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REFERENCE INFORMATION ON OLDER PEOPLE

Compiled by Helen Scott

Information Manager
Council on the Ageing (Australia)

Originally compiled for International Year of the Family 1994

Continually updated since 1998

Contents

Bibliographies

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

Directories

COTA Directories

Fact sheets - see separate page at http://www.cota.org.au/facts.htm

Indexes, abstracts and databases

Journals

Key Australian texts

State Government policy statements

Titles offering family / consumer advice and assistance

Series (Australian)

Statistics

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Aged immigrants in Australia: an annotated bibliography / Bureau of Immigration Research - Library Bibliography Series no 3 / Bureau of Immigration Research. Canberra, ACT: AGPS,1990.
Available from AGPS bookshops for $7.95. Articles discussing characteristics of elderly immigrants are cited, as are some of the social problems of this group.

The aged in Australia: a research guide and select bibliography of Australian publications / Roy Jordan (comp.); National Library of Australia. Social sciences bibliography series; no.3. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999. 119p. ISBN 0642107092 Available from National Library of Australia, Sales and Distribution, Canberra ACT 2600, tel 02 6262 1111. $15.00, & $5.00 p&p. Website is http://www.nla.gov.au
The bibliography lists the library's holdings of works of at least 100 pages published in Australia after 1945 on the subject of the aged and on the related areas of gerontology and geriatrics. There are 509 entries. It includes a research guide to assist people to locate basic information about older people published on this topic. This lists major organsiations, indexes, bibliographies, statistics and library catalogue headings and classification numbers. It was the National Library of Australia's contribution to the United Nations' International Year of Older Persons.

Ageing: a bibliography / 2nd rev. edition. Kati Sunner (comp., ed.) - Melbourne: Wesley Central Mission, 1993. ISBN 1875146083.
Available from Wesley Central Mission, 148 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000, (03) 9662 2355, for $5.00. A bibliography, with abstracts, of over 500 items from Wesley Information Centre's collection covering a range of issues affecting older people, organised under subject headings and cross-referenced.

Ageing: a social science bibliography of Australian material. Peter Gunn. Melbourne, 1977. ISBN 09596 01708. An early biliography containing an alphabetical general list; government publications; legislataive enactments 1901 - 1976; and serials.

Annotated bibliography on policy and programme issues in the field of ageing / 2nd edition. Economic and Social Commision for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations, 1996.
Available from Social Development Division, ESCAP, The United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, 10200 Thailand.

The following four are available from Publications Officer, Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW, NSW 2052. Tel (02) 9385 3857:
Community care of the elderly: an annotated bibliography 1980-85 /Lynn Sitsky - SWRC Research Resource Series no 2, 1987

Community support services for people with disabilities and frail elderly people: a directory of recent research / Lynn Sitsky, Sara Graham and Michael Fine - SWRC Research Resource Series no 5, 1989

Caregivers of the elderly and younger adults with disabilities: an annotated bibliography / Lynn Sitsky (ed). SPRC Research Resource Series no 11; 1994

Retirement incomes for Australians: an annotated bibliography / Diana Encel (ed). SPRC Research Resource Series no 12, 1996.
A bibliography of works published in Australia since 1980, covering the provision of retirement income, including pensions, superannuation and private income.

Families and aging: a selected annotated bibliography / Jean M Coyle (comp.) - Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology no. 14 - NY: Greenwood Press, 1991. ISBN 0313272115

Housing choices for older Australians: an Australian annotated bibliography, 1996 Supplement / prepared by Helen Scott of Council of the Ageing (Australia) for Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Development. Melbourne, COTA (A), 1996. ISBN 0855600764.
Updates the following -

Housing choices for older Australians: an Australian annotated bibliography / prepared by Helen Scott & Kay Viola of Council on the Ageing (Australia) for Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services. Canberra, ACT: AGPS, 1993. ISBN 0644325372.
Both available from COTA (A) for postage cost ($3 & $10). Produced as part of the Federal Housing Choices Strategy, the bibliography organises Australian information housing choices for older people published since 1988, plus some items of special relevance. The 540 relevant to entries are organised under categories (bibliographies, consumer information, policy, research, services, statistics) and within these by geographic location. All entries include a descriptive abstract and full publication details with price if available. Appendices list relevant legislation and organisations with addresses. Indexes provide access by author, title, subject and series.

Older people in New Zealand: an annotated bibliography of research on older people in New Zealand, 1986-1996. Ana Gilling & Marg Gilling. Wellington, NZ: Age Concern New Zealand Inc, 1997. 71p. ISBN 0473045958. Available from Age Concern New Zealand Inc, PO Box 10-688, Wellington NZ. NZ$15.00 plus $8 p&p overseas.
The bibliography was undertaken as a collaborative effort between the New Zealand Association of Gerontology and Business and Economic Research Limited; ownership was taken over by Age Concern New Zealand Inc. It "is a direct result of widespread frustration with the lack of coordination of research on older people in New Zealand". It covers work published in the decade since a 1987 bibliography by Angela Withers and Ian Hodges of the Ministry of Health, titled Elderly People in View. Some unpublished works such as theses are also included. Over 600 entries ae organised by subject areas. Each entry has a subject code and number, author if known, title, publication details and keywords rather than an abstract. Subject and author indexes are provided, as is a directory of organisations with researchers. As well as the bibliography, the report contains a Strategic Plan for Further Research.

Older people, information and communications technology: annotated bibliography of recent material in COTA National Seniors library. Helen Scott. COTA National Seniors Parnership, 2002-

Training materials in aging: an annotated bibliography / Tony Brookes (comp.) -Washington, DC: AARP Research Division and International Federation on Ageing, 1993. ISBN 910437242.
Available from IFA, 601 E Street NW, Washington DC 20049 for US$10. A listing of print and audiovisual material appropriate for use in training both with those working with older people and for older people themselves. US material dominates.

Also contact Aged and Community Care Division of the Department of Health and Family Services for list of publications distributed by them - includes booklets, brochures and videos. GPO Box 9848 in Canberra and capital cities, tel. (02) 6285 5536 or freecall 1800 02 0103, or Internet web site: www.health.gov.au/acc/publicat/publist1.htm

DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

International glossary of social gerontology / Prepared under the auspices of the International Federation on Ageing / New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN 044224824

The encyclopedia of aging / Maddox, George L (ed.) - New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1987. ISBN 0826148409 $200

Encyclopedia of gerontology: age, aging and the aged. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1996. $450

DIRECTORIES

Australian ageing research directory: 2000 / 6th edition. Office for the Aged - Canberra: AGPS, 2001. ISBN 0644472898.
Available from Office for Older Australians for $50.00 (5th ed was $14.95).Order form online at http://www.olderaustralians.gov.au/research_and_data/aard.htm. This edition describes 731 research projects in Australia, detailing topic, method, content, status, sources and amount of funding, researchers and research units. Unlike earlier editions prior to the 5th, publications are not included.

