Aged Care Policy in Australia

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Family Name: --- Given Name(s): Ravneet Kaur
Student ID: 1050082 Course: Bachelor of Community Services
Unit Code: SAP 101 Unit Name: Australian Society, Systems and
Policies S
Lecturer: Kris Rao Assessment Number/Title: Assessment 2 / Aged
Care Policy in Australia
Semester/Trimester and Year: 1st Year
Trimester 1, 2018
Word Count: 1072
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Introduction
The primary aim of this paper is to outline and explain the
Australian social policy. Here is the discussion about the old aged
care policy which has been initiated in Australia to provide support
to the Australian old aged people. The impacts of this social policy
have been explained in the task widely. It is noted that services and
support to the old aged people in the country is rendered by the
ample of government programs and policies. Community, NGO and
charitable sector also provide ample of benefits to the old aged
people. Along with this, various policies have been introduced by
the Australian government to initiate, plan, evaluate and develop the
working of aged care system and sessions within the Australia. The
aged care policy explains the age of Australians who get the age
services and facilities that is 65. It also includes indigenous people
who is the age of 50 years and above. The Aged care act 1997 and
related aged care standards have established to provide facilities to
old aged people. Along with this, the Australian government
department of health is answerable for the functioning of aged care
act (De Bellis, 2010).
History of aged care policy
Aged care in Australia has undergone ample of
transformations in response to changing economic and demographic
situations. Aged care in Australia is the prerequisite of services to
attain the effective and distinctive requirements of older citizens in
country. It entails residential aged care and services provided in the
home including domestic assistance, individual care, nutrition,
home nursing and reprieve services. In Australia, the people who
are capable for the government to provide for the welfare of old
aged people would still be anticipated to contribute to the cost of
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services if they are willing to afford it. In 1990, the government of
New South Wales and Victoria has initiated a policy to render age
pension to their old aged citizens who are more than 65 years of
age. An effective and unique age pension policy has been
introduced by Queensland in 1908. In 1909 the responsibility of
paying these pensions has been taken by the Commonwealth
government. The old age pension is paying to the old people who
are over the age of 65 years (Tayler, Ishimine, Cloney, Cleveland &
Thorpe, 2013). The pension is being provided to women over the
age of 60 years from 1910. In 1910, there were approximately
65,492 people getting age pension in Australia. In 1950 state
government was responsible for providing assistance to the old age
people. From 1960 commonwealth is also taking interest in
rendering facility of funding for nursing society and homes care
services for the old age people (Greve, 2012).
Changes and reason behind changes in Aged Care Policy
It has been noted that unique aged care policy has been
implemented by the Australian government to provide services to
people (Kudrna, Tran & Woodland, 2015). These policies also help
in securing the life of people across the Australia. Better health care
facilities are provided by the Australian government. Ample of
change have been done by the government in aged care to ensure
and analyze that system. It has been found that outmoded image of
aged care is interconnected with the occupied aged care however
most of the people want to live at home with their society and
family and they want to live independent and freely (Boudiny,
2013). The age care policy in Australia is recently world class. It is
noted that aged care reforms are being initiated in three phases over
10 years. The changes are being initiated so that aged care system
can be effective and sustainable, and it can be excellent scheme for
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