Submissions: Caring for older Australians

Updates:


Some of the submissions received by the Productivity Commission's Inquiry "Caring for Older Australians" - more than one third of the submissions highlighted groups and individuals concerns with lack of care and rights in aged care and retirement villages.

A complete list of all submissions - including Draft Response submissions to the Draft Report can be found on the Productivity Commission's website.

 

Individual / OrganisationDate receivedPages
Leonie M Short (PDF - 13 Kb) 30/04/2010 1
K A G Evans (PDF - 141 Kb) 25/04/2010 2
G Williams, M James, B Buckby, W Simplins (PDF - 138 Kb) 19/05/2010 2
Maria dela Rama, Dr Melissa Edwards and Dr Bronwen Dalton (PDF - 163 Kb) 19/05/2010 7
Ms Margaret Ferrie (PDF - 26 Kb) 20/05/2010 6
Association of Independent Retirees - Morton Bay (PDF - 33 Kb) 28/05/2010 3
Dr Roger Hunt (PDF - 26 Kb) 31/05/2010 4
Julie West (PDF - 11 Kb) 04/06/2010 1
Yvonne Parry (PDF - 12 Kb) 04/06/2010 1
Dr Wayne Herdy (PDF - 52 Kb) 09/06/2010 15
Mr Peter Londregan (PDF - 30 Kb) 16/06/2010 7
Ms Cathy Gillespie (PDF - 16 Kb) 21/06/2010 2
Older People's Reference Group (PDF - 146 Kb) 21/06/2010 11
Margaret Gray (PDF - 45 Kb) 21/06/2010 5
G Williams, M James, B Buckby, W Simpkins (PDF - 133 Kb) 11/06/2010 2
Carers Queensland (PDF - 151 Kb) 24/06/2010 10
Ms Margaret Puttman (PDF - 12 Kb) 29/06/2010 1
Retirement Village Residents Association Inc (PDF - 47 Kb) 28/06/2010 2
Mr Gordon McClatchie (PDF - 144 Kb) 28/06/2010 2
Mr Charles Adams (PDF - 89 Kb) 30/06/2010 6
Ms Marilyn Long (PDF - 46 Kb) 01/07/2010 2
Name withheld  (PDF - 182 Kb) 05/07/2010 5
Maureen Peden (PDF - 154 Kb) 07/07/2010 3
Dr Peter Winterton (PDF - 31 Kb) 11/07/2010 5
Christina Aggar, Dr Susan Ronaldson and Prof Ian Cameron (PDF - 122 Kb) 09/07/2010 2
Ms Pamela Bell (PDF - 41 Kb) 09/07/2010 3
Mrs Gillian Sutton (PDF - 40 Kb) 10/07/2010 8
Ms Swarupa M Sridharan (PDF - 25 Kb) 12/07/2010 3
Nixon Hostel - Kingston City Council (PDF - 100 Kb) 09/07/2010 2
Jan Coad (PDF - 15 Kb) 15/07/2010 2
Ms Susan Ryder (PDF - 15 Kb) 15/07/2010 2
Ms Lucynda Maskell (PDF - 12 Kb) 16/07/2010 1
Name withheld  (PDF - 99 Kb) 17/07/2010 8
Ms Barbara Bithell (PDF - 15 Kb) 18/07/2010 3
Ms Shirley Anderson (PDF - 67 Kb) 18/07/2010 4
National Council of Women of Australia (PDF - 22 Kb) 21/07/2010 3
Mental Health Council of Australia (PDF - 91 Kb) 21/07/2010 5
Ms Leone Huntsman (PDF - 25 Kb) 22/07/2010 2
Mr Joe Twitchin (PDF - 20 Kb) 09/07/2010 3
Palliative Care Australia (PDF - 137 Kb) 23/07/2010 15
Australian Osteopathic Association (PDF - 341 Kb) 23/07/2010 8
Quality Aged Care Action Group Inc - Blue Mountains (PDF - 205 Kb) 23/07/2010 6
NSW Retired Teachers Association (PDF - 128 Kb) 26/07/2010 2
General Practice NSW (PDF - 558 Kb) 26/07/2010 8
Glenorchy City Council (PDF - 89 Kb) 16/07/2010 5
