A recent collaboration between researchers, Emily Todd and Alison Mutch, from the University of Queensland, and Bronwyn Bidstrup from COTA Queensland, found evidence that information and communication technology improves social connectedness for older people to some extent.
The small rural community of Bell at the foothills of the Bunya Mountains have set up a community managed home care service using self-managed home care packages and employing local people to deliver services.
COTA Queensland has been working with Queensland Health, Health Consumers Queensland, Queenslanders with Disability Network, et.al to ensure that consumers are well engaged and informed about the vaccination rollout.