Aged Care Justice News

For nearly 2 years ALARM has been focused on reducing the abuse and neglect exposed by the Royal Commission into Aged Care (Royal Commission) by ensuring aged care residents have a means to access legal support.

ALARM met with the new Government on Friday 22 July to strongly recommend the rejection of Schedule 9, Section 54-11 of the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021  (“A.C. Bill No 2”).

OPAN’s Ready to Listen project is a commendable initiative, as it aims to give providers the tools to appropriately respond to reports of sexual abuse.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), is an opportunity to assess how far things have improved since the Aged Care Royal Commission delivered its frightening report on aged care. Sadly, there is still a long way to go.

Reports of sexual abuse against aged care residents exceeded a staggering 500 in the last 3 months of 2021. Concerned that not all victims report their abuse, CEO of OPAN Craig Gear has announced the Ready to Listen project.

Aged Care Watch submitted 6,500 reports of aged care residents left neglected and distressed to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission on Wednesday 27 April 2022.  This was first reported in The Guardian.

Aged care Royal Commissioner Tony Pagone was among 155 appointed a Member of the Order (AM), which is given for service in a particular locality or field of activity, or to a particular group.

We have made significant progress in many spheres, and are now well placed to pursue our objectives in 2022.

The legal community has an important role to play in enforcing the rights of aged care residents in Australia.

The Honorable Tony Pagone KC, former Federal Court Judge and one of the Royal Commissioners into Aged Care Quality and Safety, has been appointed to the position of Patron for community legal support organisation, ALARM.