Australias New Aged : Issues for young and old (Australian Experience) (Original PDF from Publisher)

Australias New Aged : Issues for young and old (Australian Experience) (Original PDF from Publisher)

Author : John McCallum

The assumption that our society is aging is a common source of doomsday scenarios . Today’s kids struggle in their later years to support the vast numbers of elderly baby boomers whose productive years have long since passed .

This concept is partially mythical and partially true , as Australia’s New Aged demonstrates .While the percentage of the population over the age of 60 will rise  over the next 20 years , this is a transient phenomena and it’s conceivable that the elderly of tomorrow won’t look anything like their parents . Australia’s New Aged explores governmental policies for the elderly in light of a more vocal and engaged older population as well as budget cuts to welfare and health care .

The authors contend that the’social problem’ approach to aging , which believes that the elderly are a homogeneous , underprivileged population with shared interests, has ensnared policymakers . They look at a variety of situations and pinpoint the detrimental effects of incorrect assumptions in terms of structural blindness and violence . They demonstrate that this strategy is no longer effective and contend that policymakers and the elderly care sector will need to be more diversely aware and flexible than before .

The book Australia’s New Aged should be required reading for all students , policymakers and anybody who interact with the elderly . At the University of Western Sydney , Macarthur , John McCallum holds the positions of professor of public health , dean of the faculty of health and co-editor of Grey Policy (1990) . Journalist Karin Geiselhart previously worked for Canberra’s Office for the Status of Women .

Australias New Aged : Issues for young and old (Australian Experience) (Original PDF from Publisher)

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