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More than 4,330 people registered for OPAN’s What the new Aged Care Act means for you: the Big Q&A webinar. Between them, they submitted more than 600 questions. Our panel of experts worked hard to answer as many of those… Read More »Your Aged Care Act questions answered
OPAN, as the national peak body of individual advocacy, is committed to supporting and championing the rights of older people, and supports the implementation of the new Aged Care Act. We believe the Act will, over time, drive rights-based care… Read More »PUBLIC STATEMENT – advocacy and aged care reform
Kirby Slade, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community advocate with Elder Rights Australia, OPAN’s Victoria network member. Tell us a little about your background I am a proud Yorta Yorta woman who grew up in a small town in… Read More »Advocacy in action: Kirby Slade
Financial issues were one of the main reasons older people living in residential care called OPAN’s Aged Care Advocacy Line in the 23/24 financial year. Sometimes, a clear explanation of the Services Australia assessment process and provider costs and fees… Read More »How to take (financial) control of your aged care
Message from the CEO, Craig Gear The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has reluctantly supported a 4-month delay to the implementation of the new rights-based Aged Care Act announced today because it was becoming increasingly apparent that older people didn’t have… Read More »Why OPAN supports delay to new Aged Care Act
Heidri Brook, a Financial Advocacy Officer with Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia), OPAN’s Queensland network member. Most people do not anticipate needing assistance with their finances. But with the rising cost of living and changes to the aged care… Read More »Aged care cost relief when you’re struggling to pay
National Older Persons Reference Group member Michelle TreasureMichelle Treasure’s mother lived with dementia at home, and in residential aged care, for more than 12 years. She passed away just over a year ago. ‘I wish I had known about supported… Read More »‘Mum seemed happier and more engaged’
Rosemary Seam, National Older Persons Reference Group member ‘I know of someone whose family removed them from the electoral role because they thought it was an onerous responsibility for them,’ aged care resident and Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) National… Read More »An older person’s right to vote doesn’t diminish with age.
National Older Persons Reference group members OPAN’s National Older Persons Reference Group celebrates its fifth anniversary next week. The reference group was established on 27 March 2020 to hear directly from older people and support them to be actively involved… Read More »Raising older people’s voices
Daniella Greenwood, Consultant – Aged Care The Statement of Rights in the new Aged Care Act isn’t just words on paper, according to cultural and operational change consultant Daniella Greenwood. It’s the legislative muscle we need to bring about a… Read More »‘Little’ transgressions humiliating for older people