Population ageing and Australia`s future

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part 1. Perspectives on ageing; Introduction: A multidisciplinary approach to ageing; Hal Kendig, Peter McDonald and John Piggott; Ageing and social change in Australia; Cathy Gong and Hal Kendig; Population ageing in Australia-National policy challenges and future directions; John Piggott; Part 2. Population ageing: Global, regional and Australian perspectives; Ageing in Australia: Population changes and responses; Peter McDonald.

Declining fertility and the rising costs of children and the elderly in Japan and other selected Asian countries: An analysis based upon the NTA approachNaohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura, Sang-Hyop Lee; Facing the challenges of an ageing society; Jan Pakulski; Part 3. Improving health and wellbeing; Social research and actions on ageing well; Hal Kendig and Colette Browning; Enhancing cognitive capacities over the life-span ; Kaarin J Anstey; Social engagement in late life; Tim D Windsor, Rachel G Curtis, and Mary A Luszcz ; Wellbeing and its improvability as a national goal.

Richard A Burns and Colette Browning Part 4. Responses by government and families/individuals; Retirement income strategies for an ageing population; Hazel Bateman; Ageing, entitlement and funding health care; Jane Hall and Kees van Gool; Financing aged care: The role of housing wealth and intergenerational relationships; Rachel Ong; Conclusions: An historic triumph that presents big challenges for public policy; Andrew Podger; Appendix 1: International perspectives and global benchmarking; Hal Kendig and Lisa Cannon; _ENREF_1; _ENREF_2; _ENREF_3; _ENREF_4; _ENREF_5; _ENREF_6; _ENREF_7.

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