Family Matters article Jun 2000
What role for social capital in family policy?
This paper outlines some of the potential benefits of social capital for government, business, communities and family life.
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Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper outlines some of the potential benefits of social capital for government, business, communities and family life.
Research report Feb 1985
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Monograph no. 5
Family Matters article Oct 2006
This article provides an insight into shifts in the community services sector involving a move from a welfare to a social enterprise orientation with greater emphasis on child and family focused prevention and early intervention.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
This article presents the author's views on how the images and interests of older people influence public policy, focussing on the influence of older people and issues such as employment, politics, safety, health, financial security, the media, and positive ageing.
Research report Jun 1999
This paper examines meanings and expectations of family life and support for people aged 50 to 70, focusing on social relations between generations.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article presents two views of the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Fifth Australian Family Research Conference: one looking at the nature of family studies, another summarising some of the themes introduced by keynote speakers at the conference, including policy research and policy development, corporate responsibility and the family, and economic restructuring and family living standards, and how they were developed in a range of papers.
Family Matters article Sep 1996
This article looks at the availability of help for aged home owners who want to stay in their homes but are finding it difficult to meet daily living costs.
Family Matters article Apr 2011
This paper outlines a new framework 'Think Family', which includes a coordinated support system, a focus on the needs of all family members, building on family strengths, and the provision of tailored support.
Family Matters article Dec 2003
This article seeks to provide more balance to the debate about the cost of older people in an ageing society and to estimate the financial value of some of the ongoing contributions of older people that are not measured in national accounts, as well as providing estimates of the financial value of the unpaid contributions of older people - both to their family and to the wider community.
Family Matters article Dec 2003
This article looks at the role of families and the challenges they face in changing social and economic circumstances of an ageing Australian population.