Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Sections
- Demographic profile
- Age, sex and cultural diversity
- The changing demographic profile: 1991-2021
- Living arrangements
- The international context: population and expenditure
- Social context
- Leisure and lifestyle
- Retirement
- Voluntary work
- Income sources
- Pensions
- Housing
- Older people's organisations
- Health
- Self-rated health
- Life expectancy and causes of death
- Burden of disease
- Risk factors
- Mental health
- Disability levels
- Need for assistance
- Carers
- Special groups
- Indigenous people
- People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- People in rural and remote communities
- Veterans
- Health and welfare system
- The Australian health and welfare system
- Government expenditure on older people
- Health services
- Hospital use
- Major diagnoses and procedures
- General practitioner services
- Use of pharmaceuticals
- Aged care system
- The Australian aged care system
- Assessment
- Home and Community Care (HACC) program
- Community aged care packages
- Residential aged care: resident profiles
- Residential aged care: patterns of use
- Respite care
- Financing the Australian aged care system
- Expenditure on aged care
- Demographic profile
- End matter
- References
- Appendix tables