Our national network

Formed in March 2017, the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) consists of the national peak body for individual aged care advocacy support and the network of 9 state and territory organisations that have been successfully delivering advocacy, information and education services to older people, their families and other representatives for more than 35 years.   

OPAN supports older people to understand and exercise their aged care rights, access government-funded aged care services that suit their needs and find solutions to issues they may be experiencing with their aged care provider. This occurs through the frontline of our network members along with the national education, training and promotion of rights of older people occurring though the OPAN peak body.   

We also raise the voices of older people, their families and other supporters with government, aged care providers and sector stakeholders to advance aged care reform at a national level.   

Through our National Older Persons Reference Group, we aim to ensure older people are actively involved in discussions that affect them, including changes to the aged care system.