March and August 2020 Working with partner organisation Bellarine Community Health, we empowered older people in one of Victoria’s coastal communities to have their say in a major national aged care reform debate. The issue On 8 October 2018, the Australian Government launched the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Royal Commission […]
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
It is with gratitude that I write my last column for COTA Connects. It has been a great privilege to lead our wonderful team of staff and volunteers in working with older Victorians to advance the rights, interests and futures of Australians as we age. Our work has given Victorians who are 50+ a voice
COTA Victoria’s staunch aged care advocate Merle Mitchell appeared as a witness at the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings, which started in Sydney last week. The hearings focused on the experiences of people like Merle living in residential care. Through personal accounts, the Commission hoped to gather ‘powerful and compelling insights
COTA Victoria’s information sessions are demystifying the process of making a submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. We are collaborating with other organisations to organise sessions that meet the needs of different groups – for older people, carers, family members, seniors groups and community organisations – and to empower older
Late last year, the Victorian Government announced the establishment of a Royal Commission into Mental Health – the first of its kind in Australia. A Royal Commission is the highest form of inquiry that exists under Australian law. It is how the most critical issues of public interest are investigated. This Royal Commission will investigate:
MEDIA RELEASE COTA Victoria (COTA) is keen to ensure that all older Victorians are able to have their say to the Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety through a number of community information sessions. COTA Victoria CEO Ronda Held said while the royal commission was organising some public consultations, such as the recent
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
The Aged Care Royal Commission commences witness hearings today. COTA Australia CEO, Ian Yates, will be one of the three witnesses this afternoon. A live broadcast of Yates’s hearing will be available for viewing on the Commission’s website, along with previous readings and transcripts. The Royal Commission will also publish details of hearings to assist
MEDIA RELEASE 4 February 2019 Older Australians welcome emphasis on stronger consumer rights and end to loopholes in financial services Royal Commission report Australia’s leading senior’s advocacy organisation, COTA Australia, has welcomed many recommendations of the Hayne Royal Commission on misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry, but has called for stronger consumer
MEDIA RELEASE 2 January 2019 Australia’s leading older persons advocate, consumer peak body COTA Australia (Council on the Ageing), has welcomed the launch today of the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, which combines and replaces the former Aged Care Quality Agency and the Aged Care Complaints Commission, and in 12 months will also
