This provides comparative material for Western societies which are facing the problems of a growing proportion of older people in the population. It provides a critical account of policies for an ageing Australia and looks at historical legacies persisting from the poorhouse days, to current demand for aged rights and financing retirement into the next century. The book is aimed at students and professionals in public, social and health policy. "Grey policy" provides a comprehensive and critical account of policies for ageing. The book is broad in scope, ranging from discussion of the historical legacies persisting from the poorhouse to the current demands for aged rights and financing retirement into the next century. The contributors examine retirement incomes and pension policies, residential care, and policies concerned with housing, health and community services. They highlight the interest group struggles which underlie these policy developments, critically assess their shortcomings and inequalities, and suggest options for the future. The book reveals that ageing experiences are largely determined by the choices of individuals, their families and governments over an entire lifetime. "Grey policy" will be of great value to students, practitioners and researchers interested in public policy, politics and social and health programmes. "Hal Kendig is Director of the Lincoln Gerontology Centre, Lincoln School of Health Sciences, La Trobe University. John McCallum is Senior Research Fellow in the Australian National University National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health in Canberra.".
