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Reconceptualising Australian housing careers
This paper explores empirically how the change to a risk society might be manifest in family life courses and, more particularly, housing careers.
Superannuation and divorce in Australia
Findings from a recent Institute study show that most divorcing couples fail to consider superannuation in the division of property.
Ageing and families: Overview of papers
These papers with their focus on changes in family patterns, structures, transitions and attitudes across the generations, make a contribution to understanding the…
Home ownership and social policy in an ageing society
Families and ageing in the 21st century
How history is failing our families
Independence and low-income older persons
Admission to residential aged care facilities
This article considers the central role played by carers in maintaining people at home, and questions the somewhat taken-for-granted relationship between the…
Caring for elderly parents
This article has three main aims: to discuss the general profile of people caring for elderly parents and care recipients; to present some real life caring situations…