Your Rights, Your Voice: Understanding the New Aged Care Act

Presented by Beatrice Vann,  ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service, Older Persons Team

1pm to 2pm AEST

Cost: FREE

Your Rights, Your Voice: Understanding the New Aged Care Act

Presented by Beatrice Vann, ADACAS Older Persons Team

Aged Care Advocacy is the process of supporting a person to:​

·  Make informed decisions about their aged care services​

·  Understand and exercise their aged care rights​

·  Understanding the New Aged Care Statement of Rights

·  Have their voice heard, and views and wishes considered

This session will discuss the New Aged Care Act and implications for safeguarding older persons.

About Beatrice Vann

I have been working in the Aged Care Industry for 27 years.  Starting as a Home Care, Aged Care worker and then a Care Coordinator for 16 years in total for a Home Care Provider.

This was followed up with a  6 year stint working at Australian Red Cross as a Community Visitors Coordinator , pairing wonderful volunteers who gave their time to visit with socially isolated older people who lived at home or in a residential Aged Care Home, but who were socially isolated with family living interstate or overseas or no family at all.

Finally, I found my niche as an Older Persons Advocate. Here at ADACAS(ACT Disability Aged & Carer Advocacy service). I have been able to utilise my skills working with and supporting older people to good use supporting older people to have their voices heard and their issues supported when things don’t go right with the support they are receiving either with their providers and or their families.  I have learnt so much from older people and have a special interest in Dementia support.