Mr Neville Carnegie (PDF - 38 Kb) 23/07/2010 5
Ms Robyn Gwynne (PDF - 16 Kb) 26/07/2010 1
Name withheld  (PDF - 64 Kb) 26/07/2010 2
Mr Tom van Dam( PDF - 16 Kb) 26/07/2010 2
Diversional Therapy Australia (PDF - 551 Kb) - See also Submission 175 24/07/2010 9
Mrs Rosemary West (PDF - 14 Kb) 26/07/2010 1
Ms Joanne Bryant (PDF - 22 Kb) 27/07/2010 6
Mr Rob Harvie (PDF - 31 Kb) 28/07/2010 4
Mr David MacDonald (PDF - 52 Kb) 28/07/2010 1
Ms Pauline Koppel (PDF - 31 Kb) 28/07/2010 8
Ms S Van Deventer (PDF - 15 Kb) 28/07/2010 2
Dr R K Penhall (PDF - 16 Kb) 28/07/2010 1
Mrs Juliette Maxwell (PDF - 49 Kb)
- Attachment (PDF - 24 Kb)
29/07/2010 10
2
Clare Dewan and Associates (PDF - 57 Kb) 29/07/2010 4
Victorian Deaf Society (PDF - 262 Kb) 29/07/2010 11
Ms Christine Smith MP - Member for Burleigh (PDF - 12 Kb)
- Attachment (PDF - 51 Kb)
29/07/2010 1
7
Aged Rights Advocacy Service Inc (PDF - 43 Kb) 29/07/2010 9
Ms Alba Vignolo (PDF - 16 Kb) 29/07/2010 2
Victorian Council for Civil Liberties (PDF - 186 Kb) 30/07/2010 3
HammondCare (PDF - 79 Kb) 30/07/2010 11
Diversional Therapy Australia (PDF - 156 Kb)
- Supplementary to Submission 93
30/07/2010 9
Ms Georgina Pinkas (PDF - 113 Kb) 30/07/2010 10
Ms Nancy Jacobs (PDF - 24 Kb) 30/07/2010 4
Wintringham (PDF - 256 Kb)
- Attachment (PDF - 63 Kb)
30/07/2010 22
2
Royal District Nursing Service - Vic (PDF - 32 Kb) 30/07/2010 6
Queensland Law Society (PDF - 156 Kb) 30/07/2010 4
Carers NSW (PDF - 271 Kb) 30/07/2010 18
Australian Physiotherapy Association (PDF - 115 Kb) 30/07/2010 13
Australian Council of Trade Unions (PDF - 127 Kb) 30/07/2010 1
General Practice Victoria (PDF - 110 Kb) 30/07/2010 10
Mrs Valerie Little (PDF - 16 Kb) 30/07/2010 2
Australian Blindness Forum (PDF - 119 Kb) 30/07/2010 19
Dr Anita de Bellis (PDF - 21 Kb) 30/07/2010 3
Ms Janine Masso (PDF - 14 Kb) 30/07/2010 2
Dr Maree Bernoth - Charles Sturt University (PDF - 88 Kb) 30/07/2010 25
Carers WA (PDF - 76 Kb) 03/08/2010 15
Centre for Health Communications, FASS (PDF - 191 Kb) 02/08/2010 5
Ms Jan Taylor (PDF - 24 Kb) 07/08/2010 2
Ms Carmel Hurst (PDF - 36 Kb) 07/08/2010 5
Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (PDF - 1342 Kb) 06/08/2010 9
Australian Dental Association Inc (PDF - 149 Kb) 06/08/2010 22
Commonwealth Ombudsman (PDF - 180 Kb) 06/08/2010 25
Australian General Practice Network (PDF - 398 Kb) 06/08/2010 19
NSW Trustee and Guardian (PDF - 2157 Kb) 05/08/2010 7
Association of Independent Retirees Limited - NSW Division (PDF - 273 Kb) 06/08/2010 11
Name withheld  (PDF - 18 Kb) 30/07/2010 2
NSW Ombudsman (PDF - 70 Kb) 29/07/2010 3
Mr Shannon Murphy (PDF - 60 Kb) 30/07/2010 2
Ms Karen Cussen (PDF - 40 Kb) 30/07/2010 1
Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd (PDF - 597 Kb) 06/08/2010 9
The Aged-care Rights Service (PDF - 67 Kb) 05/08/2010 12
