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Patricia was interviewed this morning for the TODAY show and outlined how the announcement by Parliament yesterday will impact the Aged Care sector. She indicated that the reforms will redefine …
The long-awaited introduction of the Age Care Act means the focus can now turn to ensuring Australians get the opportunity to scrutinise the detail to ensure it delivers the rights and protections older Australians deserve, COTA Australia says.
Recent media reports about the way the aged-care star-rating system is being implemented highlight a need for improvements in the system to ensure older people and their families can have confidence in the information they’re provided.
Older people are urging a bipartisan approach from the Federal Government and Opposition to urgently introduce a new rights-based Aged Care Act.
The complexity, inefficiency and duplication of the assessment process can be time-consuming, overwhelming and intimidating for older people and their families. We are advocating for this to change.
Most older Australians want to receive care and support in their own homes as they age. Entry into home care is complicated with long waiting periods. COTA Australia proposes systemic …
The Royal Commission into Aged Quality and Safety completed in 2021, received substantial evidence regarding difficulties older people face when attempting to enter the aged care system and made recommendations …
This video of older people receiving home care and residents of aged care discussing what it would feel like if a provider was upholding your rights, was played at the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s Conference in April 2024.
COTA Australia’s submission to the review of My Aged Care argues for systemic improvement to My Aged Care despite significant investment by the Federal Government in improving access to the aged care system and for the development and implementation of tangible, transparent performance benchmarks.
This ground-breaking initiative was funded by the Australian Government from 2017 to 2019.
The resources developed aim to help build a greater understanding and practical knowledge about self-management in home care.
The Aged Care Navigators Trial ended on 31 December 2022.
As part of the Aged Care Navigation Trail, COTA Australia created a number of resources to inform and assist Care Finders in their work.
The Measuring Quality and Consumer Choice in Aged Care project sought to hear the views of older people, and their friends, family and other supporters on: The project conducted an online survey …