Directory of aging resources, 2nd ed. / Silver Spring MD: Business Publishers Inc, 1994.
Available from Business Publishers Inc, 951 Pershing Drive, Silver Spring MD 20910 4464 for US$97.00. Information on over 3000 US organisations.

Directory of major or unique libraries, clearinghouses and bibliographic databases on aging around the world, 2nd ed / Charlotte Nusberg. Washington DC:,American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 1997.
Available from AARP, 601 E St NW, Washington DC 20049 USA
From 1993 it is a database, AgeSource Worldwide, which includes descriptions of major or unique libraries, clearinghouses, databases, directories, bibliographies, and Web metasites around the world that focus on aging or closely allied subjects.  http://research.aarp.org/general/agesource_home.html

European directory of older age / Centre for Policy on Ageing Library and Information Services - London: CPA, 1994. ISBN 0904139883.
Available from Bailey Distribution Ltd, 127 Sandgate Rd, Folkestone, Kent C120 2BL for £35.00 + £2.00 p&p. Information on statistics, issues, and organisations relevant to ageing and older people in the 12 EC Member States.

Handbook of organizations active in the field of aging / United Nations Office at Vienna. Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs - New York: United Nations, 1988.
Contains information on 270 organisations and educational institutions, including current activities by subject areas, and functions.

The International directory of research and researchers in comparative gerontology / rev. 1994 rev. edition. Nusberg, Charlotte (ed.); Sokolovsky, Jay (ed.) - Washington, D.C.: Research Division of the American Association of Retired Persons, Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Maryland, and the Commission on Aging and the Aged of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 1994.
Available from Univ of Maryland, Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, 5401 Wilkens Ave, Catonsville, MD 21228, USA, for paper US$25 or disk $20. This third edition lists approximately 300 entries, in alphabetical order of individuals engaged in comparative research in gerontology since 1984. Comparative research is defined as research involving two or more countries; research within a country that examines two or more ethnic groups; and research involving only one country, but conducted by a citizen of another country. Brief descriptions are provided of unpublished research and associated papers and publications, dates and funding sources. Two indices list principal investigators in alphabetical order, and subjects by keyword - there are 23 entries for Australia for example.

Old age: a register of social research 1985 - 1990 / Crosby, Gillian - London: Centre for Policy on Ageing, 1991. ISBN 0904139786

COTA DIRECTORIES - examples only

Directory of services for the ageing in the ACT / 16th edition. Council on the Ageing (ACT) - Canberra, ACT: COTA (ACT), 1998. http://www.cota-act.org.au/directory_of_services/directory_of_services_main.htm
Available from Council on the Ageing (ACT), Hughes Community Centre, Wisdom St, Hughes ACT 2605, (02) 6282 3777 $5.00 (free to members).

Consumer guide to retirement villages in ACT and Queanbeyan, 3rd ed, 1999 online at http://www.cota-act.org.au/retirement_village/retirement_index.htm

Retirement accommodation directory NSW 2000 / Council on the Ageing (NSW); compiled by Jenny Hunter and Kate Lester. Sydney: Garamond Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1443 2757 $9.95 ($10.95 inc GST) from newsagents, Seniors Info Service on 13 12 44.
This edition replaces previous directories for different regions. Introductory section covers the regulation of retirement accommodation, including the new Retirement Village Act and the Aged Care Act; types of retirement villages, support services and low care facilities; serviced apartments or assisted care units; hostels; legal and financial arrangments, and a check list. The directory carries over 1000 listings of self care and low care retirement facilities by area in NSW. Name and location indexes are provided.

Seniors guide: a services guide for older people in NSW / 8th edition. Council on the Ageing (NSW). - Sydney, COTA (NSW) 1997.
Available from COTA (NSW), Level 4, 280 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Tel. (02) 9286 3860, for $19.95 & $5.00 p&p. Comprehensive information on services for older people in NSW - accommodation, finance, insurance and retirement planning, taxation, legal matters, health, exercise and nutrition, medical care, clubs and centres, holiday advice, leisure and recreational activities are listed. Plus details of government, private and volunteer facilities for each local government area.

Seniors Information Service of South Australia has taken over publication of directories from COTA (SA). Facilities list accommodation guides such as Residential high care information, Residential low care informtion, Supported residential facilities, Retirement village lists (various costs) and fact sheets, are available from them at 45 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000, Tel. (08) 8232 1441, 1800 636 368 or online at http://www.seniors.asn.au/product.htm :

ADCIS directory. The Aged & Disability Care Information Service publishes a computer based directory of organisations and services available in Tasmania for aged people, people with disabilities and their carers. Online or available on disk. http://www.adcis.org.au/directory.html#PCVersion

Directory of resident-funded retirement villages in Victoria 2001 / Council on the Ageing (Victoria) - Melbourne, Vic: COTA (Vic), 2001.
Available from COTA (Victoria), Level 4, Block Arcade, 98 Elizabeth St, Melbourne 3000, tel. (03) 9654 4443. $10.00 each ($8.00 members)& $2.50 postage. Lists retirement villages and includes guidelines for potential residents to assist them in making a choice about housing. http://www.cotavic.org.au/info/publications.html

Also Directory of independent living units 2001 $25.00, and fact sheets.

Seniors Info Service at COTA Vic also supplies A Guide to Services for Senior Victorians, by the Vic. Dept of Human Services, 2002 (also online at http://www.health.vic.gov.au/agedcare/services/guide/index.htm

A guide to services for older people in Western Australia 1999-2000 / 9th edition. Council on the Ageing (WA) - Perth, WA: COTA (WA), .
Available from Council on the Ageing (WA), 2nd floor, Wesley Centre, PO Box 7794 Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850, Tel. (08) 9321 2 . $15.00 plus p&p ($4.60 metro, $6 country).
A directory listing support services and accommodation options for older people in metropolitan and country Western Australia. Online at http://www.aussiehome.com/Cota/default.htm

Contact State COTAs direct for their publication lists

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INDEXES, ABSTRACTS, and DATABASES

This is a list of age-related resources. For more general lists of databases, see (for example) the University of Southern California at: www.usc.edu/isd/locations/science/gerontology/seasourc.htm or the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) at: www.aarp.org/cyber/sd1_8.htm.

Abstracts in Social Gerontology: Current Literature on Aging / National Council on Aging, Library, 409 Third Street SW, 2nd floor, Washington DC 20024, published by Sage. Quarterly. ISSN 1047 4862

AgeInfo / Centre for Policy on Ageing, 25-31 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QP (Fax +44 0 071 490 4206). CD-ROM costs £600 for 4 issues pa. Online by subscription only.
Contains 3 European and international databases, with 3500 European and international organisations. CPA also publishes hard copy New literature on old age: Guide to new publications, courses and conferences on ageing ISSN 1358 1376.

AgeLine Database / American Society of Retired Persons, 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049.
Free online searching available. Online through DIALOG and other services, or on CD-ROM Silver Platter and sold via GEAC or DA Information Services for approx $1600 pa. No print equivalent. Bibliographic coverage with abstracts of journal articles, books and bookchapters, reports, on social gerontology. Indexed using Thesaurus of Aging Terminology. 6th ed. 1999 is available from AARP for US$7.50.

