aged care Archives

Residential aged care research: what do you want to know?

15 July 2022

Research into residential aged care should focus on what matters most to the people affected. The National Centre for Healthy Ageing Residential Aged Care Network is surveying people to find out what’s important to people and where it should focus its research.

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COTA calls for an ‘Essential Visitor’ system in aged care

8 November 2021

COTA calls for an ‘Essential Visitor’ system in aged care after fresh reports of damaging impacts on residents due to extended lockdowns in Melbourne and Sydney

aged care, COVID-19, Essential Visitor

COTA Victoria’s Aged Care Advocacy Tool Kit

14 April 2021

COTA Victoria encourages everyone to continue the conversation for a better aged care system. We need to speak up and out loud and demand the Government to swiftly act upon the Royal Commission's recommendations and ensure Australia's aged care system is fixed once and for all!

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COTA Victoria takes aged care redesign back to older Victorians

14 September 2020

As the long-running Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues to investigate failures in Australia’s aged care system, COTA Victoria recently returned to communities in Darebin and the Bellarine to talk through the proposed system redesigns

aged care, aged care access, Aged Care Royal Commission, Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety

Empowering older people to shape the debate on aged care

14 August 2020

On 8 October 2018, the Australian Government launched the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Royal Commission was established in response to growing concerns about the quality of aged care in Australia.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Digital divide aged care challenge for older people

24 April 2020

Many older victims of the COVID-19 pandemic have significant challenges in bridging the digital divide as they face the issue of dealing with isolation and illness.

aged care, COVID-19, digital divide, social inclusion

MEDIA RELEASE: SAFETY – RESPECT – COMPASSION: Essential foundations of a successful new aged care visitor restrictions regime

20 March 2020

Some aged care providers are using the new restrictions for visitors to residential aged care facilities as an excuse for unacceptable restraint on the rights of residents and families to be treated with compassion and respect.

aged care, aged care standards, COVID-19, Residential Aged Care

Royal Commission releases interim report: a ‘tale of neglect’

11 November 2019

COTA Australia has welcomed the Aged Care Royal Commission’s confirmation that neglect, abuse and poor care are more widespread than governments and many providers have been prepared to accept.

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Finding your way to aged care services

11 November 2019

Confused about the range of aged care services available and how to access what’s best for you? We can provide one-to-one information and support over the phone or face-to-face through the Aged Care Navigators program.

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Have your say on food quality in Victoria’s aged care centres and public hospitals

11 November 2019

As part of an audit into public-sector aged care and hospital food standards, the Government is seeking your contributions to two surveys. Your responses will inform the revised nutrition standards and guidelines.

aged care, healthy living, surveys and research