Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
'Getting the big picture': A synopsis and critique of Australian out-of-home care research
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
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Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
Family Matters article Jun 2007
This article suggests that while financial assistance and ongoing training are important resources provided to foster carers in Australia, there is also a need for other forms of recognition in the lives of foster carers.
Family Matters article Feb 2006
This article compares children's temperament and behaviour over the 20 year period of The Australian Temperament Project, which has followed a large cohort of Victorian children since their infancy in 1983.
Family Matters article Jun 2009
This paper summarises the findings of a project to review the literature on effective caring that was carried out as part of a larger body of work by one research centre working in the area of carer needs assessment.
Research report Feb 2000
Includes three 1999 Family Matters articles, as well as an earlier paper explaining the two original approaches to calculating the costs of children
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article is the third of three articles which examine family violence and abuse, an issue identified as a priority issue by the National Council for the International Year of the Family.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
This article considers the central role played by carers in maintaining people at home, and questions the somewhat taken-for-granted relationship between the availability of informal care and admission to residential care.
Family Matters article Jun 1995
This article reports on research on adult-parent relationships and describes findings of a Melbourne-based study of adult-parent relationships.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
These papers with their focus on changes in family patterns, structures, transitions and attitudes across the generations, make a contribution to understanding the role that families have in the lives of older persons.
Research report Sep 2001
Australia’s population is ageing, and its growth is slowing down due to remarkable advances in medicine, health care and birth control.