Old Age in Australia: A History - Jalland, Pat
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The Australian population is rapidly getting older, demanding important policy and service decisions. This book is the first to explore a 100-year history of older people in Australia from 1880 to 1980. Major themes examined include family histories of aged care, poverty, social and medical policy, gender, the impact of wars and economic depression, housing, nursing homes and the retirement debates.

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The Australian population is rapidly getting older, demanding important policy and service decisions. This book is the first to explore a 100-year history of older people in Australia from 1880 to 1980. Major themes examined include family histories of aged care, poverty, social and medical policy, gender, the impact of wars and economic depression, housing, nursing homes and the retirement debates.
Autorenporträt
Pat Jalland, FASSA, FRHistS, is an Emeritus Professor of History at the Australian National University. Her ten books include Australian Ways of Death: A Social and Cultural History, 1840-1918 (Oxford University Press, 2002); and Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth-Century Australia: War, Medicine and the Funeral Business (UNSW Press, 2006).