260 research outputs found
Dr Hal Kendig
No full textResearch School of Social Sciences, Urban Research Unit - Ageing & The Family Project - Dr. Hal Kendig, Dr. John McCallum, Prof. John Reps, Prof. Paul Bourke, Mr. Pat Troy & other
Health system responses to population ageing and noncommunicable diseases in Asia
No full textMany countries in the Asia-Pacific region will experience rapidly ageing societies over the next few decades; consequently, demand for health services for chronic care will increase. Health systems across the region at different stages of readiness will need to adapt strategically, especially the low- and middle-income countries, given their limited resources. Strengthening the capacity of primary health care and identifying innovations in NCD prevention and management are particular priorities
Book Review: Kate O’Loughlin, Collette Browning and Hal Kendig (eds), Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities
No full textAgeing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities Kate O’Loughlin,Collette Browning & Hal Kendig (eds) New York: Springer, 2017.</p
Attitudes to Ageing
No full textSupport from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research
(CEPAR) is gratefully acknowledged and a special thank you to our CEPAR collaborators who contributed chapters
Care and Support for Older People
No full text‘Aged care’ is becoming a central concern in Australian society at large as well as
for governments that aim to sustain the well-being of frail, older Australians. Timely
and adequate health and aged care services are required to meet the challenges of
the steady increase in people at advanced ages and the rising prevalence of chronic
diseases. This chapter constructively examines ‘support and care’, inclusive of consumers and caregivers, provider organisations and care professionals, policymakers
and governments. It presents a forward-looking view and identifi es some complex
issues and challenges in developing new directions for more effective systems of
care and support
Ageing and Social Change in Australia
No full textThis chapter aims to provide a constructive understanding of social change and ageing in Australia. It presents a history of ideas and evidence on ageing in order to reveal the societal context that has shaped successive cohorts reaching later life. Contemporary commentators are reviewed to show evolving ways in which ageing has been conceptualised and ‘problematised’, thus shaping as well
as reflecting expectations and interests concerning ageing and older people. The history provides a backdrop to the policy and social context for issues considered in later chapters and influences the scope for constructive change
Australian directions in aged care: the generation of policies for generations of older people.
No full textOver recent years aged care has emerged as a significant public issue in the popular media and in the rhetoric of politicians anticipating elections. The prominence of nursing home scandals reflects a deep and longstanding public concern for vulnerable older people. The major issues of aged care, however, have recently been attracting wider public attention, emerging from their place on the \u27back burner\u27 of politics in the 1980s (Kendig, 1990). This increasing public recognition arises partly from the dominant baby boom cohort\u27s involvement with their ageing parents and anticipation of their own old age. Governmental responsiveness to ageing also reflects the problematic politics of appealing to older voters in times of fiscal restraint, economic uncertainty and population ageing
Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities
No full textThis 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
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