Living Dying Caring (2nd ed.)

As Australia moves into the 21st century, new strategies are needed to provide services that keep pace with the rapidly rising ageing population. Not only will there be a larger number of Australians over age 65, this age group will constitute a greater proportion of the total population (from 10 per cent in the late 1990s to 11.7 per cent - 2.33 million people - by the year 2001). The number of people 80 years or older will double during the next two decades and many will require nursing home o