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3T Event: what proposed aged care means testing could mean for the ageing population

19 June 2024 10:00am–12:00pm
 
The Federal Aged Care Taskforce recently released a report recommending increased contributions from elderly people for their aged care, based on a means test which would include the value of their home. The draft National Care and Support Economy Strategy, released for consultation in late 2023, also poses the possibility of changed funding arrangements.
 
Four out of every five people in Australia aged 70-74 are homeowners, according to Census data 2021.
 
What are the implications of a potential change in co-funding? And could older homeowners use the wealth accumulated from their home for spending on aged care and health care?
 
Professor Brenda Gannon, Professor, School of Economics, Faculty of BEL, will use evidence-based research to unpack the recommendations of the Taskforce report, and the current draft National Strategy for the Care and Support Economy.
 
Time: 10am–12pm
  • Morning tea: 10–10:30am
  • Presentation: 10:30–11:30am
  • Q&A: 11:30am–12pm
Location
  • Morning tea and registration: Will take place on the grass alcove on University Drive side of Sir Llew Edwards Building.
  • Presentation: Room 219, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), University Drive and Campbell Road, UQ St Lucia
Cost (includes morning tea): $15 per person
 
Parking and Transport
  • Parking: Whilst being semester break, parking may be very limited on campus. We strongly encourage using public transport or rideshare where possible. Click here for more information on casual parking at St Lucia.
  • Bus: Sir Llew Edwards Building is a 450 metre walk from Chancellors Place bus station and is a 700 metre walk from UQ Lakes station.
  • Ferry: Sir Llew Edwards Building is a 800 metre walk from the UQ ferry terminal.
You can plan your journey to UQ St Lucia via the website.
 
Meet the presenter: Professor Brenda Gannon
 

Professor Brenda Gannon is a Professor in the School of Economics and Affiliate Professor at the Mater Research Institute and the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, The University of Queensland, and an affiliate member of CEPAR (ARC Centre for Research Excellence in Population Ageing Research). She was director of Research in the School of Economics from 2019-2023.

Professor Gannon is an international expert in the field of Health Economics of Ageing and has won over $30 million, as chief investigator, in collaborative research income, with economics, medicine and social science with academia and industry. She has developed a range of projects in Economics of Ageing on topics of physical activity and cognition, health conditions and health care utilization, and consumer directed care and home care and recently won new national research council funding for projects on economics of dementia care.

She has worked extensively on interdisciplinary research with gerontologists, clinicians and methodologists. Her work has been influential in the development of programs for falls preventions and informing policy on disability and social inclusion, and has positively impacted on the health of many older people across the world.

 
 

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