Quality Advisory Council membership announced

Representatives of aged service providers and consumer lobby groups are among those who have been appointed to the Aged Care Quality Advisory Council.

The Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Mitch Fifield, today announced the membership of the council that will provide advice to the government and the Aged Care Quality Agency on its functions and operations.

Senator Fifield said that as well as an “essential focus on safety and compliance”, the council would provide advice on how to broaden the quality agenda to incorporate consumer expectations in aged care services.

“As we move to a more consumer-driven system of aged care, it’s important that the Government’s quality framework reflects the expectations of older Australians when it comes to the quality of care they receive,” he said.

The council will be chaired by Andrea Coote, former Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Community Services in the Victorian Government and former Shadow Minister for Ageing and Carers.

The other members are: 

• Ms Carol Bennett, CEO of Alzheimer’s Australia.
• Dr Matthew Cullen, psychiatrist, managing director of Tonic Health Media.
• Associate Professor Rosanna Capolingua, GP and former federal president of the AMA.
• Dr Stephen Judd, CEO of HammondCare.
• Mr Paul Sadler, CEO of Presbyterian Aged Care NSW & ACT.
• Mr Ian Yates, chief executive of Council on the Ageing.
• Ms Rae Lamb (ex officio), Aged Care Commission.