Also by AARP - AARP guide to Internet resources related to aging

Australian Family and Society Abstracts
Commonly known by its short title FAMILY, Australian Family & Society Abstracts is a computer-based index to the research, policy and practice literature about Australian families and the social issues that affect them. Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (click on "Information"), FAMILY covers the literature from 1980 to date.

Family Database is available on the Internet through Informit Online (annual subscription $380). This Web-based Australian online service of research and education databases is operated by Informit (Melbourne) and offers more than 50 databases covering a range of disciplines as diverse as law, architecture, politics, economics, criminology, industrial relations, education, medicine, natural resources, sport and family studies. Family Database is also on AUSTROM produced by Informit (RMIT) Publishing, a CD-ROM of social science (APAIS or Australian Public Affairs Information Service), law (CINCH), and education databases updated four times a year.

For further details contact: Informit (Melbourne), PO Box 12477, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne Vic 8006; Tel: +61 3 9349 4994; Fax: +61 3 9349 4583; website http://www.informit.com.au

The AIFS library catalogue is online along with many other useful resources such as bibliographies - http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/info/infomenu.html

EMBASE CD: Geriatics and gerontology / SilverPlatter $1,555 pa

Gerolit (Germany) and Geronline (Netherlands) online databases

HEAPS, Health Education and Promotion System / Canberra: Prometheus Information. Floppy disks for $120 pa from Prometheus, GPO Box 2319, Canberra ACT 2601. COTA holds database on floppy disks, 1997. No longer produced.

Internet and E-MAIL resources on aging, 4th ed / Joyce A Post. Philadelphia Geriatric Center, 1995. Internet access to version 6.02. Nov 1997, at Internet website: www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/pages/jpostlst.html. Due to the increasing number of web sites related to aging, this site is no longer being maintained on a regular basis.

Other examples include:

Australia's Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care produces:

HealthWIZ Data Library of health and social statistics. Prometheus Information Pty Ltd. Free of charge to individuals and organisations in the health sector -there is a charge of $46.20 (this includes $4.20 gst) to offset the cost of production and delivery. The cost to users outside the health sector is $1,271.60 .

HEALTHROM (full text publications and bibliographic citations on public and environmental health, HIV/AIDS, clinical medicine, drug addiction).
HealthROM ceased production in April 1998, but copies of the last issue (December 1997) are available for $50.
For enquiries about purchasing a copy of the December 1997 issue of HealthROM, please contact the HealthROM Manager. Telephone: 02 6289 8488 or Fax: 02 6289 7233. Internet contact healthrom@health.gov.au

AUSThealth CD-ROM and fee-paying database AustHealth Online from HCN Health Communication Network http://www.hcn.net.au/products/kro_healthinfo.html (contains bibliographic health records of 8 major Australian medical databases, inclduing AMI Australasian Medical Index, ABOR Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography; AUSPORTMED Australian Sport Database; DRUG Drug Database; FAMILY-HLTHSUB Health and Society Database; RURAL Rural and Remote Health Database; and APAIS - Health). Also available from Informit (Melbourne) who in 2001 sell Meditext - a new full text/content online product linking articles from 100+ medical and health journals to records contained in the Australasian Medical Index (AMI), including Aust Jnl on Ageing. .

Online databases - National Library of Austarlia's Kinetica (formerly ABN) provides access for subscribers to the national database of material held in Australian libraries.

Overseas CDRoms and/or online eg. MEDLINE, (PUBMED free service), CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health), PsychInfo, Social Scisearch, Social Sciences (H.W. Wilson); Social Work Abstracts Plus.

JOURNALS

Australian titles on social or behavioural gerontology.

For titles outside Australia have a look at Journals on Aging at http://crab.rutgers.edu/~deppen/journals.htm
An online directory of periodicals in ageing and health care of older people, compiled by Monika Deppen Wood, Rutgers University.

AAG National. Australian Association of Gerontology, Adelaide, 3-4 pa

Agendas. Aged and Community Services Australia, Melbourne, quarterly

Australasian Journal on Ageing, Council on the Ageing (Australia), quarterly. The website at http://www.cota.org.au/aja.htm includes tables of contents, press releases, instructions for authors and an order form.

Geriaction, Geriaction Inc, Suite 308, 282 BVictoria Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067, quarterly

International Health and Aged Care Journal, PO Box 513, Mudgeeraba, Queensland 4213, tel 07 5530 2888. Bimonthly

ReportAge, Parliamentary and policy bulletin, Council on the Ageing (Australia), bimonthly, 1996-

Strategic Ageing: Council on the Ageing (Australia) occasional series

Seniors press

Australian Senior PO Box 130, Wyong NSW 2259, tel 02 4351 2366, monthly. Home delivered for $18 (with Seniors Card) or $24 pa.

COTA News Council on the Ageing national member magazine, bimonthly. ISSN1442-0865
45 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000, tel 08 8232 0422, email dfanning@cotasa.org.au .
Replaced in 2002 by 50 Something incorporating COTA News http://www.nationalseniors.com.au Brisbane, bimonthly

Fifty-Plus News http://www.fiftyplusnews.com/ Telling Words Company, Richmond Vic 3121, monthly, $20 pa

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KEY AUSTRALIAN TEXTS (useful for policy summaries, overviews, history etc)

Aged care: old policies, new problems / Diane Gibson - Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 052155957 pbk. $32.95 (ISBN 0521550688 hbk, $90).
A synthesis of a wide range of material providing a broad overview of population ageing and worldwide policy responses. Australian issues in aged care policy and practice are examined in greater depth.

Aged care services in Australia's states and territories / Mathur, Sushma. AIHW aged care series no.2. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1996. ISBN 0642247056.
Available from AIHW, GPO Box 570, Canberra ACT 2601, (02) 6244 4466 or Government Info shops. $14.95. Examines the level of service provision, patterns of service use, client characteristics and expenditure patterns for both community based and residential aged care services. The report documents a number of key differences in the supply and use of aged care services in the States and Territories. The data analyses presented are a very useful resource for anyone involved in policy review and development or service planning.

Other AIHW Aged Care Unit publications are listed at http://www.aihw.gov.au/agedcare/publications.html. Note that they are available online as well as from AusInfo. Search the publication catalogue for online titles. AIHW is an excellent source of current policy, research and statistics.

Aged Care Reform Strategy Mid-Term Review 1990-91: discussion papers / Australia. Department of Health, Housing and Community Services - Canberra, ACT: AGPS, 1991. ISBN 0644221100. Out of print.
The eight discussion papers in this volume were prepared for the Mid-Term Review of the Aged Care Reform Strategy and published together as a companion volume to the Report. They were also circulated separately. Their main purposes were to give accounts of policy and program developments in specific areas of aged care over the last five years, and to provide background material for the community consultations held during the Mid-Term Review. The discussion papers are as follows: No 1 The role of carers in aged care: policies and programs for support ; No 2 Dementia care in Australia, 1990 ; No 3 Care of the ethnic aged ; No 4 Aged care service delivery in rural and remote areas ; No 5 Care of older Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders ; No 6 Approaches to benchmarks for HACC services; No 7 The balance of care: a framework for planning ; No 8 Community consultations.

