Aged care advocacy education sessions
Educating older people and the sector about advocacy and client rights
About education sessions
ADA Australia provides free education and information sessions on advocacy services. Our education materials are available to staff of residential aged care facilities, community aged care services and community groups.
ADA Australia’s education sessions aim to inform staff and clients on their rights and responsibilities within the aged care sector. In particular, the sessions increase understanding of ‘advocacy’, provide participants with an overview of how advocacy can assist and examples of advocacy in action. Our free advocacy education sessions are currently available across Queensland.
Advocacy Education
Advocacy education for clients
This information session caters to clients of residential aged care facilities, community aged care services and their carers, or seniors community groups.
It covers the following topics:
- What is advocacy?
- Your rights and responsibilities when receiving an aged care service
- Our advocacy service and how to access support
- Recognising elder abuse and safeguards against abuse
- Your rights in decision making
- Case studies
Available in:
In-person
video- conference
Advocacy education for providers and staff
This information session caters to staff of residential aged care facilities and community aged care services
It covers the following topics:
- What is advocacy?
- The role of advocacy in the context of the aged care system
- Our advocacy service
- Clients’ rights and responsibilities when receiving aged care services
- Why advocacy is important to your servicey
- Case studies
Available in:
In-person
video- conference
OPAN resources
OPAN has created video resources called Talk to Us First to support the Aged Care Workforce and Service Providers.
Talk to Us First has been designed to support the aged care workforce to ensure the new Quality Standards surrounding advocacy are met, with a particular emphasis on understanding the advocacy role and how best to provide support for older people and their families. This training will increase understanding of the advocate’s role in supporting residents and consumers to raise and rectify their concerns early, as well as increasing awareness of how to access advocacy services.
Resources
Read more about ADA Australia’s advocacy education sessions.
Aged care advocacy educations factsheet
Aged care advocacy FAQs
Get support
This page will cover the following topics
- Request an education session
- Order resources
- Read advocacy stories
