外文文献-上海农村养老的社区支持研究——以松江小昆山为例.pdfVIP

Pa rlia me nt of A ust ra lia Caring for t he Elderly - an Overview of Aged Care Support and Services in Aust ralia Curre nt Issues Caring for the Elderly - an Overv iew of A ged Care Support and Serv ices in A ustralia E-Brie f : Online Only issue d 27 Fe brua ry 2003; update d 30 A pril 2003 G re g McIntosh, A na ly sis a nd Po licy J a ne t Phillips, Info rmat io n/E-links Socia l Po licy G ro up Scope This e-brief aims to give an ove rview of the array of se rvices and support provided to the e lde rly in Australia. The te rms e lde rly and aged are take n he re to mean people aged ove r 65 years of age . It should be noted howeve r, that some support for the aged is give n to people w ho are younge r than that, for example , some concessions for transport and e ntrance fees are provided to people ove r 60 years or eve n 55 years of age . Give n the numbe r and breadth of the various programs that are available to the aged and, give n the fact that all three leve ls of gove rnme nt and the non-gove rnme nt sector are involved in the provision of these programs, it is only possible to outline the main support and se rvices provided. The main e mphasis is on the role of the Commonwealth in te rms of support and assistance for the aged, but brief details of the role of the non-gove rnme nt sector and that of State /Te rritory and local gove rnme nts are also give n. One section of this brief gives some background on the ve ry important issue of the age ing of the Australian population and contains links to contrasting view s on j ust how policy make rs now , and into the future , should respond to this age ing phe nome non. Included are an exte nsive numbe r of links to we b sites across Australia and, w he re appropriate , brief introductory comme nts that put the various links in context are included. Some examples of re levant ove rseas links are also included. General Resources o