Aged Care Reform Strategy Mid-Term Review 1990-91: report / Australia. Department of Health, Housing and Community Services - Canberra, ACT: AGPS, 1991. ISBN 0644221151. Out of print.
The document is the final report of the Mid-Term Review of the Aged Care Reform Strategy. It came at the mid-point of a ten year plan to reform aged care programs. It includes an outline of the Review process, the terms of references, and an evaluation of programs and major achievements from 1985 to 1990. Chapters cover: progress and directions; The context of aged care policies and programs 1985-86 to 1990-91; The changing aged population; Profiles of special needs groups; Strategies for targeting in program planning and service delivery; Targeting on special needs; Fees and charging policies; Interactions between acute and long term care; The balance of care; The impact of involvement of multiple levels of government on aged care services. Directions for the future of community and residential care are indicated within an overall policy framework to ensure that aged services continue to meet the needs of older people and their carers. The Mid-Term Review found that the Government's program of review was on course and the objectives of the Reform Strategy being achieved.

Aged Care Reform Strategy Mid-Term Review Stage 2: report / Australia. Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services - Canberra: AGPS, 1993. ISBN 0644326492. Out of print.
The report continues and extends the work of Stage 1 of the Review, addressing the areas of linkages between acute care and long-term care, between aged care and housing, and dementia care. Section 3, Linkages between Aged Care and Housing, describes the housing arrangements of the aged, options for assistance with daily living, gaps in information about recent developments, and develops a range of options.

Ageing and social policy in Australia / Allan Borowski, Sol Encel, Elizabeth Ozanne (eds) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,1997. 337p. ISBN 0521498201 (pbk) $34.95 (pbk); $90.00 (hard).
The book reflects the increasing breadth of research and discussion about population ageing and public policy, as well as the important shifts in government policy at national and state level. It analyses major themes in social gerontology and policy both in an Australian context and from an international comparative perspective. Familiar matters like care of older people, health, housing and income security are included, and extended by topics like employment, legal issues and education. The distinctive problems of older people from non-English speaking backgrounds, of women, and of Aboriginal people are aired. Most chapters were written before the 1996 federal election, but the Coalition government's agenda is reviewed in the introduction.

Contents:
Preface - Brian Howe;
Demographic trends and policy implications - Allan Borowski and Graeme Hugo;
Health and ageing: the last phase of the epidemiological transition - John McCallum;
Ethnicity and ageing - Donald Rowland;
Older women: issues of gender - Karen Heycox;
Social policy and aboriginal people - Jo Harrison;
Work in later life - Sol Encel;
Retirement policy: retirement incomes and women - Linda Rosenman & Jeni Warburton;
Unravelling housing policy for older people - Hal Kendig & Ian Gardiner;
Older people and their families: issues of policy - Peter McDonald;
Education policy for an ageing society - Robb Mason & Shirley Randell;
Ageing citizens, the state and social policy - Elizabeth Ozanne;
Ageing and the law: perspectives and prospects - Terry Carney;
The Aged Care Reform Strategy: a decade of changing momentum and margins for reform - Anna Howe.

Ageing in Australia: population trends and social issues / D.T. Rowland - Melbourne; Longman Cheshire, 1991. ISBN 0582712610 $20.99

Ageing: law policy and ethics: directions for the 21st Century. Proceedings of symposia held at University of Melbourne 1992 /ed. K Sanders - Melbourne; Law Reform Commission of Victoria, University of Melbourne School of Social Work, Office of the Public Advocate, Older Persons Planning Office, 1993. ISBN 0732508010
Available from University of Melbourne School of Social Work, 34 Queensberry St, Parkville Vic 3053, Tel. (03) 9344 7337

Ageing: public policy in Australia / Sidney Sax - St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1993. ISBN 1863735011 $21.95.
The book is designed to raise awareness and stimulate debate about the circumstances of older Australians and policies affecting their well being. Population aging has implications for housing, health and welfare services; the author emphasizes the diversity of older people and provides information about their status and needs.

Australia's ageing society / Ross Clare; Ashok Tulpule - EPAC background paper no.37. Canberra: AGPS, 1994. ISBN 0644330325
Government Info shops. The paper provides an overview of demographic trends, the impact of migration, the implications for social expenditures of Australia's ageing population, the impact of retirement income reform and isssues relating to home, community and institutional care of the aged. It argues that productivity growth and income distribution are keys to responding to the ageing population. Other key issues noted are the role of migration in slowing down the ageing of the population structure; changing patterns of work, family and caring responsibilities; importance of gender issues; emerging pressures on social expenditures, especially health; and the shifting role of government away from being a provider to a supporter for individual initiatives. (NB also other EPAC papers)

Australia's new aged: issues for young and old / John McCallum; Karin Geiselhart - Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1997. ISBN 1864482184. $24.95.
An introduction to social and policy isues of ageing in Australia in the context of an increasingly vocal and active elderly population, and cutbacks to health and welfare spending.

Australia's welfare 2001: services and assistance / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Canberra: AIHW, 2001. ISBN 1-74024-1455. Read the full text as .PDF files on the AIHW website http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/aw01/index.html or available from AusInfo shops for $40. Also 1999, 1997, 1995 and 1993 editions. This biennial report to Parliament draws together national information and statistics on expenditure, workforce, housing assistance, children's and family services, aged care, disability services, and services for homeless people. New to this edition is a chapter on deinstitutionalisation and the move towards community-based care, and another on recent data development activities. The book provides details on service needs, provision, patterns of use, costs and expenditure, client characteristics, and outcomes. Discussion of outcomes for service users explores performance indicators of accessibility, appropriateness, affordability, quality of care and achievement of objectives. It is a useful compendium and reference for researchers or general readers about community services. Chapter 6 (p165-213) on aged care is an invaluable digest on needs, services and service outcomes. It also outlines the policy changes between 1999 and 2001.

The 'boomer bulge': ageing policies for the 21st Century - Greg McIntosh. Department of the Parliamentary Library; research paper no.4 1998-99. Canberra, ACT: Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliamentary Research Service, 1998. 35p. ISBN 1328-746X. Available from Department of the Parliamentary Library. Parliamentary Research Service, (02) 6277 2711, online at http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/1998-99/
Discusses the policy adjustments (especially in regard to the provison and funding by governments of pensions and health and long-term care) needed to take account of changing demographics and future economic downturns. Some policy options include longer working life and additional employment opportunties for older people; better superannuation and retirement incentives; expansion of the pension bonus scheme; levies and long-term care payments, tighter targeting of income support/income and assets test; constraining the growth in health outlays.

