The release of the Aged Care Taskforce report today signals an important next step in discussions around how we navigate the difficult funding and sustainability issues that aged care and older Australians face over the next decade.
Aged care residents must have an absolute right to visitors at all times, the rights of aged care residents must be enforceable, and an independent and effective system for dealing with complaints from residents and their families must be enshrined in a new Aged Care Act ...
With the holiday season around the corner, COTA Australia – the leading advocacy organisation for older people - is calling on all Australians to help combat loneliness by connecting with their older neighbours, friends, and family in their communities.
COTA Australia – the peak advocacy organisation for older Australians – has welcomed the recent appointment of seven new members to the Council of the Elders.
Peak aged care advocacy bodies, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia and Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) have welcomed the release of the Aged Care Act Exposure Draft, marking it as a milestone step towards a human rights-based aged care system.