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Birth rates are falling – but the population in England will continue to rise.
Most Australians want to age at home, where they can remain connected to their communities and neighbourhoods. But what happens if you’re renting?
Many patients prefer single-gender hospital rooms. For women, this preference often comes from fear, while male patients are concerned with dignity.
An ageing population is caught in a perfect storm of rising house prices and rents, falling home ownership rates, mortgage debt carried into retirement, insecure rentals and a lack of social housing.
African countries can learn from China about how to design policies that anticipate major demographic changes in their societies.
Stricter population controls in India could have disastrous consequences for women and minority communities.
A study of 85 policies at all levels of government shows the focus in Australia is on residential care homes. Most older people are not in care, but their need for age-friendly cities is overlooked.
Someone who is self-aware may be a better choice then your nearest and dearest, when it comes to enacting your will and preferences as you age.
A new study reveals how a narrative of Scottish openness to immigration encourages migrants to downplay their experiences of discrimination.
With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance.
A lot would need to go right for reality to turn out as good as the projections in the Treasurer’s intergenerational report.
Being age-friendly is not just a matter of responding to the needs of Australia’s ageing population. It will benefit all students and the university as a whole.
We have the technology to make it easier for older Australians to pursue active ageing in their own communities. The smart city just needs their input to make it work for them.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
If Australia created more age-friendly neighbourhoods — which really are more liveable for everyone — then we wouldn’t have to rely so heavily on underfunded, substandard aged-care homes.
In a study of people receiving community care, home modifications liberated them to live at home safely and independently. Hours of care were cut by 42% and quality of life improved by 40%.
Instead of isolating and excluding older Australians, communities that are designed to embrace the growing numbers of Australians over 65 will have all kinds of benefits for Australia.
We interviewed older gay men, lesbian women, and trans women about their perceptions of residential aged care. Our research shows we need to make aged care safer for LGBTI+ people.
This 1,000-year-old institution is not the solution to ageing Britain – here’s why.
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Senior Lecturer in Economy and Society, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Professor in International Social Policy, University of Southampton
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor and Discipline Lead Property, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Unit Head, Twins Research Australia and MyBRISK Centre of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer Risk; Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
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Professor in Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources, University of Hull
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University
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Newcastle University
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Professor of Finance, University of Sydney
