Elderly Healthcare in Australia: Policies, Challenges, and Recommendations

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The care of the elders in the society is one of the prime concerns of the policy makers in
Australia as the involvement of the people in the society has major role to play in involving the
ageing population in the society. The overall policies in the Australian society focus on involving
the facilities that the elders in society get proper facilities and help them in getting proper
healthcare and other facilities. The importance of the healthcare service to the elderly in
Australian society focusses on developing a society which makes the elderly independent and
inclusive of the facilities that they need for their sustenance (Dyer et al., 2018). The Australian
policies have to be updated constantly to develop policies according to the needs of people in
developing times according to the in capabilities that they have in the society. The incapacities
that they have must be helped in overcoming and helping the people in maintaining their stand in
the society. There are a number of challenges that these policies face in their implementation in
the society. The improvement of the facilities for the elderly in the society will help in overall
social wellbeing improvement.
In the present society elderly suffer from a number of mental disorders changing from
dementia to else I was which affect their overall ability to perform in the society and care has to
be taken of their health in a country like Australia the social and cultural needs and ethnic values
have also an important role to play information of the various ideologies in functioning of the
society. Amritsar provision of service the fundamental rights of the elderly have to be kept intact
so that they can function properly and help can be provided to them (Era.asn.au, 2018). Thunder
the most important ideologies behind the success of the program is giving the older people as
birthdays in the society to individuals who play an important role in shaping the society and
equal citizens. In this context the following take into account the policies Putin used by

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Australian social workers who take care of the elderly with special needs and the overall policy
overlooking the ideal benefits of elderly Australian society.
Policy Statement
Policy statement focuses on emphasizing and the fact that at an older life stage the elderly
need special help and this is to be provided to them from various sources including health care
and support. Helps in the formation of the idea of community among the elders and other people
in the society rather than that folder Healthcare becoming a long term infirmity or burden on the
society.
It needs the support of the sharing government in developing meaningful and integrate Paul will
see that facilities of getting the facilities that are impossible. There are few issues that may be
highlighted in the policy statement as they are not the whole and sole reasons in which the policy
can be implemented in the society. Firstly just the increasing investment is not enough to provide
for all the elderly in the society with different needs. The increasing amount of the fees and
bonds that are needed for the Healthcare should not Exodus certain limit as it may become a
financial burden for the elderly gentleman who do not earn enough. The role of the social
workers and the Australian Association of social workers is to provide better facilities to these
elderly people with a number of psychological disabilities which have developed with age. The
association also follow certain protocols when recruiting people to take care of the elderly and
provide them Healthcare facilities. This is because the elderly major general population and
specialist supervision may be needed for them.

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Aims
Aims of AASW for the elderly is to provide them with best Healthcare facilities
according to the Australian social cultural norms and improving the condition so that they can
sustain themselves in the society. It takes into account that it is the responsibility of the people in
the society focus on the field at once in elderly gentleman has done his role in developing and
working for the society they are to be taken care of and all the Civil rights that person in the
general population has (Stargatt et al., 2017). The policy aims towards social inclusion of the
elderly by providing them Healthcare and all the facilities at the general population gets does a
holding there fundamental rights.
Target Audience
The target audience for the policy that AASW strive to employment for the overall social
welfare focuses on the development of infrastructure and other needs to provide facilities to the
people of the age group of 60 and above who may or may not need special attention for their
sustenance in the society. Beyond 60 days a General variance on the amount of support needed
by the elderly have different ages and according to the physical and psychological disorders that
may hinder their overall development. There are a number of diseases that the elderly some
suffer from ranging from chronic heart conditions to psychological disorders decals and movers
and Parkinson's. One of the most common diseases affecting elderly is dementia which is usually
the after effects of diabetes that most people suffer from (Swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au, 2018). The
psychological disorders are one of the hardest to deal with because the elderly themselves do not
understand that petitioner will diseases of the fact that they are affected by those diseases.