{"product_id":"australias-new-aged","title":"Australia's New Aged","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea that our society is ageing is a popular source of gloomy predictions for the future. We see today's youth struggling in their mature years to pay for the masses of geriatric baby boomers whose productive years lie far behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralia's New Aged\u003c\/i\u003e shows that this belief is part reality and part myth. While there will be an increase in the proportion of aged people in the next 20 years, this is a temporary phenomenon and it is likely that tomorrow's elderly will quite differently from their parents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralia's New Aged\u003c\/i\u003e examines public policy for the aged in the context of an increasingly vocal and active elderly population and cutbacks to health and welfare spending. The authors argue that policy makers have become trapped in a 'social problem' approach to ageing that assumes the elderly are a homogeneous, disadvantaged group with common interests. They examine a range of cases and identify negative consequences of inappropriate assumptions in terms of structural blindness and brutality. They show that this approach is no longer viable and argue that both policy makers and the aged care industry will need to be more sensitive to diversity and more flexible than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralia's New Aged\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for students, policy makers and anyone working with the aged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn McCallum is Professor of Public Health and Dean of the Faculty of Health at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eGrey Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). Karin Geiselhart is a journalist previously employed by the Office for the Status of Women in Canberra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226530533720,"sku":"9780367717483","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367717483.jpg?v=1779334236","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/australias-new-aged","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}