If you are, or someone you know is, in Victoria and experiencing elder abuse, call our confidential helpline on 1300 368 821.
COTA Victoria and SRV broadly support the direction of the second National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People 2024–2034. However, we believe there are several areas where improvements can be made to enhance its clarity, accountability, and overall impact.
The COTA National Alliance welcomes the second National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older Australians. However, to ensure the plan achieves meaningful and sustainable outcomes, we recommend a few changes that focus on clarity, accountability, and resources.
In September 2024, COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria launched an online survey on disability supports for older Victorians. This occurred in parallel with the release of a discussion paper developed with partner peak bodies in the ageing and disability sectors. The survey and discussion paper are part of an ongoing policy advocacy process to address gaps and inequities in the provision of disability support to older people.
This submission focuses chiefly on the role and processes used by Primary Health Networks (PHNs) in Victoria in the establishment and management of the Care Finder program in Aged Care.
We welcome the opportunity to provide brief input on how General Foundational Supports (GFS) can effectively respond to the needs of older Victorians with a disability – a frequently overlooked demographic in disability policy discussions.
The Victorian Elder Abuse Strategic Alliance is a coalition of key organisations working at the forefront of family violence and elder abuse in Victoria.
We welcome the opportunity to provide a submission to the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC) Energy Consumer Reforms Discussion Paper. We would like to commend the ESC for their work and endorse their outlined objectives.
This submission underscores the urgency for a specialised, multi-faceted approach to housing support for older people.
In presenting this document, we set out a select collection of funding initiatives that we believe warrant serious consideration across Victorian Government portfolios for support in the 2025-26 Victorian State Budget. In doing so, we have focussed on five priority areas.
The current energy transition from fossil fuels to cleaner, more sustainable sources is a major change process involving all Victorians. The attitudes and behaviours of different population groups – and the support provided to them – are key to the success of the transition and its impact on people’s wellbeing.
The Seniors Rights Victoria and COTA Victoria Annual Report 2023-2024 is now available to download.
At 34 pages long, it celebrates our achievements, details relevant statistics and thanks those who’ve supported us over the past financial year. Seniors Rights Victoria content begins on page 23.
Financial abuse is the most frequently reported form of this abuse and the main perpetrators of abuse are adult children. A recent western Australian report found an average prevalence rate of abuse to be 4.6%…
This paper has been prepared by COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria, in conjunction with several other peak bodies, to support the development of an Agenda for Action on service gaps facing older Victorians with a disability.
This guide aims to support Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) providers to meet the needs and preferences of older people who are not well digitally connected.
This submission highlights the need for improved data collection on elder abuse perpetrators to better address the unique needs of elder abuse within the broader family violence system in Victoria.
“Identifying and addressing elder abuse” is designed to provide Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) providers with the essential knowledge needed to recognise, understand, and address elder abuse when working with older individuals.
The 2024-25 State Budget was handed down by the Treasurer, Tim Pallas on 7 May 2024. COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) have developed a member briefing to inform older Victorians and organisations.
A COTA Victoria survey has found that many older women experiencing chronic pain struggle to find effective support and feel marginalised by health services that lack necessary empathy and understanding. Too often, women feel that they are expected to just be stoic and accept pain as an inevitable part of ageing.
COTA Victoria is pleased to have made a submission to the Victorian Government’s Inquiry into Women’s Pain. We welcome the commitment to a targeted and holistic approach to pain as part of the Victorian Women’s Health program…
COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria have provided input to the Inspector General for Aged Care’s next Progress Report on Implementation of Royal Commission on Aged Care Recommendations.
Access full submission Download briefing as PDF A major milestone in the reform of the aged care system was reached
Download full submission as PDF Overview of submission COTA Victoria has a vital responsibility to our stakeholders to help ensure
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Download full joint submission COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria were pleased to contribute to “Getting the VDO right”, a
