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We needed an ambitious deadline for aged care facilities to work to because providing quality care is urgent.
When the Government’s Jobs Summit happens in September, eliminating ageism should be central to the agenda. Australia cannot afford to keep wasting so much talent and opportunity.
Australia is now only weeks from a Federal Election, and COTA Australia has been working across all parties to push for the best possible policies for older people
The grief of family and friends is turning to anger when some commentators infer these deaths matter less because residents were already palliative, or on the other hand try to exploit the tragedy for political point scoring.
Our new aged care system must tip the scales towards the individual and give older people genuine self-determination. That means control over the culture, choice of care and service delivery, and full transparency from providers.
While certain aged-care providers will doubtlessly be found guilty of terrible failures, the system that allowed them to let older Australians die due to neglect of standards must also be addressed. It now needs to radically and fundamentally change.
COTA CE Ian Yates wrote an opinion piece for The Age in advance of the release of the 2015 Intergenerational Report calling for people to ‘rethink Australia’s ageing population in the context of respect, opportunity and productivity’