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#ReadyToListen’s Charter of Sexual Rights has been enthusiastically embraced by older people, family members, carers, advocates, aged care workers and allied health professionals in OPAN’s online survey. The overwhelming majority (91.5 percent) of the 272 respondents either agreed or strongly… Read More »‘Staff are carers, not wardens’: survey endorses Charter

The Albanese Government’s second, crucial piece of government aged care reform legislation was approved by a Senate committee on Friday, 2 September. This should ensure a swift passage for the Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022, which includes 24/7… Read More »Advocacy is for everyone – improving the lives of older people

OPAN wants  your feedback We would like your feedback on The Charter of Sexual Rights in Residential Aged Care, developed as part of the #ReadyToListen Project. More than 40 sexual assaults are recorded in residential aged care each week, according to… Read More »There is no ‘use-by’ date on consent

Clearly, we hit a nerve! More than 3,000 people signed up for our Understanding Home Care Packages webinar last week. And more than 10 per cent of them submitted questions. If you missed the webinar, or would like to replay it or… Read More »Top tips for getting the most out of your home care

People often joke, when filling out the paperwork for aged care services, that a degree in accounting would come in handy. Queensland advocate Heidri Brook isn’t about to argue. “I have a masters in social work, but my initial degree… Read More »You don’t need an accountant to understand aged care costs

An estimated 30,000 people to date have tuned in to watch Kamahl’s Christmas in July performance. Residents broke out the tinsel in aged care homes from Silverchain Centre in Western Australia to Moonee Valley Friendship Club in Victoria and Regis in… Read More »Kamahl lights up Christmas in July with record audience

‘I’m so looking forward to hearing Kamahl sing after all these years,’ says 102-year-old wardrobe mistress Hazel Orson.  It’s been more than 50 years since Hazel Orson made Kamahl’s stage costumes. But while her copy of the sheet music for… Read More »102-year-old wardrobe mistress recalls working with Kamahl

How did you become interested in becoming a dancer and where has your dance career taken you?I was studying music and singing at the Conservatorium in Sydney New South Wales as I wanted to become an opera singer. One day… Read More »Dancing for life – an interview with Eileen Kramer