The deepening complexities of aged care, including changing morbidities and funding for long term care insurance and investment, will be investigated at an international conference at UNSW Sydney this week.
A new research hub to connect population ageing experts across the region will be launched at the Ageing in the Asia Pacific research symposium at UNSW next week.
It’s unrealistic and unfair to expect everyone to have the same retirement age, as it can can disadvantage groups with a systematically lower life expectancy, in particular the poor, writes Rafal Chomik.
The trend to a longer life and an older population means Australia faces a major demographic change. We need to implement coping policies now, writes John Piggott.
Time will tell if the Productivty Commission’s assessment on lifting the retirement age will galvanise constructive debate and action, writes Rafal Chomik.
The retirement income system in Australia is a bridge part built. With the first baby boomers soon to retire, the challenges presented by population ageing will begin to crystallise, writes John Piggott.
Older workers have enormous value, but it remains to be seen what their health and disability profiles will be and which employers will reap the benefits of population ageing, writes Rafal Chomik.
Those keen to address the gender imbalance in superannuation might want to keep sex out of the equation and instead boost the savings of low earners and informal carers, argues Rafal Chomik.
