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COVID-19 support line for older Australians extended

3 December 2020

The extra funding will see the line expanded to include outbound calls to carers of people living with dementia, as well as more specific community supports for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) seniors.

COVID-19

Welcome to our new director Katrina Jackson

17 September 2020

Katrina is a Senior Executive with Medibank and Chair of the Accessibility and Inclusion Council and has demonstrated experience in the corporate governance, scaling and commercialisation of businesses and strategic planning and operations of large publicly listed Australian organisations.

Older Queenslanders in danger of being digitally excluded

27 August 2020

The Queensland Government must commit to a comprehensive Digital Inclusion Strategy to ensure no Queenslanders are left behind.

Power of peers connecting Queensland seniors with disability

15 August 2020

The new peer support group will provide a space for over 65s with disability from all over Queensland to connect, share information and talk about topics that are important to them.

Translated COVID resources are available

16 July 2020

The Department of Home Affairs has a dedicated website with COVID-19 information in 63 languages.

COVID-19

New sign language interpreting service available

16 July 2020

From June 2020, all aged care assessment and delivery services now have access to free sign language and interpreting services to support older Australians who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing to access or engage with Australian Government funded aged care services.

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COVID-19 support line for older Australians extended

Welcome to our new director Katrina Jackson

Older Queenslanders in danger of being digitally excluded

Power of peers connecting Queensland seniors with disability

Translated COVID resources are available

New sign language interpreting service available