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    Accommodation after retirement
    ( 1984-03) Graycar, Adam
    Family, income, health, and housing conditions are the major interlocking pieces in the kaleidoscope of well being of elderly people. Housing and accommodation, the subject of tonight's seminar is concerned not only with physical structures, but also with issues of dependency, functional ability, choice, affordability and access.
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    Accommodation issues for elderly people : State Government perspectives
    ( 1986-06) Graycar, Adam
    Only a small proportion of older people ever come into contact with nursing homes. About 4.5 per cent of those aged 65 and over live in nursing homes, and proportions increase with age, and vary quite notably by State. Victoria and South Australia have higher age profiles than the other States with almost half of the nursing home residents in those States aged 85 or over. Research indicates that aged people in the future will probably look more towards the formal system of care and less to their families. Many families want to look after their elderly relatives but they are not equipped to do so, nor do they have the social supports they need.
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    Accommodation issues for ethnic aged people in South Australia : accommodation alternatives
    ( 1986-06) Graycar, Adam
    Accommodation policies for elderly people involve activity by all three levels of government, non-government welfare organisations (of which about 700 in South Australia are involved with the welfare of elderly people), private entrepreneurs, developers, and professionals. Some are more attuned than others to the needs of non-English speaking older people though it is important to note that for both English speaking and non-English speaking elderly people many of the accommodation and support issues are similar. Of course there are some differences and it is our task to identify, target and work on those differences.
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    Accommodation options for elderly people
    ( 1984-10) Graycar, Adam
    Elderly people require a wide range of supports, mostly income support, but also health services, housing support, and social services. Public resources which are allocated are substantial, yet the range of incomes, access to services and housing situation of elderly people is probably wider than for any other population category. As we look to the future in gerontological planning it will be necessary to develop in our planning, the philosophical concepts, the framework for action, the process, and the product. Accommodation policies are important starters because the product is obvious, the process is easily identifiable, the framework for action may be cumbersome, but the philosophical concepts needs a lot of working out. This comes about because of the diversity of the elderly population and the wide variety of needs, resources, problems and conditions.
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    Caring services for the elderly
    ( 1986-09) Graycar, Adam
    100 years ago life expectancy at birth was 47 years for males and 51 years for females. Today it is around 70 for males and 77 for females. In some circles this increase in life expectancy is seen as a calamity for society - but I think it would be more reasonable to regard it as a major achievement. There is, however, a price to be paid for the privilege of living longer and that price is paid in the terms of an increase in the nature of degenerative diseases. The rates of chronic illness in all industrial societies are very high and Australia is no exception. What becomes important is trying to understand the network of the services - statutory and non-statutory - formal and informal - what can be blended together to improve the quality of life of the person suffering from chronic illness, and to ensure that those who care for these people have their needs met as well.
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    Nursing homes
    ( 1986-10) Graycar, Adam
    As we look to the future, over the next 25 years S.A.'s population will increase by 27%; the population aged 65 and over by 67%; the population aged 75 and over by 118% and the over 85's by 225%.
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    Nursing homes : policy issues
    ( 1986-09) Graycar, Adam
    The looming explosion in social care poses formidable challenges for policy makers in the gerontological arena. Policies, programs and services that reflect the interests of our older population, families of older people, workers in the aged care industry, and the community at large (tax payers) would ideally exhibit characteristics of equity and efficiency, accessibility and accountability, and most elusively of all, wide acceptability. Our residential care system which provides sheltered and supported accommodation for disabled people both young and old, is on the verge of significant and monumental change. The Commonwealth Department of Community Services has made admirable moves in identifying the strengths and weaknesses in the present system, gathering vast amounts of data, and considering sympathetically and humanely how people requiring residential care can live with dignity and have services appropriate to their needs.
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    Pets and the elderly
    ( 1986-10) Graycar, Adam
    Research around the world has shown the value of pets for older people. A pet is a friend to whom the loneliest person, practically incapable of communication with fellow humans can talk and express affection. People who talk to their pets aren't dotty - often the pets are much nicer than some of the humans they have around them. But not all older people want the responsibility of an animal nor even very much like dogs and cats. When we turn to our nursing home population we find a group with special needs - 4 to 5% but possibly isolated. Pet animals, especially dogs, offered nursing home residents a form of nonthreatening, non-judgemental, reassuring, non-verbal communication and tactile comfort and thus helped to break the vicious cycle of loneliness, helplessness and social withdrawal.
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    State approaches to housing for the ageing
    ( 1986-10) Graycar, Adam
    Given that some of our older people have substantial assets and given that many of our older people have fears and insecurities about impending dependencies, they are an easy mark for people selling some form of comfortable accommodation, particularly if it includes some form of security. In examining accommodation policies there are numerous types of options, some in the public sector, some in the private sector and some developed by non profit charitable and religious organizations (which do make profits).