'Caring for the elderly' - an overview of aged care support and services in Australia - Greg McIntosh and Janet Phillips. Department of the Parliamentary Library; E-Brief: Online, 27 February 2003. http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/SP/agedcare.htm
Gives an overview of the array of services and support provided to older people in Australia. Given the number and breadth of the various programs that are available to the aged and, given the fact that all three levels of government and the non-government sector are involved in the provision of these programs, it is only possible to outline the main support and services provided. The main emphasis is on the role of the Commonwealth in terms of support and assistance for the aged, but brief details of the role of the non-government sector and that of state/territory and local governments are also given.

COTA policy publications

Vol.15/2002 Superannuation and standards of living in retirement. Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation Inquiry into Standards of living in retirement and factors contributing to it. The Inquiry was asked to look into The adequacy of the tax arangements for superannuation and related policy to address the retirement incomes and aged and health care needs of Australians. If the goals for retired people to receive at least a modest but adequate income and appropriate health and aged care are to become a reality, appropriate polices are needed. These policies must protect the disadvantaged, avoid intergenerational inequity, and contribute towards maintaining a just and equitable society. At the same time, there must be an acceptable balance between private and public contributions to both retirement income provision and meeting the costs of health and aged care in the context of an ageing population and increasing longevity. This publication aims to contribute towards and advance discussion and debate on these important policy issues.

Submissions to the Senate Inquiry are available online at www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/superannuation_ctte/living_standards/Submissions/sublist.htm

2001-02 Federal Budget submissions and submissions to the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia have been published in the following Strategic Ageing series. The submissions are also available individually online as Budget submissions and submissions to the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia - see the Publications list.

Vol.14/2001. Enough to live on: a retirement incomes policy framework for the 21^st century: two submissions. 1. Response to Independence and Self-Provision discussion paper for the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia. 2. Retirement incomes, housing and support for older Australians: submission to Federal Budget 2001-2002.

The first submission ref1ects COTA 's long term of view of how the Government needs to plan for retirement incomes well into the 21st century. The second submission was presented to the Federal Government with a compendium of recommendations for uptake in the Budget of May 2001 . It reflects COTA's short term priorities in retirement incomes, housing and social support, the program areas managed by the Department of Family and Community Services.

Vol.13/2001. Looking up and looking out: frameworks for positive ageing in the 21^st century: two submissions. 1. Response to Healthy Ageing discussion paper for the National Strategy for and Ageing Australia. 2. Response to Attitude. Life-style and Community Support discussion paper of the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia.

The first submission reflects COTA's long term of view of how we can achieve the highest quality of life for older Australians via a framework for healthy ageing. Healthy ageing in Aboriginal communities is also discussed.
The second submission was presented to the Federal Government in 2001. It takes forward and expands many of the themes developed in the Healthy Ageing submission but has a unique emphasis on the social, family and community participation of older Australians. It encompasses promoting positive attitudes to ageing, building social capital via appropriate community services, supporting the role of older people in families, access to information and technology, lifelong learning and retirement.

Vol.12/2001. Older Australians: an agenda for the new millenium on health and aged care: two submissions. 1. World class care: response to National Strategy for an Ageing Australia discussion paper. 2. Submission to Federal Budget 2001-2002.

The first submission reflects COTA 's long term of view of how the Government needs to plan for health and aged care well into the 21st century. The second submission was presented to the Federal Government in 2001 with a compendium of recommendations for uptake in the Budget of 22 May 2001. It reflects COTA 's short term priorities in health and aged care. Some of these recommendations were taken up in the 2001 Federal Budget brought down on 22 May. There is a small degree of overlap between these two papers.

Vol.11/2001. Investing in the future: Australia's ageing workforce: two submissions. 1. A response to Employment for Mature Age Workers issues paper for the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia. 2. Federal Budget submission, 2001-2002.

The first submission reflects COTA's long term of view of how the Government needs to lead the issue of mature age employment into the 21st century. The second submission was presented to the Federal Government in 2001 with a compendium of recommendations for uptake in the Budget of 2 May 2001. It reflects COTA's view of what needs to be done in the here and now in terms of older workers and management of an ageing workforce. A number of these recommendations were taken up in the Welfare Reform package announced in the Federal Budget.

Valuing older Australians: 1999-2000 Federal Budget submission (Strategic Ageing vol 7/99) Melbourne, COTA (A),1999
Outlines COTA's recommendations for achieving the key goals outlined by the United Nations for International Year of Older Persons

Challenges and changes: tax reform; competitive tendering; public dental care / Council on the Ageing (Australia) (Strategic Ageing no 6/98) - Melbourne, COTA (A) 1998. Publishes three submissions to the Commonwealth Government which demonstrate that the well-being of older people is a responsibility across many levels of government.

Restoring security for older Australians: 1998-99 Commonwealth Budget submission / Council on the Ageing (Australia) (Strategic Ageing no 5, 1998) - Melbourne: COTA (A) 1998.

The 1997-98 Budget: year 2 of the Coalition reforms (Strategic Ageing no 4, 1997) Melbourne: COTA (A), 1997.
Views on the federal Budget with guest editorial by Professor Hal Kendig, analyses contributed by other aged care and seniors' groups, and details of program expenditure since 1994-5. ]

Changing aged care / Council on the Ageing (Australia) (Strategic Ageing no 2, 1996) - Melbourne: COTA (A) 1996. An assessment of the 1996-98 reforms under the Coalition Government to aged care from the perspective of older Australians.

Strategic Ageing series - ISSN 1039-4359. $11.00 each or $33.00 pa subscription inc. GST.

The coming of care: new aged care legislation for the Commonwealth. Review of legislation administered by Department of Human Services and Health / Australia. Law Reform Commission. Report no.72. Sydney: Law Reform Commission, 1995. ISBN 0642225281
Available from Australian Law Reform Commission, 133 Castlereagh St (GPO Box 3708), Sydney 2001, (02) 9284 6333. $15.00. The report was the culmination of Australia wide community consultations, public hearings and written submissions on legislation administered by the then Department of Human Services and Health. It is about some of aged care services funded by the Aged Care Program (nursing homes, hostels and care packages) and the domiciliary nursing home care benefit, paid to carers of frail older people who live at home. It makes recommendations to replace the current complex legislation on aged care with one comprehensive new Act in plain English to make aged care legislation more understandable and accessible. Recommendations are made on how social justice, human rights and Federal legal policies should be reflected in the legislation, under the following headings: access to services (consultation and planning, getting a service, access and equity, services for people living in the community, DCNB); quality care and user rights (promoting quality aged care services, user rights, information for consumers, complaints, information protection); and funding services (funding service providers, accountability, enforcing obligations of funding).

Dawning of a new age: the extent, causes and consequences of ageing in Australia / Peter Saunders. SPRC discussion paper no.75 Dec 1996. See SPRC - SERIES
Reviews the evidence and debates that have emerged over the extent of ageing and its consequences for social policy. Gives a brief historical account of ageing in Australia, describes ABS projection methods, discusses the impact of immigration on ageing, the debate over implications of ageing for social expenditure. Argues that the expenditure projections underlying EPAC and Audit Commission work are simplistic and fail to take into account the dynamic aspects of ageing. Case studies illustrate the kinds of difficulties encountered by frail older Australians.

