Why Is Australia's Changing Population

Australia’s wealthy economy conveys advanced, up to date medical and surgical technology, whereas Portugal’s technology has not been updated since 1988. Furthermore, Australia has more hospitals, 741 public and 525 private compared to Portugal’s 89 public and 82 private hospitals. With Australia’s advanced technology and abundance of hospitals, comes a greater life expectancy of 83 for females and 78 for males compared to Portugal’s life expectancy of 78.2.

It is imperative to health care professionals to be able to understand the demographic of their local community in order to effectively address their needs and provide quality care. This report will outline the population profile of Gordon-Killara, located in the upper north shore of Sydney, NSW. Australia is often perceived as a multicultural country where every region has a spread of people with different race, age, gender and socioeconomic status. These are all factors which contribute to profile of a community. This has a direct influence on the health care needs and services provided to the people of this area. Moreover, this report will compare the statistics of Gordon-Killara with the

Life expectancy is widely viewed as a key measure of the health of populations. Closing the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians has been adopted as a high level target by COAG, which aims to close the life expectancy gap within a generation (COAG

This is helping in tackling the increasing cases of chronic diseases among Aboriginal populations leading to reduced burden of disease, increased quality life years and reduced mortality rates. Furthermore, increased allocation of resources to resources to primary healthcare and ensuring better access have offset some of the negative impacts of socioeconomic disadvantage and inequality (Hurley et al. 2010). Proposals for additional

Since 1788, when the white people first came to Australia, Australian Indigenous people have experienced systematically debases Indigenous culture and people. Due to that reason Indigenous people have profound effects on health and emotional wellbeing (Dudgeon 2010, p. 38). As per Parker (2010, p. 5) Diabetes, renal failure, cardiovascular disease, rheumatic heart disease figure prominently in Aboriginal and Torrens state Islander health issues.

Since the beginning of civilising Australia, the Aboriginal people have been troubled and trapped into an unfamiliar world, ever since the devastating European Invasion of Australia, which took place in the year of 1788. Along with the settlement of the English people to Australia, several diseases were brought which dramatically decreased the population of the native-aboriginals. Statistics state that between the years of ‘1788 to 1900’, the indigenous population of Australia was decreased by a devasting percentage of 90%. Some of the diseases which were brought, such as smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles, whooping cough and the common cold as well. As time passed, the British continued to expand and colonise Australia whilst driving

Due to the very high unemployment statistics, free or discounted healthcare services are required for the indigenous population to ensure they regularize a stable and healthy life. Ensuring that Medicare and access to pharmaceuticals are easily available one of the major priorities. A stable amount of funding should be provided to child and maternal health activities and services, youth assistance services and health campaigns and services that support no smoking and drinking. After the age of 19, the indigenous population numbers decrease quite suddenly. Services specified for indigenous Australians from the ages of 19 and onwards should be greater enforced, these services should include domestic support systems, more elderly support organisations,

Australia 's health-care system is a multi-faced connection of public and private providers, settings and requirements, participants and supporting mechanisms. Health providers in Australia include medical practitioners, allied and other health professionals, government and non-government agencies, nurses, hospitals and clinics. These providers deliver a magnitude of services across many levels; including public health and preventive services in the community, to primary health care, emergency health services,

Due to the increase of life span, those aging Australian with chronic disease have to bear the high cost of healthcare expenses. The expensiveness of medical expenses in Australia is growing the burden of those elderly individual who lost the ability to work. Generally, chronic diseases are preventable by obtaining through living style and

In Australia, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality and has significantly affected the Indigenous Australians, the ageing population and people living in rural and remote areas (Parkinson & Parker, 2013). About 3.0% of the total Australian population of 23.5 million is Indigenous people. In June 2014, the estimated Australian Indigenous population was 713,000, around 357,000 females and 356,600 males (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 2015). The principle aim of this essay will be a critical review focusing on family analysis and education plan in relation to the case of Amanda and Jim. The discussion of the incidence/prevalence and causes of Hypertension in Australia and its classification and grading

Social determinants refer generally to social factors, such as income inequality or social exclusion which influence health (Community Tolls Box, 2013). “The social determinants approach is underpinned by an appreciation of the broader value of health to society and the dependence of health on actions far beyond the health sector, as both problems and solutions are system-wide.” (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 2010). As the Australian population is ageing, the social determinants need to be adjusted to face the future challenges. The social determinants have become the main focus regarding the health of the people in the whole world and Australia is one of them (Hunter, Neiger, & West, (2011). Lots of fund are already being used in researching about the relationship between social determinants and health. Instead of dealing with curing and studying of the disease, the government and scientists have turned their focus on the main root cause of good and poor health Hunter, Neiger, & West, (2011). This essay will discuss some of the positive and negative impact of the social determinants of health and illness of the ageing population in Australia as well as the ways in which health can be affected by staying in aged care facilities after admission just like in case of Mrs Wilson.

The number of older Australians is expected to grow more than 4 times in the next 40 years to a estimated 1.8 million people by 2050 (The Australian Government Treasury, 2010). As a result, expenditure for aged care is projected to increase by 1% of the total GDP by 2050 (National Seniors Australia, 2010).

This report will address migration patterns to and from Australia and the impacts of population change in urban areas. Urbanisation is the growth in population living in urban areas (cities). Two factors that will be investigated in this report are rural poverty: unemployment (push factor) and Economic opportunities: jobs (pull factor).

This population constitutes 2.5% of the entire Australian population. According to Queensland University of Technology (QUT, 2014), various factors affect the provision of healthcare services to these people. The historical factors include association of the Aboriginal communities with Europeans. During that time, the Aboriginal communities were subjected to unhealthy healthcare policies by the European governments over their resistance to the European domination. There was uneasy relationship between these two groups of people. The social factors included welfare, education and employment. Again, the European community failed to develop an integrated education and employment system that would equip the aboriginal communities with skills and knowledge needed to carry out work. The consequence of this neglect was seen in the many illiterate members who could not initiative a meaningful healthcare discourse. Education enhances health literacy and enables an individual to be responsive to his/her healthcare needs. However, the absence of education exposes an individual to

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, life expectancy on a global scale has substantially increased. As people live longer, mortality has become more attributed to diseases of age rather than infectious diseases. While standards of living have improved dramatically, health deterioration in the later years of life has emerged as a major society issue facing modern societies. The elderly have become increasingly reliant on care provided later in life. Absent this care, modern societies will see a significant decline in quality of life as they face demographic shift.