Ageing in Australia : Challenges and Opportunities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Loughlin, Kate (Editor), Browning, Colette (Editor), Kendig, Hal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: International Perspectives on Aging, 16
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Medical research.; Social policy.; Aging.; Quality of life.; Health psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781493964666
• ISSN: 2197-5841 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6
• Physical Description: XII, 290 p. 37 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource.

This stimulating volume examines the many faces of Australia's ageing population, the social and health issues they contend with, and the steps being taken-and many that should be taken-to help ensure a more positive and productive later life. Individual and societal ageing are conceptualized a...