158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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The idea that our society is ageing is a popular source of gloomy predictions for the future. We see today's youth struggling in their mature years to pay for the masses of geriatric baby boomers whose productive years lie far behind. Australia's New Aged shows that this belief is part reality and part myth. While there will be an increase in the proportion of aged people in the next 20 years,... Read more
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
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
Biography
John McCallum is Professor of Public Health at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. Karin Gieselhart is a journalist.
