CEPAR has released findings on cognitive ageing and decline trends in Australia. The report highlights seven key modifiable lifestyle factors which are attributed to dementia; the rising numbers of people with dementia; and the increasing cost to families, carers, and the economy.
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Australian National Transfer Account (NTA) data constructed by CEPAR researchers is available for the first time on the National Transfer Accounts website.
CEPAR Chief Investigator Michael Keane, along with Associate Investigator Olena Stavrunova, have won the 2015-16 Dennis Aigner Award, for the best paper in the Journal of Econometrics over the 2015-2016 period.
This year the 16th Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) Conference, supported by CEPAR, will showcase 37 Oral and Poster presentations from students and early career researcher from almost 20 national and international universities.
Increasing workforce participation and maximising productivity and health for older workers were the key themes at the Workshop on Mature Labour Force Participation.
Three CEPAR researchers have been awarded AUD 50,000 (USD 37,500) to conduct a new online survey looking at Chinese preferences for long-term aged care and how it will be paid.
“We have consolidated our position as a globally leading centre in population research,” says CEPAR Director Professor John Piggott.
APEC Forum members need to do a lot more to promote economic growth to combat population ageing, according to a CEPAR report.
The Australian National University’s (ANU) Professor Heather Booth is the first woman to be appointed Professor of Demography at an Australian university.