Sink or swim- ageing in Australia O`Connell, Beverly and Ostaszkiewicz, Joan 2005, Sink or swim- ageing in Australia, Australian health review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 146-150. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads oconnell-sinkorswim-2005.pdf Published version application/pdf 292.94KB 1021 Title Sink or swim- ageing in Australia Author(s) O`Connell, Beverly Ostaszkiewicz, Joan orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-4493 Journal name Australian health review Volume number 29 Issue number 2 Start page 146 End page 150 Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Publication date 2005-05 ISSN 0156-5788 1449-8944 Summary As the number of people under the age of 65 declines, the number over 65 will double in the next half century. By 2031, it is estimated those over 65 will account for more than a quarter of the Australian population. The fastest rate of growth will be in the over-85-years category, projected to double over the next 20 years and to triple over 50 years to include 2.3 million people. Health care providers cannot afford to wait for the inevitable crises this vast demographic shift will provoke. To meet these future demands, educational and health care institutes should consider establishing interdisciplinary think-tanks for multidisciplinary research, policy development and innovations in aged care and health service delivery. Aust Health Rev 2005: 29(2): 146-150 Language eng Field of Research 111001 Aged Care Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003081 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 08 Dec 2008, 10:45:38 EST Fri, 29 May 2009, 14:29:47 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 11:09:49 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:01:07 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:42:33 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 09:06:23 EST Mon, 04 Dec 2017, 13:34:48 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:51:08 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:58:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 974 Abstract Views, 1021 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:42:48 EST