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2 August 2019

The new Aged Care Quality Standards place a much greater focus on the individual consumer, their family and support network.

Age Well Working Group

5 September 2016

The working group brings together government agencies and their non-government partners to support the implementation of the Early Action: Queensland Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention Action Plan 2015-17, through a focus on the mental health and wellbeing of older Queensland

Deep concern at politicisation of Retirement Income Review – Informed and mature public discussion needed

17 September 2020

COTA Australia’s Chief Executive, Ian Yates, expressed COTA’s deep concern that the objective work of the expert Retirement Income Review is being politicised before the public has even had the chance to look at it.

Loneliness is an issue all year round

13 January 2020

At Christmas, when we are bombarded with romantic images of families and friends joyfully celebrating together, it is in fact a problem year-round.

Planning for Wellbeing

16 July 2020

The Older Persons Action Group has recommended delivering a mental health awareness event to increase community awareness of, and engagement in, mental health and wellbeing and promote help seeking behaviour.

Wellbeing

Shocking rates of suicide in older Australian men

6 September 2016

ABS figures show the number of suicides for men aged 85 and over has increased 15% from 2010 to 2014, with a staggering rate of 2,864 suicides of older Australian men in 2014.

Older Men, Suicide

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