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 has made policy submissions including:
Submission to the Senate inquiry into care and management of younger and older Australians living with dementia
May 2013 (PDF file, 113 KB)
Response to Grey areas: age barriers to work in Commonwealth laws discussion paper November 2012 (PDF file, 140 KB)
Response to Grey areas: age barriers to work in Commonwealth laws (Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry) August 2012 (PDF file, 219 KB)
Submission to the Inquiry into Dementia: Early Diagnosis and Intervention May 2012 (PDF file, 156 KB)
Submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry about caring for older Australians July 2010 (PDF file, 285 KB) and a response to the commission's draft report January 2011 (PDF file, 80 KB)
Research reports include:
Ashley Carr, Helen Kimberley and Monica Mercieca 2013, Caring for carers: evaluation of a support program for carers of people with dementia (PDF file, 388 KB) Summary (PDF file, 94 KB)
Helen Kimberley, Robert Gruhn and Simon Huggins 2012, Valuing capabilities in later life: the capability approach and the Brotherhood of St Laurence aged services (PDF file, 1.7 MB) Summary (PDF file, 99 KB)
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)