This paper examines why many older people living in remote parts of northern Australia are unable to access appropriate, or in some cases, any care services to support ageing in place. Several major factors are identified from the research literature as impacting on what appears to be a neglect of support for ageing in northern regions of Australia. The first is geographical and population related challenges. The second is the Australian Government’s adoption of neoliberal market models in structuring its aged care service organisation and provision. The third factor is the dearth of model design fit-for-purpose to the needs of remote communities. An alternative grounded or ‘bottom up’ approach is proposed, based on evidence from a br...
© 2014 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on beh...
When attending Summit meetings, the Community Based Senior Services (CBSS) Rural & Remote Working Gr...
This paper takes a differential demographic change in six rural settlement categories within rural a...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how people managed to stay resilient as they aged in re...
Objective: Ageing is a time of change that might involve financial, health and social losses. To mai...
Statistics show that Australia has an ageing population which will experience radical changes over t...
Statistics show that Australia has an ageing population which will experience radical changes over t...
Background: Studies have shown that older people prefer to continue living in their own home and com...
Australia has an ageing population and a clear policy focus on ageing-in-place supported by family a...
The older population in Australia (65+) is expected to double in coming decades, creating many multi...
The world’s population is ageing, with forecasts predicting this ageing is likely to be particularly...
In Australia, the precarity of the aged care sector has been well documented over several decades. D...
(1) Background: Studies have shown that older people prefer to continue living in their own home and...
This paper reports on a pilot project to map the aged care industry in the Bathurst region of Centra...
This stimulating volume examines the many faces of Australia’s ageing population, the social and hea...
© 2014 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on beh...
When attending Summit meetings, the Community Based Senior Services (CBSS) Rural & Remote Working Gr...
This paper takes a differential demographic change in six rural settlement categories within rural a...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how people managed to stay resilient as they aged in re...
Objective: Ageing is a time of change that might involve financial, health and social losses. To mai...
Statistics show that Australia has an ageing population which will experience radical changes over t...
Statistics show that Australia has an ageing population which will experience radical changes over t...
Background: Studies have shown that older people prefer to continue living in their own home and com...
Australia has an ageing population and a clear policy focus on ageing-in-place supported by family a...
The older population in Australia (65+) is expected to double in coming decades, creating many multi...
The world’s population is ageing, with forecasts predicting this ageing is likely to be particularly...
In Australia, the precarity of the aged care sector has been well documented over several decades. D...
(1) Background: Studies have shown that older people prefer to continue living in their own home and...
This paper reports on a pilot project to map the aged care industry in the Bathurst region of Centra...
This stimulating volume examines the many faces of Australia’s ageing population, the social and hea...
© 2014 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on beh...
When attending Summit meetings, the Community Based Senior Services (CBSS) Rural & Remote Working Gr...
This paper takes a differential demographic change in six rural settlement categories within rural a...