Working longer strengthens the economy and is vital in order to look after our ageing population. Aged-care employers are turning to modern research methods to help attract and retain mature-age staff.
Swinburne researchers are helping to address the challenges of an ageing population by designing new products and adapting existing ones to take into account the effects of ageing.
The idea that older people are technophobic and asexual is being exposed as a myth, with new research finding that they have a healthy appetite for the internet... and intimacy.
Reports about the dire shortage of affordable rental accommodation in Australia's major cities appear regularly in the news. But the impact of this housing crisis on older Australians and providers of public housing is rarely highlighted.
