Submissions
Dementia Australia's proposals and submissions to Government departments.
2024 Submissions
July 2024
Inspector-General of Aged Care Annual Workplan 2024 Consultation
Establishment of a National Mandatory Quality Indicator Program for In Home Aged Care
Preventive Health SA Bill 2024
June 2024
Dementia Australia Submission to the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner
Dementia Australia Submission to the Canberra Age-Friendly City Plan 2025-2035
May 2024
NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce
Dementia Australia Submission - NDIS Amendment Bill 2024
April 2024
Co-design of an Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process for health technology assessment
Progress Report on Implementation of Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations
March 2024
Dementia Australia Submission to ACT Disability Inclusion Bill
National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program. A Dementia Australia submission.
Dementia Australia Submission - Exposure Draft of the Aged Care Act
February 2024
Inquiry into Loneliness and Social Isolation in the ACT
South Australian Human Rights Act
NDIS Participant Experience in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
HTA Submission - consultation paper 2
January 2024
December 2023
Review of the South Australian Carers Recognition Act 2005
The Commonwealth Government Covid-19 Response Inquiry A Dementia Australia submission
November 2023
South Australia Disability Inclusion Plan Review
Greater Adelaide Regional Plan Discussion Paper
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Guide for Ambulance Health Services
October 2023
National Housing and Homelessness Plan Consultation
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. A Dementia Australia submission
September 2023
Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Bill
Tasmanian Disability Health Strategy
NSW Anti Discrimination Act Review
New Aged Care Act Consultation Paper Number 1
Tasmanian Retirement Villages Amendment Bill 2023
August 2023
Aged Care Taskforce Consultation
Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 24-25
National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing
Inquiry into the recognition of unpaid carers submission
July 2023
ACT Disability Health Strategy 2023-2033
June 2023
A new model for regulating aged care – consultation paper 2
Reforming WA Disability Legislation
Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review
Dementia Australia Draft National Strategy for the Care and Support Economy
Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into Australia Human Rights Framework
May 2023
Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia
South Australia Retirement Villages Amendment Bill 2023 – Community Consultation
NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework Consultation
February 2023
January 2023
Dementia Australia's submission to the National Dementia Action Plan
December 2022
Capability and Culture of the NDIA
A Dementia Australia submission to Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
November 2022
Response to the Employment White Paper
Developing a guide on involving people with disability in evaluation
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021 -2031Developing a Guide to the Guiding Principles
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031Employment White Paper
A Dementia Australia submission to the Employment White Paper ConsultationA Dementia Australia submission to the New Program for In-Home Care consultation
October 2022
Review into technology and closed-circuit television in aged care
A Dementia Australia submission on the proposed Disability Inclusion Bill for Victoria
A new model for regulating Aged Care
A Dementia Australia submission to the Australian Government Department of HealthSeptember 2022
Aged care data strategy consultation
A Dementia Australia submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care and Australian Institute of Health and WelfareAged care on-site pharmacists
A Dementia Australia submission to the Australian Government’s consultation on aged care pharmacists in residential aged careSenate Select Committee on Work and Care Inquiry
A Dementia Australia submission to the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care InquiryAugust 2022
Australian Government Productivity Commission Carer Leave Inquiry
A Dementia Australia submission to the Productivity CommissionJune 2022
Review of the Ageing and Adult Safeguarding Act 1995 (SA)
South Australian Law Reform InstituteApril 2022
Improving the quality of aged care through education and registration
A submission to the Australian Government Productivity Commission Enquiry into Aged Care EmploymentThe impact of and responses to the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with disability
A submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
December 2021
Improving design in residential aged care
A Dementia Australia submission to the Australian Government’s Consultation on the New Residential Aged Care Accommodation FrameworkResponse to the Consultation Paper: Care and support sector code of conduct
A submission to the Australian Government Department of HealthNovember 2021
Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021
A submission to the NSW Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021The Northern Territory Disability Strategy 2022-2032
A submission to The Department of Territory Families, Housing and CommunitiesAugust 2021
Serious Incident Response Scheme for Commonwealth funded in-home aged care services
A submission to the Australian Government Department of HealthInquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland
A submission to the Community Support and Services Committee Queensland ParliamentJuly 2021
Inquiry into Palliative Care in Western Australia
A submission to the Joint Select Committee on Palliative Care in Western AustraliaJune 2021
Inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension
A submission to the Senate Community Affairs References CommitteeApril 2021
Promoting Inclusion
A submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with DisabilityMedical Research Future Fund’s
Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission - National Consultation on the Roadmap and Implementation Plan
Dementia Australia’s survey responsesMarch 2021
Experiences of health services for people living with dementia in rural and remote Tasmania
A submission to the Upper House Inquiry into Rural Health ServicesIndependent assessments
A submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance SchemeFebruary 2021
Proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme
A submission to the National Disability Insurance AgencySafeguards and quality
A submission to the Disability Royal Commission
December 2020
National Disability Strategy and National Disability Insurance Scheme Outcomes Frameworks
November 2020
Response to Counsel Assisting's final submissions
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Form for responding to Counsel Assisting's final submissionsQueensland Law Reform Commission
A legal framework for voluntary assisted dying consultation paperOctober 2020
Improving the food, nutrition and mealtime experience in aged care
Pathways and tertiary education in aged care
National Disability Strategy Stage 2 consultation
Medical Research and Innovation Priorities for 2020–2022
A submission to the Medical Research Future FundSeptember 2020
Support Coordination under the National Disability Insurance Scheme
August 2020
Restrictive practices
Submission to the Disability Royal CommissionThe importance of dementia-enabling housing
Submission to the Australia Building Codes BoardJuly 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on people living with dementia, families and carers
A submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and SafetyA wellness and enablement approach for people living with dementia
People with younger onset dementia in the aged care system
Aged care system governance, market management, and roles and responsibilities
Emergency planning and response
Federal 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
Joint Select Committee inquiry on Palliative Care in Western Australia
Aged Services Industry Reference Committee consultation on the reimagined care worker
June 2020
The Needs of Carers of People Living with Dementia
Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and SafetyAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Delirium Clinical Care Standards Review
Department of Health consultation on an Aged Care Worker Regulation Scheme
March 2020
National Framework for Advance Care Planning Documents
Health care for people with cognitive disability
Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission Roadmap
Response to Counsel Assisting’s Submissions on Program Design
NSW Disability Inclusion Act Review
Response to Counsel Assisting’s submissions on the future of the aged care workforce
January 2020
Dementia Australia’s response to the Parliament of Victoria’s Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria
2020 ACAR –Identifying Residential Aged Care Needs
Program design submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Proposed response to elder abuse in the ACT
Northern Territory health care decision maker consultation
Response to RACGP's Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice
Federal 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
ACT 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
NSW 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
VIC 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
QLD 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
SA 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
NT 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
December 2019
Evaluation of the National Framework for Action on Dementia 2015-2019
Aged Care Quality Indicator Program
Workforce Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
November 2019
Standards for General Practice residential aged care
October 2019
Dr Tanya Petrovich's statement to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Serious incident response scheme
September 2019
Minimising the Use of Restraints
Proposed alternative models for allocating residential aged care places
Dementia Australia response to Health Transparency Bill
Evaluation of the aged care system navigator measure
July 2019
Review of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Guardianship Division
Dementia Australia submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health system
May 2019
Dementia Australia response to the proposal for a new residential aged care funding model
Dementia Australia response to Voluntary Assisted Dying in WA
April 2019
Dementia Australia response to QLD aged care and end of life inquiry
Senate Committee questions on notice
March 2019
Australian Digital Health Agency: Digital Medicines Program Blueprint
2019-20 FEDERAL Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 ACT Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 NSW Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 NT Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 QLD Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 SA Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 TAS Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 VIC Pre-budget Submission
2019-20 WA Pre-budget Submission
February 2019
Streamlined Consumer Assessment for Aged Care
2019-20 NSW Pre-budget Submission
January 2019
Transport for NSW Older Persons - Transport and Mobility Plan 2018-2022
December 2018
Supplementary Inquiry into effectiveness of aged care quality
October 2018
Aged Care Amendment Staffing Ratio Disclosure Bill 2018
Draft Charter of Aged Care Rights
August 2018
Consultation on Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities for 2018-2021
May 2018
Integrated Carer Support Service: Regional Delivery Partners
April 2018
Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) Respite Care Consultation
March 2018
Aged care workforce strategy survey
February 2018
Review of Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) legislation
January 2018
Inquiry into the quality of care in residential aged care facilities in Australia
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