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COTA Australia has ran projects to improve knowledge and information about aged care amongst older Australian’s, their families and providers. You can see these projects below: Home Care Today - Providers COTA Australia ran a project branded ‘Home Care Today’ from 2013 to June 2017 and was funded by the…

COTA Australia’s Consumer Engagement in Aged Care project was conducted from July 2015 to June 2017.

COTA Australia has ran a number of projects to improve knowledge and information about aged care amongst older Australian's and their families. You can see these projects below: Increasing Self-management in Home Care Currently COTA Australia is working with RMIT University and six Home Care Providers to design and test…

This page has been created to help providers and consumers understand ‘self-management’ in the context of home care in Australia.

COTA Australia ran a project branded 'Home Care Today' between 2013 and 2017 funded by the then Department of Health and Ageing. Home Care Today helped consumers and providers of Home Care Packages understand and implement Consumer Directed Care.

The Aged Care Calculator can help estimate how much of your Home Care Package can be subsidised by the Government.

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Macquarie University Academics, funded by a Financial Literacy Australia grant, have developed a fees and costs calculator to help older Australians (and their advisors) better understand the fees and costs associated with retirement villages and be able to compare different contracts.

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