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“That grey area where no one can help”: The experience of younger people avoiding or leaving residential aged care who are not NDIS participants

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Living in residential aged care (RAC) can have deleterious effects on the health, well‐being and social participation of younger people (<65 years of age). This research examined the barriers and enablers to leaving or avoiding RAC for Australian younger people who are not National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants. It reports on
Barrie Shannon, Caroline Hart, Stella Koritsas, Keith McVilly   +3 more
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‘I Don't Think I Would've Survived Without Having a Constant Support System’: Independent Living Skills Acquisition During the Transition From Care in Western Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For care‐experienced young people, the preparation for leaving out‐of‐home care (OOHC) is vital in support of post‐OOHC outcomes. This research explores the acquisition of Independent Living Skills (ILS) amongst young people in Western Australia and is based on interviews with care‐experienced young people at two time points: while in OOHC and
Michael Starr, Donna Chung, Lauren Parsons, Reinie Cordier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caring Futures: Australian Attitudes About the Desirability of Care Work

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing public and policy attention on the care and support sector, which millions of Australians rely upon for essential services, care workers continue to advocate for better pay and fairer conditions. This article draws on the concepts of recognition, value and social distribution from feminist ethics of care scholarship to explore ...
Laura Davy, Ariadne Vromen, Serrin Rutledge‐Prior, Molly Saunders   +3 more
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Philanthropy and Indigenous Initiatives: Insights From Australian Donors

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on a survey and interview data, collected from a group of 180 donors who made monetary gifts to an Australian higher education institution, to better understand what drives individuals and organisations to donate to Indigenous initiatives.
Celina McEwen, Christopher Bajada, Deborah Cotton, Kevin Wallace, David S. Waller   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrity Versus Ideology in Automated Assessment: The Jobseeker Snapshot

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the entanglement of political ideology and digitalisation in the Australian approach to online assessment of claims for income security, with a focus on job seeker classification. In the Australian social security system, the Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI) has been used to screen and ‘score’ income security ...
Angelika Papadopoulos
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Intergenerational Family Relationships and Old‐Age Volunteering: The Perspectives of Older Chinese Immigrants in Greater Sydney, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Embedded in the framework of intergenerational solidarity, this paper explores the interactions between older immigrants' participation in volunteering activities and intergenerational family relationships in the Chinese community in Sydney, Australia. The study investigates the effects of volunteering on the lives of older Chinese immigrants.
Bingqin Li, Yiran Li, Alan Morris, Youqing Fan, Xin Gu, Ilan Katz   +5 more
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Trauma‐Informed Practice in Welfare‐to‐Work and Employment Services: A Scoping Review

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition within welfare services, including employment services, that many participants may have histories of trauma. Research suggests that experiences of trauma not only impact individuals' psychosocial health but also vocational elements such as job performance, employability, career progression, and financial ...
Emily Corbett, Michael McGann, Mark Considine, René Rejón   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Dictyophora polysaccharide on cerebellar Purkinje cell degeneration in a chronic alcohol mouse model

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
In an ethanol (EtOH)‐treated mouse model, increases in the NLRP3 inflammasome proteins, PC degeneration, and motor coordination disorders were observed. DIP suppressed the NLRP3‐ASC‐caspase‐1 signaling pathway, and alleviated the motor deficits and cerebellar pathological changes in chronic EtOH‐treated mice.
Jian Zhang, Zhihui Dai, Huanhuan Yu, Baofei Sun, Jiuyang Ding, Yuanhe Wang   +5 more
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King Aorta: Narrative anatomy education

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 264-276, March 2025.
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of narrative anatomy education and traditional anatomy education on academic achievement. The study included 64 students who were randomly divided into two groups. The two groups were (n = 32) control (Group 1) and (n = 32) experimental (Group 2). The pretest scores of the two groups were 36.
Halil Yilmaz
wiley   +1 more source