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Ageing in Australia

Challenges and Opportunities

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Editors:
  1. Kate O’Loughlin

    1. Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia

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  2. Colette Browning

    1. ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

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  3. Hal Kendig

    1. ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

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  • Australian developments in ageing: issues and history
  • Cultural diversity, health, and ageing
  • Indigenous Australians and ageing: responding to diversity in policy and practice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Aging (Int. Perspect. Aging, volume 16)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Challenges and Opportunities for an Ageing Australia

    • Kate O’Loughlin, Hal Kendig, Colette Browning
    Pages 1-10

  3. Dimensions of Ageing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Australian Developments in Ageing: Issues and History

      • Hal Kendig
      Pages 13-27

    3. Attitudes to Ageing

      • Kate O’Loughlin, Hal Kendig
      Pages 29-45

    4. Population Ageing: A Demographic Perspective

      • Peter McDonald
      Pages 47-61

    5. Health and Ageing

      • Julie Byles
      Pages 63-81

    6. Cultural Diversity, Health and Ageing

      • Harriet Radermacher, Susan Feldman
      Pages 83-101

    7. Indigenous Australians and Ageing: Responding to Diversity in Policy and Practice

      • Kathleen Clapham, Cathy Duncan
      Pages 103-125

    8. Enhancing the Health and Employment Participation of Older Workers

      • Jack Noone, Philip Bohle
      Pages 127-146

  4. Living and Lifestyle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Retirement Income

      • Hazel Bateman, Rafal Chomik, John Piggott
      Pages 149-172

    3. Housing and the Environments of Ageing

      • Debbie Faulkner
      Pages 173-191

    4. Transport and the Older Australian: Freedom, Challenges and Opportunities

      • Graham Currie, Alexa Delbosc
      Pages 193-206

  5. Policy and Practice in Health and Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Health Policies for an Ageing Australia

      • Stephen Duckett
      Pages 209-223

    3. Primary Health Care and Older People

      • Colette Browning, Jenny Davis, Shane Thomas
      Pages 225-237

    4. Care and Support for Older People

      • Yun-Hee Jeon, Hal Kendig
      Pages 239-259

  6. Actions and Directions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Directions and Choices on Ageing for the Future

      • Hal Kendig
      Pages 263-279
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About this book

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. 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia

    Kate O’Loughlin

  • ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

    Colette Browning, Hal Kendig

About the editors

Kate O’Loughlin PhD is an associate professor in the Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney and Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). A/Professor O’Loughlin is a health sociologist with research interests in ageing and health particularly around workforce participation, the competing demands of work and care, attitudes to ageing, and age discrimination.

 

Colette Browning PhD is the Director of the RDNS Institute, Honorary Professor at Peking University, Research Director of the Shenzhen International Primary Health Care Research Institute and Adjunct Professor at Monash University. Professor Browning is recognised as a national and international leader in psychology and health with a special focus on healthy ageing. She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR).

 

Hal Kendig PhD is Professor of Ageing and Public Policy at the Australian National University’s Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing in the Research School of Population Health; and is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). He is a gerontologist and sociologist with primary research interests in socio-economic determinants over the life span, attitudes to ageing, housing and health, community care services and policies, and ageing in Asia. Professor Kendig is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a Life Member of COTA, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ageing in Australia

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Editors: Kate O’Loughlin, Colette Browning, Hal Kendig

  • Series Title: International Perspectives on Aging

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6464-2Published: 19 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8209-7Published: 27 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-6466-6Published: 18 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2197-5841

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-585X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 290

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Aging, Social Policy, Public Health, Quality of Life Research, Health Psychology

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