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Elder Rights Advocacy supports older people, their families and representatives in Victoria address issues related to Commonwealth funded aged care services.

Our service is free, independent and confidential. We believe that older people have a right to express their opinion and receive respect. Our job is to listen and support you and your family to identify and advocate for solutions that best respond to your circumstances. Sometimes this involves us advocating strongly to an aged care service and challenging them to provide better care. We are a member of the national Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN), delivering the National Aged Care Advocacy Program (NACAP). Our Purpose
We support older peopleโ€™s right to quality care. Our Vision
A diverse, vibrant, multicultural community, where older people are respected, heard and well-informed, and can exercise their rights and responsibilities with confidence. Our Values
Respect: We listen, treat people with fairness and seek to understand othersโ€™ perspectives, experiences and contributions. Integrity: We act in a professional and ethical manner at all times. Collaboration: We value our people and the people we work with. Inclusiveness: We support diversity and ensure that everyone feels valued, welcome and included. Empowerment: We provide the people who seek information and support from us with accurate information, which supports them to understand their rights, responsibilities and options. Responsiveness: We are approachable and take pride in what we do.

09/10/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐‘๐€ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š ๐‹๐ž๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ! ๐ŸŽ‰

Looking for a fun and active day out?

Come along to explore the centre, meet ๐„๐‘๐€ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, and other local stallholders, plus enjoy a ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค, and go into the draw for ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŽ

Thereโ€™s something for everyone, including:

๐Ÿ“ Pickleball
๐Ÿ“ Table tennis
๐Ÿ Walking netball
๐Ÿง˜ Reformer Pilates
๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ 9:30am Heart Foundation Walk

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
โฐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐Ÿ’โ€“๐Ÿ” ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ
๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„
โœ… ๐๐จ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐
๐Ÿ‘‹ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž!

To see all the events ERA will be attending, visit: https://elderrights.au/get-involved/events/

07/10/2026

โœจ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

ERA's volunteers - through the Aged Care Volunteer Visitor's Scheme (ACVVS), funded by the Government - continue to learn and make a positive impact in our communities. Volunteers are gaining valuable knowledge, tools and resources to connect with older Australians living with dementia via Dementia Training Australia.

๐Ÿง  We support our volunteers to build understanding, strengthen connections and support wellbeing.

Want to learn more about our ACVVS program? ๐Ÿ’ปVisit: https://elderrights.au/get-involved/volunteer/

Dementia Training Australia

06/10/2026

๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ โ€“ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ

Looking for information, support, and connections to help you live well and stay connected?

Come along to the ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ and discover a wide range of local services dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of our senior community

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ
โฐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐†๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž, ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ž
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

The Exhibition Hall will feature:
- Local Clubs & Groups
- Support Agencies
- Council Representatives

๐„๐‘๐€ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!
Come along, say hello, and meet our team.
Weโ€™d love to connect with you, answer your questions, and share information about how ERA supports the community.

We look forward to seeing you there!

To see all the events ERA will be attending, visit: https://elderrights.au/get-involved/events/

05/10/2026

ERA is excited to be a stallholder at the Senior Community Expo as part of the Victorian Seniors Festival 2026!

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
โฐ ๐Ÿ—๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ“ ๐†๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ, ๐‚๐จ๐›๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‘๐, ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

Come along, explore the Expo, discover local services and opportunities, and most importantly โ€” ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‘๐€ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ!

- Free health checks
- Community & volunteering opportunities
- Home care & support information
- Government & community services

๐–๐žโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ!

To see all the events ERA will be attending, visit: https://elderrights.au/get-involved/events/

03/10/2026

โœจ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

On International Day of Older Persons (1 Oct), ERAโ€™s CEO Debra Nicholl joined fellow advocates, carers, community leaders, practitioners, and Victoria Police to continue the discussion on elder abuse prevention, ageism and strengthening support for older people.

We continue to champion for safer, more inclusive communities, and for the rights of all older people to live their life on their terms: with dignity, respect and choice. ๐Ÿ’œ

02/10/2026

We're here ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ž๐ ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’ƒ

Join us for a wonderful day of music, dance, entertainment, and workshops, celebrating the passion, creativity, and talents of mainly older artists.

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ
โฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ“ ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ญ
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

The precinct will come alive with activities and performances across the Main Square, Edge Theatre, Atrium and Birrarung Marr

๐„๐‘๐€ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ!

Come along, say hi, and meet our team.
Weโ€™d love to connect with you, answer your questions, and share information about how ERA supports the community.

โ„น๏ธ For more information about the event, visit:
https://www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au/festival-and-awards/celebration-day

To see all the events ERA will be attending, visit: https://elderrights.au/get-involved/events/

02/10/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ“ข

Did you know?

Effective ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ, personal care services are reclassified as ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ under the Support at Home program.

This means ๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐จ-๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, provided they are included in your Support at Home support plan and you have sufficient funding available in your Support at Home budget.

Services included in the transition to clinical care include assistance with:
โ€ข ๐Ÿšฟ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข ๐Ÿ‘• ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐„๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข ๐Ÿ’™ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
โ€ข ๐Ÿงผ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ž
โ€ข ๐Ÿ’Š ๐“๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

If you or someone you support receives these services, itโ€™s important to be aware of this change.

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง with anyone who may benefit from knowing about the updated Support at Home arrangements.

Need information or advocacy support? ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐„๐‘๐€ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ. Weโ€™re here to help.

01/10/2026

๐Ÿ’š ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž?

October is Mental Health Month, and sometimes a simple conversation can make all the difference.
For older Australians, staying connected can help reduce loneliness, strengthen wellbeing, and build a sense of belonging.

This Mental Health Month, let's take a moment to connect, listen and support one another - because together, we thrive.

30/09/2026

๐Ÿ’™ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

On International Day of Older Persons, we're celebrating the contributions older people make to our communities while recognising the importance of protecting their rights, dignity and independence.

At Elder Rights Australia, we believe older people should be supported to make informed decisions and age on their own terms.

โœจ ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ?

30/09/2026

๐Ÿ”ฆ Volunteer Spotlight ๐Ÿ”ฆ

A simple Google search for โ€œAuslan volunteerโ€ led Ying to volunteer with ERA's Aged Care Volunteer Visitor's Scheme (ACVVS) program, funded by the Federal Government. A year later, Ying's learnt to slow down, listen differently, and appreciate that meaningful connection doesn't always require a shared language - just patience, kindness and time๐Ÿ’™

Read more on Ying's journey here: https://elderrights.au/news/acvvs-volunteer-spotlight-ying/

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