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MEDIA RELEASE: Council on the Ageing welcomes Minister Colbeck’s strong response to Earle Haven Nursing home debacle and demands urgent review of laws

12 July 2019

Australia’s leading advocacy body for older Australians and aged care consumers, COTA Australia, today welcomed the strong response of the Federal Minister for Aged Care, Richard Colbeck, to the crisis at the Earle Haven nursing home on the Gold Coast

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MEDIA RELEASE: National Aged Care Alliance commends Labor for indicating its aged care priorities, calls on the Government to announce its plans

14 May 2019

The National Aged Care Alliance (NACA), a coalition of 52 national organisations in aged care, commends Labor for committing to invest in the aged care workforce, however is disappointed by the lack of real and decisive action by both major parties to get aged care right for everyone.

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MEDIA RELEASE: COTA welcomes new Charter of Aged Care Rights but deeply concerned at delay in when providers have to give it to consumers

23 March 2019

Peak older persons advocate, COTA Australia, today welcomed the release today of a new single, strengthened Charter of Rights in aged care that applies across residential and home care and are written in strong, clear and plain English.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Consumers welcome new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

1 January 2019

Australia’s leading older persons advocate, consumer peak body COTA Australia (Council on the Ageing), has welcomed the launch today of the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, which combines and replaces the former Aged Care Quality Agency and the Aged Care Complaints Commission

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MEDIA RELEASE: Extra home care packages and other welcome aged care measures will provide relief for older Australians

9 May 2018

Australia’s leading seniors’ advocacy organisation, COTA Australia, has welcomed 20,000 new high-level home care packages for older Australians over the next four years and measures to make our aged care system easier to navigate for consumers.

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MEDIA RELEASE: COTA Australia welcomes compulsory influenza vaccination program to protect nursing home residents

22 April 2018

COTA Australia, today welcomed the Federal government’s announcement that the provision of influenza vaccination programs by aged care providers to all staff in residential aged care will be made compulsory.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Council on the Ageing welcomes Minister Colbeck’s strong response to Earle Haven Nursing home debacle and demands urgent review of laws

MEDIA RELEASE: National Aged Care Alliance commends Labor for indicating its aged care priorities, calls on the Government to announce its plans

MEDIA RELEASE: COTA welcomes new Charter of Aged Care Rights but deeply concerned at delay in when providers have to give it to consumers

MEDIA RELEASE: Consumers welcome new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

MEDIA RELEASE: Extra home care packages and other welcome aged care measures will provide relief for older Australians

MEDIA RELEASE: COTA Australia welcomes compulsory influenza vaccination program to protect nursing home residents