Planning for an ageing community

Australian online publications

This page provides a range of Australian publications available on the internet. All links have been visited and chosen on the basis of their content. Many are good starting points for locating other sites.

Want to suggest a publication? Email Alley Peck at alley.peck@alga.asn.au with your suggestions.

Ageing research

• Australian Policy Online - Australian Policy Online offers access to ageing research, reports and other material. APO's Best of the Rest provides links to important new material from a range of sources, including newspapers, the broadcast media and government.
• Ageing Research Online - ARO is a web-based directory of ageing-related research projects, courses of study and research grants.

Aged and community care services

• The Myer Foundation. (2002). 2020 A Vision for Aged Care in Australia. The Myer Foundation, Melbourne.
• McIntosh, Greg and Phillips, Janet. (2003). Caring for the Elderly - An overview of Aged Care and support and services in Australia. Parliamentary Library, Canberra.
• NATSEM. (2004). Who's going to care? Informal care and an ageing population [PDF document]. Carers Australia, Canberra.

Attitudes

• di Marzio, Worthington. (1999). A research report on community attitudes towards ageing and older people. Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.
• Department of Families. (2002). Ageing myth and reality [PDF document]. Queensland Government, Brisbane.

• Community participation

• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Australian healthAgeing trends 2002 work - unpaid work: Voluntary work. Canberra.
• De vaus,D., Gray,M. and Stanton,D. (2003). Measuring the value of unpaid household, caring and voluntary work of older Australians. Research Paper No.34, Australian Institute of Family Studies, October.
• Wesley Mission. (2001). The faces of volunteering. Wesley Mission, Sydney.

Cultural diversity

• Gibson D, Braun P, Benham C and Mason F. (2001). Projections of older immigrants: People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, 1996-2026. Aged Care Series no. 6, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra.

Disability issues

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2000). Disability and ageing: Australian population patterns and implications. Disability Series No.2, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra.

Economic issues

• Access Economics. (2001). Population ageing and the economy. Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.
• Banks, Gary. (29 April 2004). An ageing Australia: small beer or big bucks?. Productivity Commission, Canberra.
• Crowley, Peter and Cutbush, Greg. (1999). Ageing gracefully: On overview of the economic implications of Australia's ageing population profile. Occasional paper No.10. Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.
• Department of Treasury. (2002). Intergeneration report 2002-2003. Australian Government, Canberra.
• Department of Treasury and Finance. (2003). Shaping a prosperous future. Victorian Government, Melbourne.

• Housing

• Kendig, Hal and Neutze, Max. (1999). Housing implications of population ageing in Australia [PDF document], in Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia's Population: Conference Proceedings Melbourne, 18-19 March 1998, Productivity Commission, Melbourne.
• AHURI. (2004). Housing futures in an ageing Australia [PDF document], in AHURI Research and Policy Bulletin, Issue 43, May 2004.

Health promotion

• Access Economics. (2003). The dementia epidemic: Economic impact and positive solution for Australia. Access Economics, Canberra.
• Department of Health and Ageing. (1999). The National Strategy for an ageing Australia: Healthy Ageing Discussion Paper. Australian Government, Canberra.
• The Health Ageing Taskforce. (2000). Commonwealth, state and territory strategy on healthy ageing. Australian Government, Canberra.

Indigenous issues

• Martson, Ken. (2002). Indigenous demographics and the ageing population - threat or opportunity?, presented at the International Federation of Ageing 6th Global Conference, 29 October 2002.

Information and communication technology

• Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Older Australians online. Australian Government Canberra.
• Bosler, N. (2002). I'm a Senior: Why should I learn to use a computer? Paper presented at the Global Ageing Conference, Perth, October 2002.
• Bosler, Nan (2001). Communication, e-commerce and older people. Paper given to E-commerce, Electronic Banking and Older People Seminar, Victoria University, 22 May 2001.
• Foskey, R., Hazzlewood, J, Barnett, K. and Lewis R. (2001). NEAT- Network for Education, Ageing and Technology -Helping to bridge geographical and sectoral barriers. Paper prepared for the Council on the Ageing National Conference 11th - 13th November 2001, Canberra, ACT.
• Foskey, R. (2002). Education, ageing and technology: intersecting networks. Paper presented to Electronic Networks - Building Community 5th Community Networking Conference, 4th July, 2002, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic.
• Lloyd, Rachel and Otto Hellwig. (2000). Barriers to the take-up of new technology. NATSEM discussion paper no.53. Canberra: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra.
• Swindell, R and Vasella, K. (1999). Older learners on-line: an evaluation of Internet courses for isolated older persons. Funded by the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA)., Mt. Gravatt, Queensland, Griffith University.

Regional diversity

• Foskey, R. (1998). Ageing in small rural communities, paper presented at the 6th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne 25-27 Nov.
• McKenzie, Fiona. The ageing of regional Victoria: Problem or opportunity?, paper presented at the Future of Australian Country Towns. The Regional Institute Ltd.

Transport

• Troy, P. (1999). The Implications of Ageing for Transport and Accessibility Policy [PDF document], in Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia's Population. Productivity Commission, Melbourne.

• Women

• Sheen, Veronica. 2001. How are older women faring in Australia's ageing workforce?. Presentation to Australian Women Speak Inaugural National Women's Conference, 26-28 August 2001. Council on the Ageing (Australia)

Workplace management

• Australian Public Service Commission. (2003). Workforce ageing: Materials for human resource practitioners in the APS [PDF document]. Australian Government, Canberra.
• Brisbane City Council. (2004). Australia's demographic challenges: An employer's perspective [PDF document]. Brisbane City Council, Brisbane.
• Comcare. (2003). Productive and safe workplaces for an ageing workforce [PDF document]. Australian Government, Canberra.
• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (2003). Flexible working arrangements for older workers [PDF document]. Australian Government, Canberra.
• Jorgenson, Bradley. (2004). The ageing population: Implications for the Australian workforce [PDF document]. Hudson, Canberra.
• University of Melbourne. 2004. Mature-aged workers: Policy challenges for the future - Forum Series.