Campaign for the Care of older Australians

Indexation of Income Support Payments welcome. 5 September

"All Australians deserve a dividend from good economic times" - Opinion piece by Susan Helyar in The Age . 3 September

Major church groups call for a ten year plan to overcome poverty. 20 August

UnitingCare's Election Report Card released. 19 August

Both Major Parties fall short on Social Policy Commitments. 19 August

A report card on Aged Care election promises. 18 August

New lease of life for social services welcome. 9 August

UnitingCare Australia launches Key Social Policy Priorities for the 2010 Federal Election at Parliament House. 2 August

Draft Child Protection Standards welcome but independent National Children's Commissioner needed. 7 July

Time for Action on Gambling. 23 June

Vulnerable Australians miss out because of red tape. 31 May

Budget 2010: Election is now the best chance for the Government to deliver on its Social Inclusion Agenda. 11 May

2010 Budget priorities for action. 10 May

UnitingCare Australia calls for Ministerial Taskforce following Henry Review. 2 May

Campaign for the Care of older Australians

16 March 2010

The Campaign for the Care of Older Australians (CCOA) is being run collectively by the two provider peak bodies in the aged care industry and a number of faith-based providers of services and supports for older people. The CCOA group has come together to work together in this election year to raise the profile of concerns about lack of access to services, limited choice in the types and operation of services and challenges to the sustainability of services for older people and their families.

CCOA wrote to the Prime Minister this week expressing our support for the overall direction of health reforms, and called for aged care reforms to be an integral part of the first steps in implementing health reforms. A copy of this letter is available here. UnitingCare Australia will be working with the UnitingCare network in the coming months to support staff, volunteers and the community to contribute to sharing the key messages from CCOA. If you would like to be part of this advocacy campaign, please contact the National Office.