Submissions
Dementia Australia's proposals and submissions to Government departments.
2024 Submissions
July 2024
Establishment of a National Mandatory Quality Indicator Program for In Home Aged Care( 249 kB)
Preventive Health SA Bill 2024
June 2024
Dementia Australia Submission to the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner( 156 kB)
Dementia Australia Submission to the Canberra Age-Friendly City Plan 2025-2035( 280 kB)
Evaluation of Star Ratings( 221 kB)
Review of My Aged Care( 217 kB)
May 2024
NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce( 173 kB)
Dementia Australia Submission - NDIS Amendment Bill 2024( 193 kB)
April 2024
Co-design of an Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process for health technology assessment( 212 kB)
Progress Report on Implementation of Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations
March 2024
Dementia Australia Submission to ACT Disability Inclusion Bill( 248 kB)
National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program. A Dementia Australia submission.( 144 kB)
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( 264 kB)
NDIS Participant Experience in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia( 237 kB)
HTA Submission - consultation paper 2( 213 kB)
January 2024
December 2023
Review of the South Australian Carers Recognition Act 2005( 121 kB)
The Commonwealth Government Covid-19 Response Inquiry A Dementia Australia submission( 213 kB)
November 2023
South Australia Disability Inclusion Plan Review( 358 kB)
Greater Adelaide Regional Plan Discussion Paper( 245 kB)
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Guide for Ambulance Health Services( 228 kB)
October 2023
National Housing and Homelessness Plan Consultation( 228 kB)
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. A Dementia Australia submission( 287 kB)
September 2023
Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Bill( 210 kB)
Tasmanian Disability Health Strategy( 265 kB)
NSW Anti Discrimination Act Review( 337 kB)
New Aged Care Act Consultation Paper Number 1( 276 kB)
Tasmanian Retirement Villages Amendment Bill 2023( 158 kB)
August 2023
Aged Care Taskforce Consultation( 284 kB)
Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 24-25( 713 kB)
National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing( 465 kB)
NDIS Review Submission( 283 kB)
Inquiry into the recognition of unpaid carers submission( 225 kB)
July 2023
ACT Disability Health Strategy 2023-2033( 126 kB)
Tasmanian Wellbeing Framework( 91 kB)
June 2023
A new model for regulating aged care – consultation paper 2( 285 kB)
Reforming WA Disability Legislation( 239 kB)
Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review( 160 kB)
Dementia Australia Draft National Strategy for the Care and Support Economy( 285 kB)
Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into Australia Human Rights Framework( 274 kB)
May 2023
Select Committee into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia( 265 kB)
South Australia Retirement Villages Amendment Bill 2023 – Community Consultation( 187 kB)
NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework Consultation( 236 kB)
February 2023
January 2023
2023-24 Pre-Budget Submission( 514 kB)
Dementia Australia's submission to the National Dementia Action Plan( 275 kB)
December 2022
Capability and Culture of the NDIA( 231 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission to Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
November 2022
Response to the Employment White Paper( 204 kB)
Developing a guide on involving people with disability in evaluation( 156 kB)
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021 -2031Developing a Guide to the Guiding Principles( 310 kB)
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031Employment White Paper( 265 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission to the Employment White Paper ConsultationA Dementia Australia submission to the New Program for In-Home Care consultation( 179 kB)
October 2022
Review into technology and closed-circuit television in aged care( 212 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission on the proposed Disability Inclusion Bill for Victoria( 275 kB)
A new model for regulating Aged Care( 219 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission to the Australian Government Department of HealthSeptember 2022
Aged care data strategy consultation( 227 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care and Australian Institute of Health and WelfareAged care on-site pharmacists( 254 kB)
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( 283 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission to the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care InquiryAugust 2022
Australian Government Productivity Commission Carer Leave Inquiry( 294 kB)
A Dementia Australia submission to the Productivity CommissionJune 2022
Review of the Ageing and Adult Safeguarding Act 1995 (SA)( 241 kB)
South Australian Law Reform InstituteApril 2022
Improving the quality of aged care through education and registration( 230 kB)
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( 268 kB)
A submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
December 2021
Improving design in residential aged care( 274 kB)
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( 354 kB)
A submission to the Australian Government Department of HealthNovember 2021
Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021( 238 kB)
A submission to the NSW Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021The Northern Territory Disability Strategy 2022-2032( 323 kB)
A submission to The Department of Territory Families, Housing and CommunitiesAugust 2021
Serious Incident Response Scheme for Commonwealth funded in-home aged care services( 263 kB)
A submission to the Australian Government Department of HealthInquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland( 250 kB)
A submission to the Community Support and Services Committee Queensland ParliamentJuly 2021
Inquiry into Palliative Care in Western Australia( 176 kB)
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( 231 kB)
A submission to the Senate Community Affairs References CommitteeApril 2021
Promoting Inclusion( 360 kB)
A submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with DisabilityMedical Research Future Fund’s( 265 kB)
Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission - National Consultation on the Roadmap and Implementation Plan( 265 kB)
Dementia Australia’s survey responsesMarch 2021
Experiences of health services for people living with dementia in rural and remote Tasmania( 375 kB)
A submission to the Upper House Inquiry into Rural Health ServicesIndependent assessments( 314 kB)
A submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance SchemeFebruary 2021
Proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme( 334 kB)
A submission to the National Disability Insurance AgencySafeguards and quality( 318 kB)
A submission to the Disability Royal Commission
December 2020
National Disability Strategy and National Disability Insurance Scheme Outcomes Frameworks( 167 kB)
November 2020
Response to Counsel Assisting's final submissions( 452 kB)
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Form for responding to Counsel Assisting's final submissions( 98 kB)Queensland Law Reform Commission( 525 kB)
A legal framework for voluntary assisted dying consultation paperOctober 2020
Improving the food, nutrition and mealtime experience in aged care( 1.5 MB)
Pathways and tertiary education in aged care( 3 MB)
National Disability Strategy Stage 2 consultation( 914 kB)
Medical Research and Innovation Priorities for 2020–2022( 548 kB)
A submission to the Medical Research Future FundSeptember 2020
Support Coordination under the National Disability Insurance Scheme( 379 kB)
August 2020
Restrictive practices( 2.1 MB)
Submission to the Disability Royal CommissionThe importance of dementia-enabling housing( 1.8 MB)
Submission to the Australia Building Codes BoardJuly 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on people living with dementia, families and carers( 333 kB)
A submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and SafetyA wellness and enablement approach for people living with dementia( 235 kB)
People with younger onset dementia in the aged care system( 275 kB)
Aged care system governance, market management, and roles and responsibilities( 275 kB)
Emergency planning and response( 194 kB)
Federal 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 475 kB)
Joint Select Committee inquiry on Palliative Care in Western Australia( 176 kB)
Aged Services Industry Reference Committee consultation on the reimagined care worker( 377 kB)
June 2020
The Needs of Carers of People Living with Dementia( 452 kB)
Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and SafetyAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Delirium Clinical Care Standards Review( 277 kB)
Department of Health consultation on an Aged Care Worker Regulation Scheme( 321 kB)
March 2020
National Framework for Advance Care Planning Documents( 706 kB)
Health care for people with cognitive disability( 431 kB)
Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission Roadmap( 278 kB)
Response to Counsel Assisting’s Submissions on Program Design( 160 kB)
NSW Disability Inclusion Act Review( 145 kB)
Response to Counsel Assisting’s submissions on the future of the aged care workforce( 346 kB)
January 2020
Dementia Australia’s response to the Parliament of Victoria’s Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria( 783 kB)
2020 ACAR –Identifying Residential Aged Care Needs( 628 kB)
Program design submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety( 263 kB)
Proposed response to elder abuse in the ACT( 143 kB)
Northern Territory health care decision maker consultation( 489 kB)
Response to RACGP's Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice( 293 kB)
Federal 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 475 kB)
ACT 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 172 kB)
NSW 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 172 kB)
VIC 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 416 kB)
QLD 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 425 kB)
SA 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 425 kB)
NT 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 423 kB)
TAS 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 402 kB)
WA 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission( 426 kB)
December 2019
Evaluation of the National Framework for Action on Dementia 2015-2019( 1.2 MB)
Aged Care Quality Indicator Program( 143 kB)
Workforce Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety( 744 kB)
November 2019
Standards for General Practice residential aged care( 175 kB)
October 2019
Dr Tanya Petrovich's statement to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety( 716 kB)
NDIS Review( 402 kB)
Serious incident response scheme( 263 kB)
September 2019
Minimising the Use of Restraints( 185 kB)
Proposed alternative models for allocating residential aged care places( 230 kB)
Dementia Australia response to Health Transparency Bill( 531 kB)
Evaluation of the aged care system navigator measure( 176 kB)
July 2019
Review of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Guardianship Division( 349 kB)
Dementia Australia submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health system( 400 kB)
May 2019
Dementia Australia response to the proposal for a new residential aged care funding model( 213 kB)
Dementia Australia response to Voluntary Assisted Dying in WA( 200 kB)
April 2019
Dementia Australia response to QLD aged care and end of life inquiry( 263 kB)
Senate Committee questions on notice( 147 kB)
March 2019
Australian Digital Health Agency: Digital Medicines Program Blueprint( 352 kB)
2019-20 FEDERAL Pre-budget Submission( 750 kB)
2019-20 ACT Pre-budget Submission( 194 kB)
2019-20 NSW Pre-budget Submission( 750 kB)
2019-20 NT Pre-budget Submission( 194 kB)
2019-20 QLD Pre-budget Submission( 193 kB)
2019-20 SA Pre-budget Submission( 194 kB)
2019-20 TAS Pre-budget Submission( 194 kB)
2019-20 VIC Pre-budget Submission( 193 kB)
2019-20 WA Pre-budget Submission( 194 kB)
February 2019
Streamlined Consumer Assessment for Aged Care( 232 kB)
2019-20 NSW Pre-budget Submission( 599 kB)
January 2019
Transport for NSW Older Persons - Transport and Mobility Plan 2018-2022( 559 kB)
2019-20 Pre-budget Submission( 750 kB)
December 2018
Supplementary Inquiry into effectiveness of aged care quality( 106 kB)
October 2018
Aged Care Amendment Staffing Ratio Disclosure Bill 2018( 710 kB)
Draft Charter of Aged Care Rights( 223 kB)
August 2018
Consultation on Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities for 2018-2021( 514 kB)
May 2018
Integrated Carer Support Service: Regional Delivery Partners( 695 kB)
April 2018
Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) Respite Care Consultation( 487 kB)
March 2018
Aged care workforce strategy survey( 662 kB)
February 2018
Review of Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) legislation( 333 kB)
January 2018
Inquiry into the quality of care in residential aged care facilities in Australia( 768 kB)
Future of work and workers( 520 kB)
Specialist Dementia Care Units( 993 kB)
December 2017
Pre-Budget Submission 2018-19( 600 kB)
November 2017
Submission to the public consultation - redesign of dementia consumer supports( 638 kB)
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