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| What do older Australians want? |
| Author(s) | Briony Dow, Patricia Sparrow, Kirsten Moore |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 32, no 4, December 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 236-240 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Older people ; Services ; Social policy ; Participation ; Rights [elderly] ; Attitude ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The objective of this study was to report older Australians' views about what they want from aged care reforms expressed in submissions to the Productivity Commission's 'Inquiry into Caring for Older Australians' and the 'Conversations on Ageing' (Conversations). The study looked at 59 consumer responses to the 'Inquiry into Caring for Older Australians', and 31 findings from the Conversations conducted by the Honourable Mark Butler with the Council on the Ageing were summarised. Findings showed that older people wanted to be included as full citizens in community life with their contributions acknowledged, including as carers. They wanted high quality, accessible and respectful services that supported their independence and over which they had control. They wanted fair and transparent funding arrangements and care that caters for diversity in Australia's older people. They wanted reform to be soon and to have bipartisan support. This paper provides consumer perspectives to inform aged care policy, practice and research in Australia. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605249 A |
| Classmark | B: I: TM2: TMB: IKR: DP: 7YA |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |