Population ageing and Australia's future

Population ageing and Australia's future / editors: Hal Kendig, Peter McDonald, John Piggott.

"This volume provides evidence from many of Australia's leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines to support policies that address challenges presented by Australia's ageing population. It builds on presentations made to the 2014 Symposium of the Academy of the Socia...

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Other Authors: Kendig, Hal, 1948- (Editor), McDonald, Peter F. (Peter Francis), 1946- (Editor), Piggott, John (John R.) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2016.
Series:Free online access: OAPEN.
Subjects:
Population aging > Australia.
Population forecasting > Australia.
Older people > Australia.
Australasia, Oceania and other land areas.
Australasia.
Australia.
Central government policies.
Central government.
Politics and government.
Population and demography.
Social services and welfare, criminology.
Social welfare and social services.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Sociology.
MEDICAL > Geriatrics.
Older people
Population aging
Population forecasting
Australia
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Perspectives on ageing
  • Introduction : a multidisciplinary approach to ageing / Hal Kendig, Peter McDonald, John Piggott
  • Ageing and social change in Australia / Cathy Gong, Hal Kendig
  • Population ageing in Australia-National policy challenges and future directions / John Piggott
  • Part 2. Population ageing : global, regional and Australian perspectives
  • Ageing in Australia : population changes and responses / Peter McDonald
  • Declining fertility and the rising costs of children and the elderly in Japan and other selected Asian countries : an analysis based upon the NTA approach / Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura, Sang-Hyop Lee
  • Facing the challenges of an ageing society / Jan Pakulski
  • Part 3. Improving health and wellbeing
  • Social research and actions on ageing well / Hal Kendig, Colette Browning
  • Enhancing cognitive capacities over the life-span / Kaarin J Anstey
  • Social engagement in late life / Tim D Windsor, Rachel G Curtis, Mary A Luszcz
  • Wellbeing and its improvability as a national goal / Richard A Burns, Colette Browning
  • Part 4. Responses by government and families/individuals
  • Retirement income strategies for an ageing population / Hazel Bateman
  • Ageing, entitlement and funding health care / Jane Hall, Kees van Gool
  • Financing aged care : the role of housing wealth and intergenerational relationships / Rachel Ong
  • Conclusions : an historic triumph that presents big challenges for public policy / Andrew Podger
  • Appendix 1: International perspectives and global benchmarking / Hal Kendig, Lisa Cannon.

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