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COTA Australia made a submission to the Aged Care Bill 2024 inquiry noting 86 recommendations for improvements.
A toolkit and resource guide has been developed to assist providers to implement co-production activities and are available to download from this page.
The objective is to assist you to enhance the capacity of your staff to use a Consumer Directed Care approach.
In a system that emphasises people’s choice and control over their care, it is the program that stops people falling through the gaps. Not everyone has access to a website or a call centre to choose their own care.
It’s your right to ask.
Use 10 Questions leaflets to make sure you ask the right questions about residential aged care.
Consumer Directed Care (CDC) is a way of delivering care that gives individuals choice and flexibility. The six principles of CDC are outlined and explain how these principles guide the delivery of Home Care Packages.
Most older people want to keep living in their own homes as they age, staying as independent as possible and making their own decisions. Home care can help you to achieve this by giving you extra assistance to stay safe, comfortable and well at home
This project ran between 2013 and 2017, funded by the then Department of Health and Ageing.
Home Care Today helped consumers and providers of Home Care Packages understand and implement Consumer Directed Care.
In self managed care, the consumer is active in managing the practical tasks of their home care. Consumers can choose the types of activities and level of involvement they wish to have.
Chief Executive of COTA Australia – the leading advocacy organisation for older people – Patricia Sparrow said aged care facilities have an urgent responsibility to improve the level of care being provided.
The new rights-based Aged Care Act, which was tabled in Parliament last week, has the potential to enhance quality standards, increase protections for older people, and create a financially sustainable …