Family support for the elderly: the international experience / Hal Kendig, Akido Hashimoto, Lary Coppard (eds) - Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0192621734 $44.95.
Initiated by the 1982 World Health Organization's Global Programme for Health of the Elderly, the book provides an introduction to the understanding of ageing and family relations.

Gerontology: a multidisciplinary approach / Victor Minichiello, Loris Alexander & Deidre Jones (eds) - Sydney: Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN 0724806156 $39.95.
A textbook for Australia and New Zealand introducing readers to biological, sociological and psychological aspects of ageing which have an impact on the health, quality of life and well being of older people. Appendices include a list of gerontological journals, service agencies, aged care legislation, and a glossary of ageing terminology.

Grey policy: Australian policies for an ageing society /Hal Kendig & John McCallum (eds) - North Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1990 ISBN 004442129X

Handbooks of Aging series of Academic Press eg Handbook of aging and the social sciences, 4th ed, ed Robert H Binstock and Linda K George, 1996. ISBN 0120991934.
International perspective on social aspects of ageing; international and cross-national research is reviewed by international authors, including Australian Hal Kendig. Other titles are Handbook of the psychology of aging; Handbook of the biology of aging.

The National Strategy for an Ageing Australia: an older Australia, challenges and oportunities for all -
Kevin Andrews (Minister for Ageing) Canberra: Information Services, 2001 (reprinted with amendments Feb 2002) 34p. ISBN 0642503346. Available from Office for Older Australians, Dept of Health and Ageing, 02 6213 4955. Gratis, online at http://www.olderaustralians.gov.au

Older Australians: a working future? The changing nature of work and retirement in the 21st Century. Inaugural National COTA Congress, 7-9 November 1999, Adelaide: Proceedings. Adelaide, COTA (SA), 2000. Available from COTA (SA), 45 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000, tel. 08 8232 0422. $35, $10 for seniors.
A comprehensive overview of social, economic and political issues around older workers, comprising 33 papers with introduction, overview and the program.

Older Australians at a glance / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Dept of Health and Ageing. Canberra: AIHW, 2002 ISBN 1 74024 2076. Available from AusInfo shops for $20.00 or available as full text .PDF file at AIHW website http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/welfare/oag03/index.html Originally prepared jointly with Offfice for Older Australians for the 1997 World Congress of Gerontology meeting in Adelaide in 1997. The 2nd edition in 1999 was for IYOP. The third in 2002 provides insights into the diversity of the older population of Australia at the beginning of the 21st century. It updates and provides new material on 38 topics to this overview of the health, well-being and social circumstances of older Australians, and their health and aged care/welfare services. Information and statistics is included on demography, families and caring, housing, income, retirement, voluntary activities, older people's organisations, and expenditure trends. Sources of the data used are given, and further reading suggested.

Policy implications of the ageing of Australia's population: conference proceedings, 18-19 March 1999, Melbourne / Productivity Commission & Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Canberra: AusInfo, 1999. 517p. ISBN 0646335987. Available from AusInfo shops, 13 24 47, for $24.95, or at http://www.pc.gov.au
A key document exploring a broad range of issues to do with ageing, including its effect on economic growth, government revenue and expenditure in the long run, superannuation, health, the provision of long term care and housing arrangements. Discussants' comments and summaries of general discussion, and a list of research suggestions, add further depth to a publication of importance to researchers, policy makers and practitioners.

Contents : Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The big picture: Ageing in the 21st Century: implications for public policy by Paul Johnson, London School of Economics; Demographic change and Australian economic growth to 2020 by Steve Dowrick, ANU; Ageing: the social and demographic dimensions by Peter McDonald & Rebecca Kippen, ANU. Discussion.

Part 3 Modelling the economic impact of ageing: Ageing in Australia: some modelling results and research issues by Bruce Bacon, Retirement Income Modelling Unit, Treasury; The effect of later retirement on optimal national saving in Australia by Ross Guest, Griffith Univ and Ian McDonald, Univ Melbourne. Discussants - Vince Fitzgerald; Ian McDonald.

Part 4 Ageing and retirement incomes: Australia's retirement income system - an example of sustainable cost effective coverage by Qaiser Khan, World Bank; Work incentives and retirement incomes by Richard Disney & Alan Duncan, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London & Edward Whitehouse, Financial times, London; Income support, retirement incomes and the living standards of older people in Australia: an assessment of trends and prospects by Peter Whiteford and Kim Bond, Dept of Family and Community Services. Discussants - Mark Wooden; Denys Correll (COTA Australia).

Part 5 Ageing and social expenditure: Population ageing and the growth of social expenditure, by John Creedy, Univ Melbourne. Discussant - Ann Harding.

Part 6 Ageing and dependence and independence: the role of families, individuals and governments: Ageing and the balance of responsibilities between the various providers of child and aged care: shaping policies for the future by Michael Fine, SPRC, Univ NSW; Policies governing aged and child care by Lynelle Briggs, Dept of Health and Aged Care. Discussants - Irene Wolcott, Mandy Leveratt.

Part 7 Ageing and health and family services: Ageing and the cost of health services by Jeff Richardson and Iain Robertson, Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Monash Univ and Univ Melbourne; Strengthening the financing of aged care in Australia by Anna Howe, AAG and Hugh Sarjeant, Cumpston Sarjeant, Consulting Actuaries. Discussants - Maureen Lyster; Bob Gregory.

Part 8 Ageing and education and housing and transport: The implications of ageing for education policy by Penny Taylor et al, Productivity Commission; Housing implications of population ageing in Australia by Hal Kendig, Univ Sydney & Max Neutze, ANU; The implications of ageing for transport and accessibility by Pat Troy, ANU. Discussants - Gerald Burke, Fiona McKenzie.

Appendices include list of participants; Demographic change in Australia: conference background paper; Suggestions for further research.

Also available at the Productivity Commission website is Long term aged care : expenditure trends and projections, Staff Research Paper, by Alan Madge, released on 31 October 2000. The paper examines how expenditure on long term aged care in Australia, currently over 1 percent ($6 billion) of GDP per year, will change as a result of demographic changes and other factors.

