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Elder Care Support Program

Community-led Pathways to Care

The Elder Care Support program is designed to deliver Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care support, connection and coordination. Through this program, NACCHO will work with the Aboriginal community-controlled sector to ensure older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families are supported to understand, navigate and access aged care services they are entitled to.

The program will increase workforce capability and capacity in community-controlled aged care support and empower the community-controlled sector to coordinate place-based aged care needs. This program is funded to deliver a workforce of 250 FTE staff across Australia to provide support to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Key dates

Tranche 1  – Closed
Tranche 2 – Closed
Tranche 3 – Closed

Contact us at: aged.care@naccho.org.au

 

Program Aims

The program aims to:

  • Support older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to understand and engage with the aged care system, to receive greater local support.
  • Reduce barriers across the aged care journey to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing aged care services, achieving or exceeding parity with non-Indigenous people at a whole of system and program level.
  • Increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving care on Country.
  • Increase clinical and non-clinical employment and career opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in aged care.
  • Increase real time intelligence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s needs and experience in aged care.

Program support

The Elder Care Support workforce will be supported with extensive face-to-face and online training and ongoing support, to ensure they are well prepared to succeed in their role.

  • Holistic non-accredited training
  • Onboarding resource toolkit
  • Polo shirt
  • Online community of practice sessions
  • Face-to-face Yarning Circles
  • Continuous online training

Elder Care Support Program Distribution by State/Territory

Dedicated program support staff based in NACCHO Affiliates and regional partners will deliver training and extensive support to the local workforce. These program positions are:

  • Workforce and Training Coordinator
  • Project Officer

Local staff based within ACCHOs will engage directly with community members and local service providers to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to understand, coordinate and access aged care services. These key positions are:

  • Aged Care Support Coordinator
  • Aged Care Support Connector

View the Elder Care Support Program National Distribution by State/Territories here.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to read the answers to frequently asked questions about the program.

For Our Elders

‘For Our Elders’ is the 2023 NAIDOC theme. The theme celebrates and highlights the important role Elders play in our communities and families and recognises the impact of their activism, advocacy and guidance.

Read the Theme Statement here