Research about older people
Our research about older people focuses on meeting the needs of Australia’s ageing population, especially those older people living on low incomes or experiencing social isolation. It includes:
- evaluating existing services and programs
- investigating trends and best practice in aged and community care
- developing policy positions on issues such as retirement incomes and taxation, mature-age employment and housing affordability.
See more details about the work of our Research and Policy Centre on retirement and ageing.
The Brotherhood made a submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry about caring for older Australians (PDF file, 285 KB) and a response to the commission's draft report (PDF file, 80 KB)
Research reports include:
Dina Bowman and Helen Kimberley 2011, Sidelined! Workforce participation and non-participation among baby boomers in Australia (PDF file, 361 KB) Summary (PDF file, 131 KB)
Helen Kimberley and Bonnie Simons 2009, The Brotherhood's Social Barometer: the second fifty years (PDF file, 666 KB)
Astrid Reynolds 2009 The Myer Foundation 2020: A Vision for Aged Care outcomes review (PDF file, 433 KB)
Karen Teshuva, Lucy Nelms, Victoria Johnson, Peter Foreman and Janet Stanley 2007, Outcomes for older people with chronic and complex needs: a longitudinal examination of the use of community services following an aged care assessment in Victoria (PDF file, 257 KB)
Michael Hillier 2007, Rebuilding connections: creating opportunities for socially isolated older Australians: evaluation of the Brotherhood of St Laurence Community Care Socialisation Program (PDF file, 190 KB)