Population ageing and the economy / Access Economics Pty Ltd for C'wealth Dept of Health and Aged Care. Canberra, 2001. ISBN 0 642 73516 6. Available as .pdf files from http://www.olderaustralians.gov.au/research_and_data/access_economics.htm .
Research which describes the micro and macro issues surrounding the projected increase in the supply of workers and the implications of the baby boomer cohort for the market mature age place for goods in the coming decades.and services

Population ageing: crisis or transition? - Pamela Kinnear. Australia Institute discussion paper no.45. Canberra: The Australia Institute, 2001. 51p. ISBN 1322 5421. http://www.tai.org.au

Sociology of aging: international perspectives / Victor Minichiello; Neena Chappell; Hal Kendig; Alan Walker(eds) - International Sociological Association, 1997 ISBN 0646302140. Available from Dept of Health Studies, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, fax 02 6773 3666, for $47.95
The impetus for the book arose from a meeting of the ISA Research Committee on Aging meeting in Melbourne in 1995. Over 50 authors from Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe and the United States contributed to 35 chapters divided into five sections. Part 1 - Emerging issues in sociological thinking, research and teaching, identifies conceptual developments and future directions. The issues discussed include gender, population ageing, positive ageing, social network research, sexuality, gerontology teaching, education needs of older people. Part 2 looks at the sociological meaning of caregiving and social support, part 3 the social and political context of retirement and pensions, part 4 personal, professional and social issues for health promotion in later life, and part 5 cultural differences in the ageing experience.

Two year review of aged care reforms / Leonard Gray. Canberra: AusInfo, 2001. 243p. ISBN 0642735514
Evaluation of the structural reform package for residential care introduced by the Coalition Government in October 1997. The review reports on access, affordability, quality, efficiency, industry viability, State and Territory programs, choce and appropriateness and other considerations like dementia care. Professor Gray concluded that "the reforms have delivered substantial improvements to the aged care system" and made seven recommendations. A Government response is published separately. Online at www.health.gov.au/acc/2yr_rvw/index.htm

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STATE GOVERNMENT POLICY STATEMENTS

Check the relevant department websites for updated material - linked from COTA's Links page

Australian Capital Territory:

Towards a society for all ages: forward plan for older people in the ACT 2000-2003 / ACT Government. Canberra: 2000. ISBN 0642600635. Available from Chief Minister's Dept, tel. 02 6205 0215, www.act.gov.au

New South Wales

NSW Government healthy ageing framework 1998-2003 / Ageing and Disability Department and NSW Health, Sydney, 1998. ISBN 073131221X. Available from Ageing Issues Directorate, tel 1800 904 135

Changing care for older people - Trialing new ideas / Lori Rubinstein and Paul Sadler / Best Practice Paper 3. - Sydney: Office on Ageing, Social Policy Directorate, 1994 ISBN 0731020669

Public policy and older people 1994: a position paper / NSW Consultative Committee on Ageing (also contains fact sheets on various topics)

These and other publications are available from Ageing and Disability Department, Level 13, 83 Clarence St, Sydney, NSW 2000 Tel. (02) 9367 6811, website: www.add.nsw.gov.au

Queensland

Our shared future: Queensland's Framework for Ageing 2000-2004/ Brisbane: Office of Ageing, 2000. These and earlier publications and factsheets are available from Office on Ageing, Dept of Families, Youth and Community Care Queensland, GPO Box 806, Brisbane Qld 4102 Tel. (07) 3224 2625.
Internet website: www.families.qld.gov.au/ageing/publications.html

South Australia

Ten year plan for aged services / Adelaide; Office for the Ageing, 1996. Also Progress report August 1996-August 1997. Available from Office for the Ageing, 3rd floor, Citi Centre, 11 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide SA 5000 Tel. (08) 8226 6852

Tasmania

Tasmanian plan for positive ageing 2000-2005: 2000 progress report / Department of Health and Human Services, 2001. ISBN 0 7246 5798 3.
Also Older people in Tasmania fact sheets - provide statistical and demographic information on Tasmania's population aged 60 and over.
Both available from Seniors Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, 90 Davey Street, Hobart, Tas 7000 Tel. (03) 6222 7627, www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/seniors/

Victoria

The Age to be (2002) is the Ministerial Statement on the direction the Victorian Government will take for seniors. http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/rrhacs/agedcare/officeseniors.htm

Creating a Victoria for all ages: an action plan for older Victorians. 1999
Available from Information Victoria, 356 Collins St, Melbourne 3000, 1300 366 356, or on Department of Human Services website at http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/acmh/
The plan is the (previous) Victorian Liberal Government's response to the recommendations of the Inquiry into Positive Ageing report of 1997. It provides a broad policy and planning framework for the Government's strategic activity for older people, addressing the five major themes of participation in community life, ageing in place of choice, healthy ageing, community attitudes to ageing, and partnerships. Each theme incorporates the key strategies already undertaken, discussion and relevant facts, and future plans for action to achieve the objectives stated.

Parliamentary Family and Community Development Committee Inquiry into Positive Ageing. Report upon the Inquiry into Planning for Positive Ageing was tabled on 2 December 1997.
It claims to be "the most comprehensive investigation of issues concerned with ageing ever conducted in Australia" - with 23 chapters it must come close. In the process of inquiring into and making recommendations on planning for positive ageing in Victoria the Inquiry reviewed national and international literature, identified key factors contributing to individuals remaining confident, independent and in control of their lives, and consulted with older people to develop recommendations or strategies to further the independence of older people in Victoria in the future. Available from the Committee office, Level 8, 35 Spring St, Melbourne Vic 3000, (03) 9651 3526.

The Department's publications, conference papers and list of legislation are online - http://www.health.vic.gov.au/agedcare/index.htm

Western Australia

Time on our side: a five year plan for Western Australia's maturing population. November 1998 at http://www.osi.wa.gov.au/pubs/index.htm

This and other publications are available from Office of Senior's Interests, May Holman Centre, 4th floor, 32 St George's Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Tel. (08) 9222 0111

Titles offering FAMILY/CONSUMER ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

Adult children and their elderly parents: a guide to managing change / Helen Townsend - Sydney: Bantam Books, 1989. ISBN 0947189580 $16.95

Aged and Community care information sheets : Quality care for older Australians (http://www.health.gov.au/acc/publicat/conspubs.htm ) is a series of information sheets for consumers and service providers on aged (residential) care reforms updated since 1997, available free from the Dept by ringing the Aged Care dedicated hotline 1800 500 553. Other brochures, information sheets and publications are also available on the website eg Staying at home: care and support for older Australians

Before and after retirement / 2nd ed. Peter Cerexhe - Sydney, Choice Books, 2000. ISBN 0947277706. $27.50, tel. 02 9577 3399.

The Beginner's guide to retirement / Michael Longhurst. Sydney, Hodder Headline Australia, 2000. ISBN 073361048X. $25.25

The care book: planning for your future / Dina Bowman - Melbourne: Five Mile Press, 1996. ISBN 086788424X $17.95

Caring for older people / Terry Smyth & Malcolm Geeves - South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, 1996. ISBN 0732931258 $26.95 (aimed at students or workers in the care sector)

Caring for older people: a resource guide for Australian carers / 2nd ed. Robert Reid - North Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1994. ISBN 1863736824 $19.95

The Cw. Department of Family and Community Services has several free titles for older people:
* Australian retiree - your choices: information for self funded retirees 1999
* Home and Residence Choices for Older People, 1999 ed
* Investing money - your choices: information to help you plan your retirement, 2nd ed 1999
* Moving house - your choices, 2001
* Understanding retirement income streams
All are available online at www.facs.gov.au - see Publications / Seniors information. For copies phone Centrelink on 13 23 00 or call in at a Centrelink office.

