Preparation for Ageing and Later Life

To date, most evidence about how people prepare or do not prepare for later life comes from Europe or North America but the structures, systems and social norms that determine ageing-related preparation are often country-specific. It is important therefore to further investigate ageing-related preparation in an Australian context. To this end, National Seniors Australia included a question in their National Social Survey about how prepared older people felt for ageing and respondents also had the opportunity to add free-text responses elaborating on their answer.