Aged Care | COTA NT | Voice for Territory Seniors

Many older Australians are at risk of a ruined Christmas with a minority of rogue aged care providers still preventing them from seeing their loved…

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03 Aug 2020

Statement from the Honourable Tony Pagone QC relating to COVID-19 outbreak in aged care facilities

Published by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety – 30 July 2020 Statement from the Honourable Tony Pagone QC relating to the…

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23 Jun 2020

COTA NT Calls for Secure Facilities for Territorians with Dementia

Recently released figures advised that dementia is the fastest growing disease in Australia. The Northern Territory too has experienced an increase in the number of…

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19 May 2020

Aged Care Navigator – Now Offers Video Meetings

If you have access to a computer/smart phone and internet, then you can now talk to our Aged Care Navigator, Janet Brown (pictured right) face…

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13 May 2020

Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes during COVID-19 Released

The ‘Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes during COVID-19’ has been released by 13 aged care peak bodies and consumer advocacy organisations. The…

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23 Apr 2020

New COVID-19 Information Resource for CaLD Communities and Aged Care Providers in the NT

PICAC NT has published a new publication designed to help members of culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities and Aged Care Service Providers with clients…

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18 Feb 2020

Aged Care Navigator Information session for the Katherine community

Join COTA NT’s staff, CEO Sue Shearer and Aged Care Navigator Janet Brown and find out more about the aged care system and how to…

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02 Aug 2019

We need action on aged care

Speech by Senator Malarndirri McCarthy – Northern Territory More than 129,000 older Australians are languishing waiting for care. In the Northern Territory there are 34…

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28 May 2019

Your rights in aged care

Understanding the new Charter of Aged Care Rights and how it will empower and protect you From the 1 July 2019, the Australian Government is…

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14 May 2019

Major parties fail to address aged care packages

In the upcoming election, don’t count on either Leader’s vision for Australia’s future, or even the present. The absence of any mention of aged care…

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02 Apr 2019

Home-based aged care service audits needed

We had a few seniors ring us about the new Grants NT system and how to apply for Seniors Month grants. It would appear there…

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19 Mar 2019

Care needed in service delivery

This week the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety focuses on home care services, something which all COTAs in Australia called for as part…

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05 Mar 2019

Calls for better care for dementia sufferers in aged care facilities

COTA NT visited seniors in Katherine last week as part of our ‘COTA Across the NT’ program. Topics discussed included the role of our new…

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12 Feb 2019

Royal Commission into Aged Care – Transcript and witness statement from Ian Yates, CE of COTA Australia now available

WHAT: Chief Executive of COTA Australia, Ian Yates, appeared yesterday as one of the earliest witnesses on the first day of public hearings for the Royal…

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