COTA Australia Chief Executive, Ian Yates, said that while Australia has taken some steps in learning how to end ageism, there here is still a very long way to go.
Right now, people over 65 with significant disabilities are denied the same care, support and services delivered to other Australians, simply because of their age.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia hopes that throughout the election campaign the voices of Australia’s older people will be heard – both through political action and through media coverage.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, the peak body for older Australians, has welcomed the announcement of further funding for aged care reform in today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook.
The Council of Elders will formalize older Australians’ voices in aged care reform. Policymakers must be guided by the voices of lived experience. You can’t fix aged care without people in the room who have received it, and who know exactly what’s working and what isn’t.