Seniors Rights Victoria, an elder abuse service based on the advocacy social worker/lawyer model hosted its 10 year anniversary celebration recently at Melbourne City Bowling Club. Guest speakers included Victorian Commissioner for Seniors and Ambassador for Elder Abuse Gerard Mansour, Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Director, Seniors Programs & Participation, Barbara Mountjouris, Seniors […]
Transgender Victoria volunteer Brenda Appleton, 67, was one of the COTA Senior Achiever Award recipients at the 2018 Victorian Seniors of the Year awards hosted yesterday by the Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau AC at Government House. Brenda, from South Yarra, was nominated by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) for her advocacy, education and research
The Victorian Oral Health Alliance (VOHA) is an alliance of health, professional and consumer bodies, urging the Government to reverse the decline in access to public dental care. COTA is actively involved with the VOHA to increase funding to improve access to dental health services for older Victorians. VOHA and COTA see the following as
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 27 March 2018 Staunch community activist Merle Mitchell AM refers to her current state of ageing as waiting to die, with the lucky ones being the ageing people who die quickly. Merle knows this isn’t the ageing ideal people want to imagine, but aged in her 80s, she says it’s the reality
