Australia's New Aged: Issues for Young and Old

ISBN-13: 9780367717483 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 158 str.

John McCallum; Karin Geiselhart

Opis

An introduction to social and policy issues of ageing in Australia.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Our ageing population: part of a global wave

2 Post-modern ageing: unpicking poorly knit structures

3 Safer than houses? A new age for retirement incomes

4 Ageing and health: the failures of success?

5 Home versus homes: aged care services for the new aged

6 Carers come out! Family and community support of the aged

7 Care for sale? Marketing services for the aged in Asia

8 The new aged confront the new millennium

Further reading

Index

O autorze

John McCallum is Professor of Public Health at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. Karin Gieselhart is a journalist.