Disability and ageing : Australian population patterns and implications
- Bib ID:
- 753680
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, c2000
- xxvii, 241 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1740240901
- ISSN:
- 1444-3589
- Series:
- Disability series.
- Summary:
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This study is designed to provide information to assist disability support service providers and senior policy makers faced with questions about the likely impacts of population ageing on disbility prevalence, support services and availability of informal assistance.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Population ageing in Australia
- 3. Population ageing, morbidity and disability
- 4. Implications of population ageing
- 5. Trends in informal care
- 6. Ageing clients of disability and aged care services and their service usage pattern
- 7. Individual ageing of people with an early onset of disability
- 8. Needs of ageing people with a disability
- 9. Existing services models: some issues
- 10. Emerging planning and service models
- 11. Overview of relevant data sources
- 12. Population ageing and prevalence of disability
- 13. Ageing of people with a disability
- 14. People ageing with an early onset disability
- 15. Ageing, need for assistance and providers of assistance
- 16. Ageing, informal care and carers
- 17. Ageing and trends in service use
- 18. Implications for support services
- 19. Conclusion.
- Notes:
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- "AIHW cat. no. DIS 19"
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216).
- Subject:
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- People with disabilities -- Care -- Australia
- Older people -- Australia
- Older people -- Care -- Australia
- Older people -- Services for -- Australia
- People with disabilities -- Australia
- People with disabilities -- Services for -- Australia
- Disabilities, People with -- Australia
- Disabilities, People with -- Care -- Australia
- Older people people -- Care -- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Terms of Use:
- Australian Institutue of Health and Welfare 2000.
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