The message was clear – there are areas you are keen to hear more about. COTA Australia’s view that, if required, older people’s preference is to receive aged care services in their own home.
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.
In announcing that he would be stepping aside later this year, Ian Yates said “Leading the peak national consumer policy and advocacy body for older Australians for two decades has been simultaneously a privilege and a challenge."