MEDIA RELEASE | 19 March 2020 SAFETY – RESPECT – COMPASSION Essential foundations of a successful new aged care visitor restrictions regime 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 […]
MEDIA RELEASE | 31 October 2019 Aged Care Royal Commission Interim Report provides Government the mandate to commence transformation by December MYEFO Australia’s peak body of older Australians, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, today congratulated the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on its “Interim Report: Neglect”, which has recognised not only the
A new report from the Grattan Institute again highlights the gap between the dental care people need and the care they receive. This is the worst gap for any major disease in the health system in our state. Oral health care is a critical component of primary care, but access to oral health care is
MEDIA RELEASE 29th March, 2019 Community services unite to help people access aged care Six community services in Victoria have joined the Aged Care Systems Navigator, a 15-month national trial led by Council of the Ageing (COTA) Australia and funded by the Australian Government, that will develop and test different models to support people to
MEDIA RELEASE 10 February 2019 Leading seniors’ advocacy body, COTA Australia, warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement it will bring forward funding for 10,000 more home care packages, providing support and care to older Australians at home – bringing the total number of additional packages over the last year to 40,000. COTA Chief Executive Ian Yates
A coalition of non-government organisations concerned about the increasing housing affordability crisis facing our ageing population have developed Homes for Life: Towards an older persons housing strategy. This roadmap brings together the key concerns of the major organisations assisting the most vulnerable older people in Victoria. It reflects the views expressed at the A Home
The Consumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action), Council on the Ageing Victoria (COTA), Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG), Justice Connect (Seniors Law) and Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria (RRVV), welcome the opportunity to contribute to the parliamentary inquiry into the retirement housing sector. Our respective organisations work both independently and jointly to further
