The Aged in Australia : |
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Introduction |
United Nations' involvement with the aged goes back several years. In 1982 the United Nations convened the World Assembly on Ageing and in the same year the General Assembly endorsed the International Plan of Action on Ageing (Resolution 37/51). In 1992 the General Assembly, in its Resolution 47/5, designated 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons (IYOP).
The United Nations proposes that the overall objective of the Year should be the promotion of its Principles for Older Persons of 1991, and their translation into policy as well as practical programs and actions.
The Aged in Australia: A Research Guide and Select Bibliography of Australian Publications has been prepared by the Information Services Section of the National Library. This guide to material was prepared as the National Library's contribution to the International Year of Older Persons 1999 and as one of the initiatives of the Commonwealth of Australia to the International Year of Older Persons. It will also be published on the National Library's Internet home page (http://www.nla.gov.au).
A similar project was undertaken by the Library in 1981 to mark the International Year of Disabled Persons when it compiled and published The Handicapped in Australia: A Select Bibliography (ISBN 0642992207).
Whereas The Handicapped in Australia consisted mainly of references to journal articles, reflecting the lack of substantial material published in book form at that time, preliminary research indicated that several thousand titles, excluding journal articles and conference papers, have now been published on the aged and its related subjects gerontology and geriatrics.
This bibliography is inclusive of all material held in the National Library, published in Australia after 1945 and of 100 pages or more. There are minor exclusions from the list (detailed below). Some annotations have been included.
The Aged in Australia is in two main sections:
1. A research guide, which lists major organisations, Internet sites, journals, indexes, bibliographies, research methodology, statistics and library catalogue headings and classification numbers.
The purpose of this section is to assist people to locate basicinformation about the aged and to navigate their way around research libraries which house the vast literature published on this topic.
2. A select bibliography, which lists major publications (containing more than 99 pages) held in the National Library.
As a legal deposit librarya library receiving one copy of every work published in Australiathe National Library of Australia has an outstanding collection of Australian publications. This section includes theses as well as State parliamentary papers published after 1989, which are not all listed individually in the Library's catalogue. Because of the vast number of titles published on this topic it was decided to exclude journal articles, individual conference papers, multimedia kits and material dealing with localities below the State level. Some popular works and specialised medical titles have also been excluded. Contents of composite works (i.e. collections of essays and conference proceedings) have been listed, as this information is usually not available from library catalogues. Major State and Commonwealth legislation has been listed, together with the dates the legislation was debated in Parliament.
The bibliography concentrates on material published after 1945. Other works chronicle the development of social policy towards the aged before this date. These include Australia's Policy towards the Aged 18901972 by John Dixon (Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1977), located at N+ 368.430994 D621, and Australian Social Security Today: Major Developments from 1900 to 1978 by T.H. Kewley (Sydney University Press, 1980) at N+ 361.60994 K43. Titles published before 1945 may be found in the National Library's catalogue (/webpac/), in bibliographies listed in this publication, and in bibliographical references contained in items cited in this bibliography.
The entries are arranged in nine broad sections, one general and eight dealing with specific aspects of the aged. Within each category, entries are subdivided into bibliographies, major serial titles (e.g. journals, statistical series, etc.), and other titles (books and conference proceedings) arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Entries follow the standard bibliographic citation format.
Sitsky, Lynn1. Community care of the elderly: an annotated
bibliography, 1980852. Kensington, NSW5: Social
Welfare Research Centre, University of New South Wales6,
19877. 167 p8. (SWRC research resource
series9, (ISSN 1037-403510) ; no. 211.). ISBN
085823651612.
Nq 016.361994
SWR14
Author1, title2, title extension added by compiler in brackets3 [not used in example above], author statement4 [not used in example above], place of publication5, publisher6, date of publication7, pagination8, series9, series International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)10 and series number11, International Standard Book Number (ISBN)12, contents13 [not used in example above], National Library call number14
Australasian journal on ageing1. Vol. 17, no. 1 (Feb.
1998)2. Melbourne3: Council on the Ageing
(Australia)4. Continues: Australian journal on ageing (ISSN
0726-4240)6. ISSN 1440-63817. Indexed in Australasian
medical index8.
N 362.6042
AUS9
Title1, numbering2, place of publication3, publisher4, date of publication (if not included in numbering)5 [not included in this example], former/later titles6, International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)7, where indexed8, National Library call number9
All material listed in the bibliography is held by the National Library of Australia and most of it is available for interlibrary loan. Readers may request their local libraries to borrow it for them. Some library catalogues may be searched on the Internet through the Australian Libraries Gateway (/libraries/) and these will indicate whether items are held locally.
