Our ageing world / editor Justin Healey
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- 2557371
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- Rozelle, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2003
- 44 p. : il1. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1920801006
- Series:
- Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 191.
- Summary:
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"Our ageing world looks at population ageing around the world and in Australia ; and care, employment and retirement issues for older Australians"--Introduction.
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- Chapter 1. Population Ageing Worldwide and in Australia: Population ageing; The ageing of the worlds̕ population; Below-replacement fertility expected in 75% of developing countries by year 2050; Building a society for all ages: population ageing, facts and figures; Implications of an ageing society; An ageing Australia; Age structure of the population; Ageing in Australian society; Ageing a journey, not a destination
- Chapter 2. Aged Care: Revolution needed to finance ageing; The age-old quandary; Counting the cost of care; From here to poverty; Super plan for boomers ̕aged care; Elderly more at risk of being cheated by the children
- Chapter 3: Employment and Retirement: Ageing nation will need to keep working; Employers biased against over-45s; Early retirement is a 'grim option'; Lure of retirement fades as elderly stay at work; Bid to keep older people in workforce; The empty nest egg; Balloon bursts on notion of comfortable retirement; Why early retirement looks to be a pipe dream; Reform boomers ̕super: report; Old people pull their weight in society, economy; Prepare for the amazing greys bent on reinventing old age.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Webliography: p. 43.
- Senior secondary and tertiary students.
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- Healey, Justin
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