Judith Covell is an aged care advocate from Queensland and part of the National Older Person’s Reference Group. Judith lives with several chronic health issues and is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse in a major public hospital, which impacts on her ability to seek medical assistance and aged care. She has strong professional, activist, and community experience in public mental health, policy, and acute sexual assault response, and has delivered robust advocacy for service delivery to aged persons and survivors of sexual abuse in her local health district and beyond. Judith believes that many of our problems in aged care can be resolved by addressing gendered and ageist biases embedded in the policies and practice of aged care services.
Rights in practice: How advocates can help you turn a poster on the wall into lived experience
Precis
A panel comprising an older person, a provider and an advocate will outline their views on how to provide aged care services consistent with the Statement of Rights, better address and prevent issues arising and improve complaints management. You will take away tips for turning the Statement of Rights from a poster on the wall to the everyday lived experience of older people using aged care services.