Aged Care Royal Commission Archives

Older people speak up on Aged Care Royal Commission

17 May 2021

While the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has concluded, the work of improving Australia’s aged care system is only just beginning. The clear message from older people is that they expect to continue to be involved in the conversation for a better aged care system.

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Council on the Ageing welcomes biggest investment in aged care in a generation

12 May 2021

Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia tonight welcomed the very substantial package of measures in tonight’s Federal Budget that will fire the starting gun on a substantial overhaul of the aged care system over the next five years, supported by additional expenditure of $17.7 Billion over four year

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COTA Victoria takes aged care redesign back to older Victorians

14 September 2020

As the long-running Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues to investigate failures in Australia’s aged care system, COTA Victoria recently returned to communities in Darebin and the Bellarine to talk through the proposed system redesigns

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Empowering older people to shape the debate on aged care

14 August 2020

On 8 October 2018, the Australian Government launched the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Royal Commission was established in response to growing concerns about the quality of aged care in Australia.

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Older Australians in desperate need of care don’t count in either Leader’s vision for Australia’s future, or even the present, while they die waiting

9 May 2019

The absence of any mention of aged care in last night’s Leader’s Debate is profoundly offensive to the more than 125,000 older Australians, and the more than 1,000,000 members of their families, waiting for a home care package, many of whom die while waiting.

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