NLA catalogue subject headings
The following subject headings relating to the aged are used in the National Library of Australia's catalogue, accessible on the Internet at: /webpac/, and in most other library catalogues. Note that these headings are compiled by the United States Library of Congress and reflect United States spelling conventions, e.g. 'Aging' rather than 'Ageing'.
| Ability, Influence of age on | Aborigines, AustralianAged | Abused aged |
| Adjustment (Psychology) in old age | Age (Psychology) | Age and employment |
| Age and intelligence | Age and sports | Age discrimination |
| Age discrimination in employment | Age distribution (Demography) | Age factors in disease |
| Aged [has many subdivisions] | Aged, Deaf | Aged, Killing of the |
| Aged, Physically handicapped | Aged, Writings of the | Aged artists |
| Aged athletes | Aged authors | Aged automobile drivers |
| Aged consumers | Aged in mass media | Aged in television |
| Aged lesbians | Aged men | Aged men in literature |
| Aged offenders | Aged pedestrians | Aged politicians |
| Aged veterans | Aged volunteers | Aged volunteers in education |
| Aged volunteers in social service | Aged women | Ageism |
| Aging [has many subdivisions] | Aging in literature | Aging parents |
| Altruism in old age | Alzheimer's disease | Anxiety in old age |
| Architecture and the aged | Art and the aged | Art therapy for the aged |
| Autonomy (Psychology) in old age | Behavior therapy for the aged | Bereavement in old age |
| Blind aged | Books and reading for the aged | Centenarians |
| Children and the aged | Chinese aged | Christian education of the aged |
| Church work with nursing home patients | Church work with the aged | CognitionAge factors |
| Cognition disorders in old age | Cognition in old age | Communicable diseases in old age |
| Communicative disorders in old age | Community health services for the aged | Control (Psychology) in old age |
| Creative ability in old age | Dance for the aged | Day care centers for the aged |
| Delirium in old age | Dependency (Psychology) in old age | Depression in old age |
| Developmentally disabled aged | Diabetes in old age | Discounts for the aged |
| Early retirement | Euthanasia | Exercise for the aged |
| Falls (Accidents) in old age | Federal aid to nursing homes | Gardening for the aged |
| Geriatric anesthesia | Geriatric cardiology | Geriatric dermatology |
| Geriatric gastroenterology | Geriatric neurology | Geriatric neuropsychiatry |
| Geriatric nursing | Geriatric oncology | Geriatric ophthalmology |
| Geriatric orthopedics | Geriatric pathology | Geriatric pharmacology |
| Geriatric psychiatry | Geriatric psychopharmacology | Geriatric urology |
| Geriatrics [has many subdivisions] | Gerontocracy | Gerontologists |
| Gerontology | Gerontology and the humanities | Gerontology literature |
| Gifted aged | Grandmothers | Grandparent and child |
| Grandparenting | Grandparents | Group psychotherapy for the aged |
| Helping behavior in old age | Helplessness (Psychology) in old age | Home nursing |
| Homeless aged | Hypertension in old age | Institutional care |
| Jewish aged | Language disorders in old age | Learning, Psychology of, in old age |
| Legal assistance to the aged | Libraries and the aged | Life change events in old age |
| Life span, Productive | Longevity | Long-term care facilities |
| Loss (Psychology) in old age | Love in old age | Mass media and the aged |
| MemoryAge factors | Memory disorders in old age | Memory in old age |
| Mentally handicapped aged | Mentally ill aged | Minority aged |
| Music therapy for the aged | Nursing home administrators | Nursing home benefactors |
| Nursing home care | Nursing home patients | Nursing home patients' spouses |
| Nursing homes [has many subdivisions] | Nursing homes, Proprietary | Nutrition disorders in old age |
| Occupational therapy for the aged | Old age | Old age assistance |
| Old age homes | Old age in literature | Old age pensions |
| Pain in old age | Palliative treatment | Physical fitness for the aged |
| Physical therapy for the aged | Police services for the aged | Poor aged |
| Preventive health services for the aged | Psychotherapy for the aged | Public librariesServices to the aged |
| Recreational therapy for the aged | Reminiscing in old age | Rest homes |
| Retirees | Retirement [has many subdivisions] | Retirement age |
| Retirement communities | Retirement in literature | Retirement income |
| Retirement, Mandatory | Retirement, Places of | Rural aged |
| Schizophrenia in old age | Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age | Self-perception in old age |
| Self-realization in old age | Senile dementia | Sex instruction for the aged |
| Social case work with the aged | Social work with the aged | Sports for the aged |
| Stress in old age | Stress management for the aged | Swimming for the aged |
| Television and the aged | Theater and the aged | Torres Strait IslandersAged |
| Traffic safety and the aged | Violence in nursing homes | Visually handicapped aged |
| Widows | ||
Library Shelf Classification Numbers
Many libraries shelve their publications by the Dewey Decimal Classification call number system, although some libraries may house serials (journals), ready reference and large (quarto) items in different sequences, for example, with 'S', 'RF' and 'Q' before the call numbers.
