Residential Aged Care Archives

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

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.

aged care, COTA Australia, Residential Aged Care, Royal Commission, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety

Oral and dental health care require urgent attention

18 April 2019

A new report shows the worst gap in the Victorian health system exists between the dental care people need and the care they receive.

aged care, Australian Federal Budgets, dental care, dental health, oral health, Residential Aged Care, Victorian Oral Health Alliance

Community services unite to help people access aged care

1 April 2019

Six community services in Victoria have joined the Aged Care Systems Navigator in a 15-month national trial led by Council of the Ageing (COTA) Australia and funded by the Australian Government.

aged care, Aged Care Navigators, aged care system, Elder Rights Advocacy, Housing for the Aged Action Group, information line, Residential Aged Care, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety

10,000 new home care packages great news – but $320 million funding for residential age care should be tied to staffing

11 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 aadditional packages over the last year to 40,000.

COTA, Government funding, Home Care Packages, Residential Aged Care, Royal Commission, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety

Homes for Life: Towards an older persons housing strategy

3 November 2016, COTA Submissions

'Homes for Life: Towards an older persons housing strategy' has been developed by a coalition of non-government organisations concerned about the increasing housing affordability crisis facing our ageing population.

accomodation, affordable housing, finance, homelessness, housing rights, rental property, Residential Aged Care, residential tenancies

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Parliamentary Inquiry into the Retirement Housing Sector June 2016

30 June 2016, COTA Submissions

This is a joint submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the retirement housing sector, which represents a unique opportunity to progress much needed reform of Victoria’s retirement housing sector.

affordable housing, aged care, Consumer Affairs Victoria, parliamentary inquiry, Residential Aged Care, retirement housing, Retirement Housing Ombudsman, retirement villages, submissions

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