Housing choices for older Australians / 2nd ed. Pamela Wilson and Helen Scott. Melbourne, Council on the Ageing (Australia), 1995. ISBN 0855600678. Available from COTAs for $5.00 individuals, $10.00 organisations plus $3.00 p&p

Options for the ageing: the complete guide to support and care for older people / Glen Sorensen. Roseville, NSW: Simon & Schuster, 1996. ISBN 0731805070 $17.95

Options for the elderly and those who care for them / Glenda Banks - Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1994. ISBN 0868065250 $16.95

Retirement: make it easy / G. Mathews - Ringwood, Vic: Penguin, 1988. ISBN 0140110089 $12.99

Where to retire in Australia / Jill and Owen Weeks - Camberwell, Vic: Lifestyle Info-Services Pty Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1 876641 01 0 $39.95

SERIES (Australian)

Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Reports, Department of Health and Family Services, Aged and Community Care Division. List of publications available (02) 6289 5536 or at website http://www.health.gov.au/acc/publicat/publist1.htm

Australian Association of Gerontology national conference proceedings. 1965 - 1994. From 1995 published as supplement to Australasian Journal on Ageing. AAG website shows latest conference information only, at http://www.aag.asn.au

Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services Policy research paper series ISBN 1442 7532
Examples: No.13 The policy-makers's guide to ageing: key concepts and issues - Natalie Jackson, 2001; No. 6 Trends in the incomes and living standards of older people in Australia - Peter Whiteford and Kim Bond, November 2000. Tel.1300 653 227. These and other publications online at http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/respubs/nav.htm

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care Occasional papers
The Health and Aged Care Occasional Papers Series are designed to provide an opportunity to enhance understanding of the current policy agenda and support public debate on future policy directions. Three series - First series, New series and Health Financing series; examples are:
The Ageing Australian Population and Future Health Costs: 1996-2051 (New series no.7, 1999)
Ageing Gracefully: An Overview of the Economic Implications of Australia's Ageing Population Profile (New series no.10, 1999)
Available as .PDF files online at http://www.health.gov.au/pubs/hfsocc/occpdf.htm, or hard copy from the Department tel.(02) 6289 8738.

Lincoln Papers in Gerontology - Lincoln Gerontology Centre - list and online order form http://www.latrobe.edu.au/aipc/lgc.htm

NATSEM discussion papers, conference papers, publications eg Harding, A., King, A. and Kelly, S.(2002) Trends in Incomes and Assets of Older Australians DP no.58; Walker, A. (1998) 'Australia's Ageing Population: What Are the Key Issues and the Available Methods of Analysis?', DP no.27.
Available from National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, 170 Haydon Drive, Bruce ACT 2617, (02) 6201 2750. Online at http://www.natsem.canberra.edu.au/

SPRC Reports and Proceedings; Discussion papers; Reprints; Research Resource Series. Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW, NSW 2052 Tel. (02) 9385 3857, or e-mail sprc@unsw.edu.au or at Internet website: www.sprc.unsw.edu.au

Strategic Ageing: COTA (Australia) occasional series

Vol 1/1995 - Competition, commercilization and citizens by Ian McAuley.
Vol 2/1996 - Changing aged care by Veronica Sheen.
Vol 3/1997 - Commonwealth Budget submission for older Australians 1997-98.
Vol 4/1997 - The 1997-98 Budget: year 2 of the Coalition reforms.
Vol 5/1998 - Restoring security to older Australians: 1998-99 Commonwealth Budget submission
Vol 6/1998 - Challenges and changes: tax reform; competitive tendering; public dental care - three submissions to the Commonwealth Government which demonstrate that the well-being of older people is a responsibility across many levels of government.
Vol 7/1999 - Valuing older Australians: 1999-2000 Federal Budget submission.
Vol 8/1999 - Seniors in Cyberspace: older people and information.
Vol 9/1999 - Older Australians: working for the future.
Vol 10/2000 - Older Austalians: a working future? The ageing population and work in the 21st Century (special issue published with CEDA).
Vol.11/2001. Investing in the future: Australia's ageing workforce: two submissions. 1 A response to Employment for Mature Age Workers issues paper for the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia.
2 Federal Budget submission, 2001-2002.
Vol.12/2001. Older Australians: an agenda for the new millenium on health and aged care: two submissions. 1 World class care: response to National Strategy for an Ageing Australia discussion paper. 2 Submission to Federal Budget 2001-2002.
Vol.13/2001. Looking up and looking out: frameworks for positive ageing in the 21^st century: two submissions. 1 Response to Healthy Ageing discussion paper for the National Strategy for and Ageing Australia. 2 Response to Attitude. Life-style and Community Support discussion paper of the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia.
Vol.14/2001. Enough to live on: a retirement incomes policy framework for the 21^st century: two submissions. 1 Response to Independence and Self-Provision discussion paper for the National Strategy for an Ageing Australia. 2 Retirement incomes, housing and support for older Australians: submission to Federal Budget 2001-2002.
Vol.15/2002. Superannution and standards of living in retirement. Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation Inquiry

STATISTICS

See Australian Bureau of Statistics annual catalogue for full listings or check web catalogue. There are many useful articles on the ABS website at http://www.abs.gov.au - follow the Themes link to Ageing.

Some useful titles are:

Age matters - a quarterly newsletter from ABS National Ageing Statistics Unit published online

ABS Catalogue 4430.0 Disability Ageing and Carers - Summary of findings
ABS Catalogue 4431.0 Disability Ageing and Carers - Users guide
ABS Catalogue 4432.0 Disability Ageing and Carers - Data reference package
ABS Catalogue 4433.0 Disability Ageing and Carers - Disability and disabling conditions
- 1993 survey results, c$20.00 each. Previous national surveys were conducted in 1981 (Handicapped Persons Survey) and 1988 (Disabled and Aged Persons Survey, Cat nos 4118.0, 4120.0, 4121.0)

ABS Catalogue 4102.0 Australian Social Trends, annual.
Include specific topics concerning older people - often available online

ABS Catalogue 4108.1 Older people New South Wales. ABS with NSW Office on Ageing, 2000. $15.00

Aged Care statistics series (and other series) from the Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. Publications by staff are listed chronologically at http://www.aihw.gov.au/agedcare/publications.html . Note that they are available online as well as from AusInfo. You can also search the publication catalogue for online titles eg Residential aged care in Australia 1999-00: a statistical overview - http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm

A compendium of recent statistical sources relating to dementia / Alzheimer's Australia. Canberra, 1997. Available from Alzheimer's Australia, PO Box 191, Deakin West, ACT 2600 tel. (02) 6285 3711

National data for aged care services: an overview of current collections / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Aged Care Unit. Canberra: AIHW, 1994.

National directory of data collections in health, welfare and housing 1996 / Glenda Cresswick. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1996. Available from AIHW, PO Box 570, Canberra ACT 2601, tel. (02) 6244 1000.

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