| Australians deserve to age well |
If you've ever tried to access aged care services for yourself or your family you'll know the system can be a minefield.
It's hard to know where to start, it's inconsistent and very complicated. In-home support services are extremely limited and residential care based on arbitrary ratios not demand.
Yet we know our population is ageing. By 2020 over 3.5 million Australians are expected to use aged care services each year.
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| Do you want to Age Well? Join our campaign for reform today |
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Download the supporters sign up sheet and help us reach our goal of 10,000 supporters by May 2012. View PDF
End the Aged Care Lottery Flyer - A3 - June 2013. View PDF |
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Blueprint for Aged Care Reform. February 2012. |
| Summary of Blueprint for Aged Care Reform. February 2012. |
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| Address to the National Press Club. 11 April 2012. |
Did you miss the National Press Club Address by members of the Alliance? Click here to view the Address.
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Age Well Posters - A3 (297mm x 420mm). View PDF
Age Well Posters - A3 (297mm x 420mm). View PDF |
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Aged Care Reform Series. February 2012.
The Alliance developed these papers to provide additional advice to Government, through The Hon Mark Butler, MP Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, as it considers the proposed aged care reforms from the Productivity Commission’s Caring for Older Australians report which was released in August 2011.
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Assessment and entitlement (including the Gateway). View PDF
Financing aged care in Australia. View PDF
Palliative care. View PDF
Quality of care. View PDF
Wellness. View PDF
Workforce. View PDF |
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Aged Care Reform Information Sheets. November 2011.
In August 2011 the Productivity Commission released a report entitled Caring for Older Australians. If adopted, the report’s recommendations mean big changes for aged care consumers and providers. This series is designed to shed light on what these changes could mean for aged care’s future directions.
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Aged Care and Access to the Gateway. View PDF
Aged Care Services - Access and Consumer Protections. View PDF
The Aged Care Workforce. View PDF
Carers and Aged Care Reform. View PDF
Dementia and Aged Care Reform. View PDF
Entitlement to Aged Care Services and Greater Choice. View PDF
Health Reform and Aged Care. View PDF
Paying for Aged Care. View PDF
Quality Aged Care Services. View PDF
Special Needs Groups - Access and Consumer Protections. View PDF
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