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The US government has released a national plan to fight Alzheimer’s disease, following the signing of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act last year. The plan was developed with input from experts in aging and Alzheimer’s disease issues and calls for a comprehensive, collaborative approach across federal, state, private and non-profit organizations. More than 3,600 people or . . . → Read More: National Alzheimer’s plan released in USA – ADI
ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, the number of websites and web users, especially older users, has increased extensively. Despite the rapid growth in the number of websites, a significant number of ergonomic violations still hinder the information search activity performed by web users. As ageing is associated with reduced working memory capacity, inhibition failure, slowing of processing speed . . . → Read More: The effects of ageing and website ergonomic quality on internet information searching – Ageing & Society ABSTRACT The study examines whether social capital affects health of older people more strongly than it affects health of younger individuals. Following Pierre Bourdieu’s concept, social capital has been analysed on a cognitive dimension, distinguishing between institutional and informal social capital. The analysis is based on the data of the Austrian Health Interview Survey 2006–07 with a . . . → Read More: Social capital affects the health of older people more strongly than that of younger people – Ageing & Society FOREWORD Education begins at home. The first simple word a parent speaks to an infant opens the world of language to the child and sets the child on the path of exploration and discovery. When formal schooling begins, many parents believe that their role as educators has ended. But education is a shared responsibility of parents, schools, . . . → Read More: Parental influence on education outcomes – OECD Extract Among all the school payments and defence cuts, last week’s federal budget also quietly committed an additional $5.2 billion to the government’s Closing the Gap program. It’s a vote of faith from the government that the initiative is working. And there’s no doubt Closing the Gap is making inroads into Indigenous disadvantage on a number of fronts. . . . → Read More: Closing the gap, or making it wider? Putting a value on Indigenous jobs – The Conversation ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood on the income and mental health of individuals living in social housing in the UK. It exploits a dataset that is representative and longitudinal to match people to their very local neighbourhoods. Using this, the paper examines the effect of living in a neighbourhood in which the population is . . . → Read More: The impact of neighbourhood on the income and mental health of British social renters ABSTRACT In this paper, we consider three U.S. public policies that potentially influence the work decisions of mothers of infants—parental leave laws, exemptions from welfare work requirements, and child care subsidies for low-income families. We estimate the effects of these policies on the timing of work participation after birth, and on a range of outcomes in the . . . → Read More: Public policies, women’s employment after childbearing, and child well-being (US) ABSTRACT The societal effects of the welfare state are a perennial issue in the public debate. Critics accuse the welfare state of having unintended economic and moral consequences rather than producing its intended social goals. Popular perceptions of possible consequences of the welfare state are a crucial component of welfare state legitimacy, but have received hardly any . . . → Read More: Popular perceptions of welfare state consequences in Europe ABSTRACT Material deprivation is high on the political agenda in Europe and part of the agreed benchmarks in the EU social inclusion process. This study analyses the link between social assistance benefit levels and material deprivation in European countries. It is shown that the relationship between assistance and deprivation is negative, indicating that material deprivation is less . . . → Read More: Role of social assistance in counteracting material deprivation in Europe INTRODUCTION Renewable energy has been gaining an increasing foothold in the global energy mix, to the extent that non-hydro renewable energy as a share of global power generation is forecast1 to rise from three per cent in 2009 to 15 per cent by 2035, with much of the increase coming with explicit government support. Proponents will use a . . . → Read More: Policy – the drug of choice for renewable energy – Grattan Institute Hobart, 14 June 2012 This AHURI Housing Research Seminar will present the findings from three new AHURI research projects – The environmental sustainability of Australia’s private rental housing stock by Dr Michelle Gabriel (AHURI Research Centre—University of Tasmania), The problem of social housing stigmatisation and innovations that can minimise its effects (Investigative Panel) by Associate Professor Keith . . . → Read More: Event – Improving housing outcomes for low-income households – AHURI The review confirms that fuel poverty is a serious national problem and shows that it is set to rise rapidly. It affects people with low incomes and energy costs above typical levels. It proposes a new way of measuring the problem, focused both on the number of people affected and the severity of the problem they . . . → Read More: Final report of the Hills Independent Fuel Poverty Review: Getting the measure of fuel poverty (UK) SUMMARY – Extract The Salvation Army is one of the largest national providers of welfare services, providing a network of community and social support services working with and supporting some of the most marginalised and vulnerable people in the Australian community. During April and May 2012, The Salvation Army surveyed 1731 people seeking emergency relief and support . . . → Read More: The economic and social impact of cost of living pressures on people accessing emergency relief – Salvation Army Inequality, debt and growth shows that low to middle income households were reliant on borrowing to fund much of their spending for more than a decade before the financial crisis. The report reveals the full extent of the increase in borrowing and deterioration in household savings rates in the run up to the 2008/09 crisis, with . . . → Read More: Inequality, debt and growth (UK) – Resolution Foundation These reports will enable governments and the community to have up-to-date information with which to evaluate what has been achieved, and will provide an assessment of potential future gains. These reports will also assist the COAG Reform Council in its role of helping to enhance accountability and promote reform, and in monitoring the progress of COAG’s . . . → Read More: Impacts of COAG reforms: Business regulation and VET – Productivity Commission This summary looks at the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), which follow young people as they make the transition from school to further study and work. It particularly focuses on research which gauges how concepts such as wellbeing and social capital are measured for students, as well as pathways from school to work, ‘at risk’ . . . → Read More: Doing well: helping young people achieve their potential – NCVER Extract Cost is the main reason people don’t go to the dentist, according to a recent study. Other factors, such as fear, time constraints and disinterest were ranked significantly lower than cost. Nearly 68% of people who delayed their visits to the dentist did so because of cost. Researchers are concerned by the findings, and cite the need to . . . → Read More: Cost is main deterrent for dental visits – The Conversation This research project draws on international evidence, experts and financial modeling to explore the possibilities of utilizing bond finance as a means of expanding affordable housing in Australia. In particular, it adapts the Austrian model of Housing Construction Convertible Bonds to the Australian context. While international efforts in the field of private finance for affordable housing . . . → Read More: Housing supply bonds: a suitable instrument to channel investment towards affordable housing in Australia? – AHURI EXTRACT This discussion paper explores the supply-side mechanisms available to improve the availability of quality social housing in Victoria in a financially sustainable manner. These options were examined against the key objectives of: Protecting and enhancing the continued use of social housing resources for those people most in need of assistance The Victoria’s Vulnerable Children – Our Shared Responsibility Directions Paper outlines the Victorian Government’s first-year initiatives, longer-term commitments and areas requiring further consideration as a result of the Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children Inquiry’s recommendations EXTRACT Victorians made 55,000 reports of suspected abuse and neglect to DHS in 2010-11. This represents an increase of 49 per cent from the . . . → Read More: Victoria’s vulnerable children: Our shared responsibility – DHS(Vic) INTRODUCTION – Extract Reform of Victoria’s public housing system is long overdue. As the Victorian Auditor-General recently pointed out in a review of Access to Public Housing, “the situation for public housing is critical7”. To provide a safety net for vulnerable Victorians in the future, urgent government attention is required. Currently, the public housing system is not working . . . → Read More: Pathways to a fair and sustainable social housing system – DHS(Vic) This study examines the journeys of lone parents on jobseeker’s allowance, focusing on support and training opportunities provided to facilitate learning. SOURCE: Tina Haux et al., A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of the Journeys of Single Parents on Job Seekers Allowance, Single Parent Action Network/University of the West of England Link to . . . → Read More: Journeys of single parents on Job Seekers Allowance (UK) CHAIR’S FOREWORD – Extract Over the past few decades, a new divide has opened in the Australian workforce. No longer between the blue-collar and whitecollar worker, it is between those in the “core” of the workforce and those on the “periphery”. Those in the core are likely to be in full-time employment, either permanently within organisations, in management . . . → Read More: Lives on hold: Unlocking the potential of the Australian workforce – ACTU (contains references to Brotherhood of St Laurence’s submission) EXTRACT What is the meaning of ‘purpose’ for faith based, community and charitable providers in the aged care sector, asks the new CEO of the Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA), Adj Prof John Kelly. Adj Prof Kelly made the following (edited) Keynote Address to the ACS State Conference on the topic of “A Strong Partner in Church, . . . → Read More: The meaning of purpose in the aged care sector – ProBono On 8 February 2012, the Attorney-General announced an inquiry into legal barriers to mature age persons participating in the workforce—namely for people aged 45 years and over. Under the Terms of Reference, the ALRC is to identify these barriers and consider reforms to address them in Commonwealth laws, including: social security, superannuation, insurance, compensation and employment. Age Discrimination . . . → Read More: Age barriers to work – ALRC This summary looks at the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), which follow young people as they make the transition from school to further study and work. It particularly focuses on research which gauges how concepts such as wellbeing and social capital are measured for students, as well as pathways from school to work, ‘at risk’ . . . → Read More: Doing well: helping young people achieve their potential – NCVER A growing number of Victorians are finding it increasingly difficult to travel to the places they need to with older people and young adults in particular being left behind as the State’s public transport woes intensify. New analysis of ABS data from 2006 – 2010 shows a 15 per cent drop in the number of people aged . . . → Read More: ABS data shows alarming drop in transport mobility – VCOSS This paper provides background information about the new income management scheme that will come into effect on 1 July 2012 as well as a summary of refugee community and service provider views on income management that were documented through the Refugee Council of Australia’s (RCOA) annual community consultations. Between September and November 2011, 43 consultations in . . . → Read More: Income management: Impacts on refugee and humanitarian entrants – RCOA The focus of the 2012-13 program is for projects under the theme ‘Ready for further study and work’. Applications will need to show how the projects will enable young people to successfully engage in, work towards or transition into further study and/or work. The Minister for Youth, The Hon Peter Garrett MP, has called on eligible non-government . . . → Read More: Helping young Australians prepare for further study or work – Funding available ABSTRACT We review the relationship between female labor supply and marital instability. Traditionally, the sociological literature has focused on the impact of female labor supply on the likelihood of divorce with specific reference to the independence hypothesis. However, recent studies in sociology and economics provide more consistent evidence that the direction of causality may be the other . . . → Read More: Marital instability and female labor supply (UK) |
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