Social Policy Resources

Aged Resources

Government

Commonwealth Government

• Department of Health and Ageing: Ageing (DOHA)

  Aged Care Advocacy

  Aged Care Funding Instrument

  Office of Aged Care Quality and Compliance

  Aged Care Australia (contains information from before 2007 election)

  Aged Care Home Finder

• Office of the Aged Care Commissioner
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Services (FaHCSIA) Seniors
• Department of Veterans' Affairs
• Seniors Portal

State and Territory Governments

• Australian Capital Territory
  Office for Ageing
• New South Wales
  Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care - Information for Older People
  Council on the Ageing (NSW) Inc - Seniors Information Service
  NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing
• Northern Territory
  Department of the Chief Minister - Office of Senior Territorians
  Department of Health and Community Services - Aged and Disability Program
• Queensland
  Queensland Health
  Department of Communities - Seniors
• South Australia
  Department for Families and Communities- Office for the Ageing
  Seniors Information Service
• Tasmania
  Department of Premier and Cabinet - Seniors Bureau
• Victoria
  Department of Human Services - Aged Care in Victoria
  Office of Senior Victorians
• Western Australia
  Department for Communities - Seniors' Resources Online

Organisations

• Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
• Aged and Community Services Australia
• Aged Care Network
• ARPA Over 50s Association
• Australian Association of Gerontology
• Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
• Carers Australia
• Council on the Ageing (COTA) and links to the State and Territory organisations
• National Aged Care Alliance
• National Seniors Australia
• Universities of the Third Age

Research

• Centre for Ageing Studies at Flinders University hosts the South Australian Network for Research on Ageing
  
• Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, University of Sydney
  
• Communication Disability in Ageing Research Unit, University of Queensland
  
• National Ageing Research Institute
  
• Research Centre on Ageing and Retirement, University of New South Wales
  

Conferences

• United Nations Programme on Ageing
  
• Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia's Population, March 1999, convened by the Productivity Commission and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
  

Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics, Theme Page Disability, Ageing and Carers
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Ageing and Aged Care Portal and Older Australia at a Glance, 4nd edition 2007

Aged Issues

Aged Care

See the Parliamentary Library e-briefs:

• 'Caring for the Elderly' - an Overview of Aged Care Support and Services in Australia
• The Funding and Supply (1985-2000) of Residential Aged Care Beds

Human Rights

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Human Rights of Older Australians

Support and Services

• See the Parliamentary Library e-brief 'Caring for the Elderly' - an Overview of Aged Care Support and Services in Australia

International Resources

• Global Action on Aging
• HelpAge International
• International Federation on Ageing
• Older Women's Network, Europe
• United Nations Programme on Ageing
• WHO Ageing and Life Course
  
• New Zealand - Age Concern

• UK - Age Concern



• USA - Administration on Aging


• USA - National Center for Health Statistics - Trends in Health and Aging
• USA - National Institute on Aging

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