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ABSTRACT There are many logical and economic reasons to support better energy efficiency in housing especially for low income housing where standards sometimes verge on the appalling, but no... Read more
ABSTRACT It is widely understood that households with low economic resources and poor labour market attachment are at considerable risk of food insecurity in Australia. However, little is kn... Read more
ABSTRACT Background: People from refugee backgrounds face various challenges after moving to a new country. Successfully securing employment has been linked to positive health outcomes in r... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: The life course perspective and representative U.S. data are used to test Rowe and Kahn’s Successful Aging (SA) conceptualization. Four sets of influences (childhood expe... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: This study examines the relationship between economic adversity transitions from childhood to older adulthood and older adulthood physical performance among 1,998 communi... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: There is limited knowledge about whether childhood disadvantage, defined as economic and health disadvantage, influences recovery from functional impairment. Method: Usin... Read more
ABSTRACT In this report we summarise the findings from a series of papers that explore the relationships between poverty measured in various ways and inequalities in people’s incomes. This p... Read more
ABSTRACT Objectives A shift toward public health responses to dementia, raises questions about the most appropriate approaches to specific population groups. We examined perspective and age... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: There is substantial evidence that refugees’ employment experiences are marred by a range of hurdles as they settle in their host country. This study investigated the rel... Read more
ABSTRACT Aims: In the past few years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of forcibly displaced migrants worldwide, of which a substantial proportion is refugees and asyl... Read more
ABSTRACT The NDIS Housing Pathways Project is co-funded by the Melbourne Disability Institute and the Brotherhood of St Laurence and will look at the housing options of the remaining 94 perc... Read more
ABSTRACT The high rate of joblessness among single-parent families in Australia, relative to other organisation for OECD countries has resulted in the development of various government initi... Read more
January 2019 – Extract Anglicare Australia Network releases: Valuing people at every age You’d have to have been hiding under a rock for the last few months not to have noticed the attention... Read more
ABSTRACT A national regulated power price could save households up to $440 off annual power bills, according to a study to be published on Monday, but those who actively seek out discounted... Read more
ABSTRACT Background: Caring for a family member with dementia puts caregivers at risk for depressive symptoms. Yet, interventions with promising effects on caregiver depressive symptoms are... Read more
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