The Dewey system may have the effect of separating titles onthe elderly depending on the primary topical aspect of the publication. The major Dewey numbers which are used for literature on the elderly are listed below. These may assist researchers who want to browse library shelves.
With some minor exceptions, such as the Reference Collection in the Main Reading Room, the shelves of the National Library are not open for browsing. Titles should be requested individually by call slip in the Reading Rooms or on interlibrary loan through a local library.
Call number browsing is an option available in the National Library's catalogue (/webpac/). However, owing to the large size of the collection and the manner in which categories of titles are housed, the following prefixes should be added in front of each number for some searches:
| CALL NUMBER PREFIX |
COLLECTION |
| OVERSEAS COLLECTION | |
| [no prefix] | Monographs received before 1989 (mainly overseas but including some Australian titles) |
| Q | As above but larger than 25 cm (quarto size) |
| YY or YYq | Overseas monographs received after 1988 |
| S or Sq | Overseas serials (journals, annual reports) |
| AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION | |
| N or Nq | Australian titles |
| NL or NLq | Australian titles (lending copy held) |
| CALL NUMBER | CATEGORY |
| 150159 PSYCHOLOGY | |
| 027.622 | Libraries for persons in late adulthood |
| 155.67 | Psychology of the elderly |
| 155.672 | Psychological aspects of retirement |
| 200299 RELIGION | |
| 248.85 | Guides to Christian life for the aged |
| 252.56 | Texts of sermons for the aged |
| 259.3 | Pastoral care of the aged |
| 300309 SOCIAL GROUPS and INSTITUTIONS | |
| 305.26 formerly 301.435 | The aged as a social group |
| 305.90696 | Retired persons as a social group |
| 306.38 | Sociology of retirement |
| 320329 POLITICAL SCIENCE | |
| 323.354 | Civil and political rights of the aged |
| 330339 ECONOMICS | |
| 331.398 | Older workers |
| 332.02401 | Financial planning for retirement |
| 338.4730526 | Retirement and health care industries |
| 340349 LAW | |
| 343.011 | Veterans' law |
| 344.0226 | Legal aspects of accident and health insurance for the aged |
| 344.023 | Legal aspects of old age insurance |
| 350354 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | |
| 353.537 | Administration of social welfare to the aged |
| 360369 SOCIAL PROBLEMS and SERVICES | |
| 362.14 | Professional home care |
| 362.16 | Extended care facilities eg nursing homes |
| 362.175 | Terminal care |
| 362.1756 | Hospices |
| 362.196831 | Care for those with Alzheimer's diseases |
| 362.19897 | Social welfare services to the aged |
| 362.6 | Social gerontology; problems of and services to older persons; elder abuse as a social problem |
| 363.5946 | Aged housing |
| 368.43 | Old age pensions |
| 610619 MEDICINE | |
| 610.7365 | Geriatric nursing |
| 612.67 | Ageing; physical gerontology |
| 613.0438 | Health promotion for the aged |
| 614.599297 | Geriatric disorders |
| 615.547 | Geriatric therapeutics |
| 616.831 | Alzheimer's disease (medical aspects) |
| 617.97 | Geriatric surgery |
| 618.97 | Geriatrics |
| 618.976831 | Alzheimer's disease (in the context of ageing) |
| 618.9768983 | Senile dementia |
| 640649 HOME ECONOMICS and FAMILY LIVING | |
| 641.5627 | Cooking for the elderly |
| 646.79 | Lifestyle guides for the elderly and retired |
| 720729 ARCHITECTURE | |
| 725.56 | Buildings of institutions for the elderly |
| 725.594 | Veterans' homes |
| 790799 RECREATIONAL and PERFORMING ARTS | |
| 790.1926 | Recreational activities for the elderly |
This bibliography was compiled by Roy Jordan, Senior Subject Librarian (Law), National Library of Australia.
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