Aged care
HAAG campaigns to address obstacles facing older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to accessing Aged Care, and ensure all older people can get the Aged Care supports they need.
Cohousing & Aged Care
The second part of our discussion on cohousing. Fiona and Leonie from HAAG talk to Myfan Jordan from Per Capita about her new research with a focus on older women’s housing and aged care. You can read more about her research here. Fiona also discusses her experiences explaining the connections and disconnections between homelessness and aged care at the… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Cohousing & Housing Cooperatives
Evidence to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety – Housing and Homelessness
Fiona York, Executive Officer of Housing the for the Aged Action Group, gives evidence to The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety about the obstacles facing older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to accessing Aged Care. …
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Cohousing for the Aged?
Fiona and Leonie from HAAG talk to Myfan Jordan from Per Capita about her new research on cohousing and aged care in the first of a two-part interview exploring older women’s housing issues. You can read more about her research here. …
Posted in: Podcasts, Cohousing & Housing Cooperatives
Community services unite to help people access aged care
Six community services in Victoria have joined the Aged Care Systems Navigator, a 15-month national trial led by Council of the Ageing (COTA) Australia and funded by the Australian Government, that will develop and test different models to support people to understand and engage with the aged care system. The national trial is a timely… …
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Housing Group to help Victorians access Aged Care
We are pleased to announce that we are joining the Aged Care Systems Navigator trial, a 18 month national trial led by COTA Australia that will develop and test different models to support people to understand and engage with the aged care system. The project will consist of 62 trials delivered across the country to a… …
Posted in: News Updates, Care Finder, Community Education
Val's House
Shane and Pam from HAAG talk to Pauline from Val’s LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care about the specific housing needs of LGBTI older people, and what the state election results mean for older people’s housing in Victoria. …
HAAG’s National Project- Recommendations for the Terms of Reference of the Aged Care Royal Commission
“For many years older people at risk of homelessness in the rental market have been discriminated against and severely neglected by the aged care system. The main factor that has caused this problem is a policy framework and aged care service practices that are based on the broad assumption that older people own their own… …
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Call for submissions to Royal Commission
Closing soon! Royal Commission into Aged Care is calling for submissions into Terms of Reference …
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Including Retirement Housing in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
This joint letter to the PM and the Minister for Consumer Affairs asks them to extend the terms of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to cover Retirement Villages. …
Posted in: Joint Statements, News Updates, Retirement Housing, Campaigns
Groups unite in fresh push for older people’s housing
February 3rd 2017 – Australian Ageing Agenda- Darragh O’Keeffe Australian Ageing Agenda- Darragh O’Keeffe- A new coalition of aged care providers, homelessness services and consumers is being established to bring about government action on the urgent need for older people’s housing amidst worsening rates of homelessness among seniors… …
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