Inside Ageing
Sean Rooney, CEO, Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA)
In this guest post, Leading Age Services (LASA) CEO, Sean Rooney outlines key topics to be addressed at their upcoming Roadmap to Reform virtual forum on July 15.
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The Roadmap to Reform is a great opportunity to drive the transformation of our age services, following the Royal Commission’s final report and the need for change for ageing Australians.
According to the latest Intergenerational Report, across the next four decades, the number of people over 70 will more than double, over-85s will more than triple and over-100s will increase more than sixfold – to 40,900 in 2061.
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Monash University
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University and the Professor Joe Aged Care Advocacy Group have made a submission to the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons.
The submission raises serious concerns about the quality of care in, and regulation of, Australia’s residential aged care facilities, particularly having regard to the impact of COVID-19 on older residents.
The Director of the Castan Centre, Professor the Honourable Kevin Bell AM QC, said the key point of the submission was “the underlying problem with the delivery and regulation of residential aged care in Australia is aged care is treated as a consumer issue upon the basis that it is a business.”
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