If you’re finding it harder to do the things you used to, My Aged Care can help you access aged services to support you.
The My Aged Care website features a range of resources for consumers and service providers.
These resources include new case study videos for:
You can view or download all of these resources from the My Aged Care website.
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Let our politicians and decision makers know what is important to you and your family and loved ones, both now and into the future.
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into aged care, end-of-life care and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying are seeking your views on both what is not working well in our … Read the rest
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COTA Australia CEO Ian Yates spoke at length on the first day of the hearings. Read the transcripts or view the live webcasts or video recordings for any of the hearings at agedcare.royalcommission.gov.au
The Royal Commission continues to invite submissions until at least the end of June 2019. Interested members of the public and institutions can make a submission at agedcare.royalcommission.gov.au
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Everyone in Australia has the right to access quality, inclusive and culturally safe aged care services that cater to their individual needs and respect their background and life experiences.
The Australian Government has published the Aged Care Diversity Framework and a series of action plans to help the aged care sector to better cater for the diverse characteristics and life experiences of older Australians.
The Framework and action plans were developed following extensive community consultations.
The Actions to support Lesbian, … Read the rest
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In December the Commonwealth Government announced the release of 10,000 high level home care packages as part of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) budget review.
The 10,000 new high-level home care packages deliver important services at home, such as complex clinical care from a range of providers, nursing and mobility care, nutrition, hydration and meal preparation and transport support.
The packages will be available from early 2019 and split across 5,000 level 3 and 5,000 level 4 packages … Read the rest
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Following on from the Legislated Review of Aged Care 2017 (the Tune Report) the Commonwealth has announced a streamlined consumer assessment process for all aged care services to be delivered by a new national assessment workforce by 2020.
The Department has released a discussion paper to consult on a streamlined assessment model and seek the views of stakeholders and interested parties, including those representing consumers, assessment services, aged care providers and the health and aged care workforce. Submissions are open … Read the rest
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The new Aged Care Quality and Safety commission began on January 1 2019 and combines the previous responsibilities of both the Aged Care Quality Agency and Aged Care Complaints Commission into one streamlined organisation.
COTA Australia Chief Executive Ian Yates said the Commission, headed by new Commissioner Janet Anderson PSM, “is another significant step towards stronger monitoring and enforcement of quality in Australia’s aged care system, supported by a regime of unannounced visits by assessors, and new, more consumer-focused aged … Read the rest
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The Department of Health is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for innovative proposals for the delivery of CHSP services. The aim is to “identify more effective, efficient and user-centric options for the provision of entry level aged care services ”. The EOI will close at 2pm (ACT Local Time, so 3pm in Queensland) Friday 1 February 2019.
More information can be found via the Grants Connect page www.grants.gov.au.
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Australia’s peak advocacy body for older Australians COTA Australia today outlined the five priority fixes that need to occur in the near future to address well documented failures in aged care while the Royal Commission into aged care is conducting further investigation into the sector.
COTA Chief Executive, Ian Yates said Keep fixing Australia’s aged care system sets out urgent actions the Government must implement in tandem with the Royal Commission if it is serious about aged care reform.
“Quite … Read the rest
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After advocating for greater information on Australian Consumer Law in aged care and working with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on the project to develop them, we are excited to announce the ACCC Home care – know your consumer rights and Home care services – Know your business rights and obligations under the competition and consumer law brochures are set to be released on 16 July.
The ‘Consumer Directed Aged Care’ project materials are modelled on the ACCC’s … Read the rest
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