section ran a story discussing the issues of working past the age of retirement, for the full article click here (Added 13 May 2010)
Divorce and the Well-being of Older Australians
Divorce and the Wellbeing of Older Australians' provides estimates of the effects of divorce on a number of aspects of wellbeing of older Australians (aged 55–74 years). For the full article click here (Added 13 May 2010)
