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Australian Developments in Ageing: Issues and History

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Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Aging ((Int. Perspect. Aging,volume 16))

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This chapter provides a ‘big picture’ of Australian developments in ageing over the post-World War II era for ageing individuals and Australian society. It establishes core concepts and information on lifespan development, social change and historical legacies in order to set a context for later substantive chapters on specific topic areas. The aim is to provide an integrated view of the interconnected dimensions of ageing that are considered separately in other chapters throughout the book. Many of these issues will be revisited in our concluding chapter on future directions in ageing for Australia.

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  1. ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2033, Australia

    Hal Kendig

  2. Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing (CRAHW), Research School of Population Health, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

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  1. Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia

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  2. ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

    Colette Browning

  3. ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

    Hal Kendig

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Kendig, H. (2017). Australian Developments in Ageing: Issues and History. In: O’Loughlin, K., Browning, C., Kendig, H. (eds) Ageing in Australia. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 16. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6_2

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