M．福祉
Social welfare

Health, public hygiene, elderly welfare, long-term care:
Australia has been involved in addressing the needs of its elderly for a relatively long time, resulting in "moderate benefits for moderate burden" in terms of social welfare when compared to "high benefits for high burden" in Nordic countries. The Aged Care Reform Strategy, started in 1985, has provided very extensive results for the country's aged care systems in terms of health, social welfare, facilities, and community/at-home care. The commonwealth government created Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) in various regions in cooperation with the state and territory governments, and announced the National Action Plan for Dementia Care in 1992 as a measure for dementia issues associated with an aging society. In addition, the Aged Care Act was enacted in 1997, based on which structural reform in aged care has started. Recent information pertaining to these developments can be obtained via the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare site. [Editorial supervisor: MIYAKE, Mari]
Social security/welfare for children/youth:
We have selected information on statistical data regarding child/youth welfare, child abuse prevention, child-rearing information services, ombudsman systems, and the like. The birthrate is falling in Australia as it is in other countries. This has resulted in efforts geared toward improving the work-life balance, the provision of baby bonuses (from 2004), and unification of the early childcare systems (from 2012). There remain, though, gaps between communities/regions/areas, such as differences in the systems/services provided by the respective states, and there are a large number of child welfare issues still unresolved, including child abuse, child poverty, Aboriginal problems, and youth dependency problems. [Editorial supervisor: KURIYAMA, Naoko]

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  高齢者地域サービスのウェブサイト　

  Aged & Community Services Australia
  
  

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  オーストラリア統計局

  Australian Bureau of Statistics

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  オーストラリア高齢者ケア監査機構

  Australian Aged Care Quality Agency

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  保健・福祉に関する統計

  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW）

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  給付、福祉サービス

  Australian Government. Benefits and Payments

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  各州、地域の統計

  National Statistical Service

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  コモンウェルス・オンブズマン

  The Commonwealth Ombudsman

• 008

  オーストラリアの人権の促進と保護

  Australian Human Rights Commission. Close the Gap: Indigenous Health Campaign

• 009

  福祉省、医療健康保険制度

  Australian Government. Department of Human Services - Medicare Services

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  先住民住宅支援部

  Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL)

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  オーストラリア政府、保健省

  Australian Government. Department of Health

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  オーストラリア政府、社会サービス省

  Australian Government. Department of Social Services

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  オーストラリア連邦家庭裁判所

  Family Court of Australia

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  オーストラリア政府、福祉省

  Australian Government. Department of Human Services (DHS)

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  ニューサウスウェールズの地域サービス情報

  Family & Community Services NSW