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CORE ISSUES IN PLANNING SERVICES FOR THE ETHNIC AGED 1
Author(s) -
Hanen Margaretha
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1986.tb00296.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , disadvantaged , legislation , immigration , government (linguistics) , population , political science , certification , economic growth , public administration , public relations , medicine , law , economics , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics
In recent years the ethnic aged population in Australia has been identified as a disadvantaged or special‐need group (Moraitis 1981, Hurst 1981, Hugo 1983, AIMA 1985, 1986, ACOTA‐DCS 1985). Federal and State Government policy developments and legislation have been giving these findings some timely recognition. Examples of this are Ministerial Statements, 1985, 1986; the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs/Department of Community Services' Ethnic Aged Working Party, 1986; the Nursing Homes and Hostels Review, Department of Community Services, 1986; the Consultations by Federation of Ethnic Communities Council in Australia, 1986; the Commissioner for the Ageing Act, South Australia, 1984. Such policy developments need to be matched with planning processes which facilitate effective use of existing resources for equitable distribution, including access to service provision culturally relevant to the ethnic aged. It is therefore important to identify and define essential elements which need to be considered when planning services for ageing people from non‐English speaking background, core issues and functions which vary from the norm applied to aged care services in general or which need specific emphasis. Based on South Australian experiences, an attempt is made to define these.