This year's Intergenerational Report makes much of the need to control the economic impact of the ageing baby boomers. It is expected that by 2056 one in four people living in Australia will be over the age of 65 and 1.8 million of them will be over 85.
This DVD has been produced by the Workforce Innovation Network in the Central Coast of NSW. It is designed to introduce staff to the changes that will result from the introduction of consumer directed care.
The Productivity Commission's Caring for Older Australians Inquiry, helped shape the Living Longer Living Better suite of aged care reforms by the Gillard/Rudd Government.