Pdhpe-A growing and ageing population
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Australia has a growing population with it population reaching 23 million in April 2013.It’s population is also an ageing population with 9% of the Australian population being 70 years or older. These two facts about our population has a impact on four key area’s that being the health system and its services, the health service and its workforce , The carers of the elderly and volunteer organisations these four area’s are impacted because of the fact that our population is one that is growing and also that it is an ageing population.
With Australia being an ageing population and growing population it has a positive and negative impact the health system and its services with Australia’s Population having an increase with people living with chronic diseases such as e.g. arthritis. With approximately 80% of total burden of disease in Australia being Chronic, non -communicable diseases it has led to drain in the health system and its services by meeting the needs of the elderly with increased nursing homes, more funding for dementia in aged care. Though with the aged and growing population comes with an increase with people living with chronic diseases and put a demand on the health system and its services this can be tackled by the government national research project called healthy aging by promoting good health, for longer and prevention of chronic diseases therefore instead of being a drain on the health system and its services in terms of resources and funding to tackle the needs of people living chronic diseases, the aged population can provide funding and further resources for a longer period of time without burdening the health system and its services. Therefore the ageing and growing population has provided both a negative impact and positive impact on the health system and its services.
Australia’s growing and ageing population has impacted the health service and its workforce in many different ways
Australia has a growing population with it population reaching 23 million in April 2013.It’s population is also an ageing population with 9% of the Australian population being 70 years or older. These two facts about our population has a impact on four key area’s that being the health system and its services, the health service and its workforce , The carers of the elderly and volunteer organisations these four area’s are impacted because of the fact that our population is one that is growing and also that it is an ageing population.
With Australia being an ageing population and growing population it has a positive and negative impact the health system and its services with Australia’s Population having an increase with people living with chronic diseases such as e.g. arthritis. With approximately 80% of total burden of disease in Australia being Chronic, non -communicable diseases it has led to drain in the health system and its services by meeting the needs of the elderly with increased nursing homes, more funding for dementia in aged care. Though with the aged and growing population comes with an increase with people living with chronic diseases and put a demand on the health system and its services this can be tackled by the government national research project called healthy aging by promoting good health, for longer and prevention of chronic diseases therefore instead of being a drain on the health system and its services in terms of resources and funding to tackle the needs of people living chronic diseases, the aged population can provide funding and further resources for a longer period of time without burdening the health system and its services. Therefore the ageing and growing population has provided both a negative impact and positive impact on the health system and its services.
Australia’s growing and ageing population has impacted the health service and its workforce in many different ways