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Recent events which saw an elderly woman with dementia living in an aged care facility hospitalised are tragic and deeply upsetting for many older Australians.
We have reviewed the budget and prepared this policy alert for older Australians.
The Federal Government’s 2023 Budget provides relief on the pressures many older Australians are experiencing.
You can’t have a great aged care system if you’re not paying the people working in the system what they deserve.
We needed an ambitious deadline for aged care facilities to work to because providing quality care is urgent.
Anne has a wealth of experience and insight into the key issues impacting older Australians, including from her time on the COTA Australia National Policy Council, which makes her well equipped to take on the challenging and crucial role.
COTA Australia is generally supportive of the proposed legislation.
The Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, the peak body for older Australians, says the introduction of the aged care star rating system will help drive improvements in the care provided across the nation.
COTA Australia looks forward to working with the Government to improve the position of older Australians. We are pleased to see the bipartisan agenda for a better aged care system will continue.
Older people should be able to assume that safety and basic quality is a given, and if that is not the case, the provider will be heavily sanctioned.
COTA Australia welcomes the move towards a closer structural alignment between these Standards and the NDIS Practice Standards.
Most older people want to live in their own homes for as long as they can, not in aged care facilities. This can be achieved for many by finding the right combination of formal and informal support for their individual circumstances.