End of Life Law in Australia

The Hunter Ageing Alliance is pleased to introduce a Free eBook on End of Life Law in Australia, developed by the legal experts at Catherine Henry Lawyers.

 

Home Care Check-in

Seniors Rights Service is a member of the
Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN),
a national network of nine organisations
that provide independent confidential
information and advocacy to older people
accessing aged care services.

 

How to protect your identity online – Information for seniors

From shopping to banking, paying your bills or keeping in touch with family, we’re living more of our lives online. As more services and offerings move to a digital space, it’s important that you feel confident and that your identity and accounts are protected.

 

Ageing in Place in Urban Environments

Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and urbanisation on the other. Both have been identified as dominant demographic trends of the twenty-first century.

Ageing in Place in Urban Environments | Critical Perspectives | Tine B (taylorfrancis.com)

 

Aged Care Reforms

There is a range of ways you can be involved in the reforms, including surveys, webinars, online workshops and consultation papers. You can also engage with us face-to-face at community events.

Get involved – Ageing and Aged Care Engagement Hub (health.gov.au)

  

 

Care Finder Information

Some older people need extra, intensive support to access aged care services and other supports in the community.

In these situations, a care finder may be able to help.

Care finders is a free service. It exists to support vulnerable people – who have no one else who can support them – to learn about, apply for and set up support services.

https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/help-care-finder

  

Creating A Socially Just, Inclusive and Age Friendly City

The City of Newcastle Council is working on new social strategy, the Local Social. This strategy will set Newcastle’s aspirations for a socially just and inclusive city and will guide our collaborations for social change over the next decade. This period also coincides with the World Health Organization Decade of Healthy Ageing.

 

Ageing-in-place

Most older people who have lived in the same accommodation for some years, and have built a social network, express a wish to remain living there as they age. They would prefer not to have to move to another location as their support needs increase.

The 2021 final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety confirmed that: People do not want to live or die in institutions. (Final Report Volume 1, p36)