A growing and ageing population



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 * Australia’s population is growing and ageing. The ageing population is the consequence of sustained low fertility levels and increasing life expectancy at birth.
 * With our ageing population, comes a number of health challenges to our community. An increase in people living with chronic diseases and disabilities, places a higher demand for health services and workforce shortages as well as the financial strain to provide these services.
 * Government priority is to encourage healthy ageing so as to enable people to contribute for as long as possible and to reduce the burden on our health care system.
 * It is projected that there will be little growth in the number of available carers, compared with the anticipated rise in demand for home-based support. This is likely to result in a shortage of carers in the future

Next heading in syllabus : What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians?