What is mental health?
15 March 2017
Mental health is central to your health and wellbeing, including your ability to manage daily life challenges, social interactions, and your physical health.
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Nursing Home Residents Deserve Better Access to Mental Health Care
7 February 2017
Take action now! Sign the petition and join the campaign to ensure the new Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, acts quickly to fix this historic anomaly and give nursing home residents the same access to mental health services as everyone else.
Older Person’s Mental Heath
6 February 2017
Older Person’s Mental Health Services are public mental health services that are primarily provided for people aged over 65.
COTA Queensland & U3A Network Queensland Sign Historic MoU.
11 November 2016
A collaborative partnership has been formed between U3A Network Queensland and COTA Q with the signing of a MoU to develop mutually beneficial arrangements to promote healthy ageing.
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.
Human Rights for Older People
5 September 2016
Existing divergences must be overcome, given the unanimity about the need to strengthen the protection of the human rights of older persons and the millions of older persons waiting for their human rights to become reality.