Australian Nursing Federation (PDF - 121 Kb) - See also Submission 469
- Attachment (PDF - 3930 Kb)
30/07/2010 30
14
Australian Medical Association (PDF - 136 Kb) 09/08/2010 11
LHMU - National Office(PDF - 354 Kb) 30/07/2010 19
Palliative Care Victoria (PDF - 82 Kb) 10/08/2010 11
Australian Nursing Federation - Victorian Branch (PDF - 803 Kb)
- Attachment 1 (PDF - 282 Kb)
- Attachment 2 (PDF - 333 Kb)
12/08/2010 127
80
89
Quality Aged Care Action Group Inc (PDF - 65 Kb)
- Attachment 1 (PDF - 49 Kb)
- Attachment 2 (PDF - 32 Kb)
10/08/2010 11
10
4
Office of the Health Services Commissioner (PDF - 22 Kb) 30/07/2010 3
Law Society of NSW (PDF - 1821 Kb) 12/08/2010 1
Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF - 134 Kb) 13/08/2010 5
Ms Mary T Archibald PSM (PDF - 240 Kb) 30/07/2010 6
Ms Anne Cameron (PDF - 16 Kb) 30/07/2010 2
J Michael Wynne (PDF - 667 Kb) 09/08/2010 63
Wilson, Wright, Ward, Capra and Petersen (PDF - 136 Kb) 10/08/2010 6
Dietitians Association of Australia (PDF - 42 Kb) 10/08/2010 7
Health and Community Services Union Tasmania (PDF - 120 Kb) 10/08/2010 7
Bourne and Associates Pty Ltd (PDF - 550 Kb) 10/08/2010 21
Mr Peter Blackwell (PDF - 28 Kb) 12/08/2010 2
Financial Planning Association of Australia (PDF - 71 Kb) 10/08/2010 8
Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW (PDF - 84 Kb) 18/08/2010 12
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (PDF - 76 Kb) 18/08/2010 9
Queensland Nurses Union (PDF - 347 Kb)
- Attachment A (PDF - 20 Kb)
- Attachment B (PDF - 128 Kb)
- Attachment C (PDF - 266 Kb)
- Attachment D (PDF - 42 Kb)
- Attachment E (PDF - 212 Kb)
- Attachment F (PDF - 31 Kb)
- Attachment G (PDF - 14 Kb)
- Attachment H1 (PDF - 79 Kb)
- Attachment H2 (PDF - 60 Kb)
20/08/2010 35
5
1
24
1
1
6
2
3
3
Dianne Beatty (PDF - 183 Kb) 24/08/2010 4
Name withheld  (PDF - 16 Kb) 26/07/2010 1
Mr B Brucker (PDF - 42 Kb) 17/08/2010 1
Dr Khalis Sukkar (PDF - 64 Kb) 22/07/2010 1
Dr Donald Chandraratne (PDF - 46 Kb) 02/08/2010 1
Aged Care Crisis (PDF - 531 Kb) 27/08/2010 40
Eva Gross (PDF - 44 Kb) 02/09/2010 9
Office of the Aged Care Commissioner (PDF - 88 Kb) 27/07/2010 14
Marjory Kobold (PDF - 31 Kb) 04/08/2010 3
Lena Morrison (PDF - 44 Kb) 09/09/2010 1
Dr Ronald Hicks (PDF - 104 Kb) 15/09/2010 2
Australian Nursing Federation (PDF - 4508 Kb)
- Supplementary to Submission 327
21/10/2010 20
Ms Jean Wortley (PDF - 21 Kb) 22/10/2010 4
Name withheld  (PDF - 23 Kb) 10/08/2010 2
Australian Guardianship and Administration Council (PDF - 44 Kb)
- Attachment (PDF - 139 Kb)
12/11/2010 6
2
David Bourke (PDF - 79 Kb) 17/11/2010 1
J P McAuley (PDF - 187 Kb) 21/11/2010 3
Banksia Villages Ltd Residents Committee (PDF - 69 Kb) 30/11/2010 2
Department of Health and Ageing (PDF - 500 Kb)
- Letter (PDF - 45 Kb)
01/12/2010 62
1
Wendy Thacker (PDF - 14 Kb) 15/11/2010 1