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WHO ARE THE AGED WHO ARE A PROBLEM IN MODERN SOCIETY?: A SURVEY OF THE DEPENDENT AGED IN THE A.C.T.

There is, within the total population of elderly people, a poorly identified group who require the assistance of the health and welfare services of our community. This group may be defined as “the dependent aged”. In ordinary usage the term “the aged” has implicit connotations of obsolescence and dependency, and it is argued that in normal usage the terms “the dependent aged” and “the aged” refer to identical social groups. The dependent aged in the A.C.T., defined as those old people who are receiving or have applied for help from any service organization with a substantially elderly clientele, are examined, and their characteristics identified. These characteristics are compared with those of the total population aged over 65 years, from census statistics.