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COTA Victoria takes aged care redesign back to older Victorians preview image

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
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Empowering older people to shape the debate on aged care preview image

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

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 preview image

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 preview image

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.
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Media Release: Aged Care Royal Commission Interim Report provides Government the mandate to commence transformation by December MYEFO

1 November 2019
COTA Australia has congratulated the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on its “Interim Report: Neglect”, which has recognised not only the neglect of older people within the aged care system, but also the neglect of successive Governments in implementing earlier recommendations.
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NARI Summit considers good Australian aged care preview image

NARI Summit considers good Australian aged care

21 October 2019
Our Community Engagement and Advocacy Officer, Amanda Kunkler, recently shared a range of consumer views at the National Ageing Research Institute Summit. The discussion focussed on what makes good aged care, now and into the future.
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What we want in aged care

20 August 2019, COTA Submissions
What we want in aged care – perspectives from older Victorians to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety. COTA Victoria has collated feedback from nine consumer sessions hosted across the state to contribute to COTA Australia’s submission.
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