About NACA
The National Aged Care Alliance (the Alliance) is a representative body of peak national organisations in aged care, including consumer groups, providers, unions, and health professionals, working together to determine a more positive future for aged care in Australia.
The Alliance was formed in April 2000
Representatives attending the inaugural meeting resolved to recommend to their organisations that a united policy agenda be developed to achieve better outcomes for the care of older Australians. Four broad issues were identified:
- consumer rights;
- quality of care;
- workforce planning; and
- short and long term financing of aged care.
Alliance members are concerned about the adequacy of aged care funding and the future sustainability of services. The funding of aged care and the establishment of industry wide benchmarks of care which link staffing levels, skills mix and funding to quality outcomes for recipients of aged care services, are the major focus.
The Alliance’s vision for aged care in Australia is that:
Every older Australian is able to live well, with dignity and independence, as part of their community and in a place of their choosing, with a choice of appropriate and affordable support and care services as and when they need them.
Organisations in the Alliance
- Ageing Australia
- Aged Care Industry Association
- Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA)
- Allied Health Professions Australia
- Anglicare Australia
- Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)
- Australian Independent Retirees
- Audiology Australia
- Australasian Services Care Network
- Australian Association of Gerontology
- Australian College of Nursing
- Australian Community Industry Alliance
- Australian Community Transport Association
- Australian Dental Association
- Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
- Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Australian Recreational Therapy Association
- Baptist Care Australia
- Carers Australia
- Catholic Health Australia
- COTA Australia
- Dementia Australia
- Elder Abuse Action Australia
- Exercise & Sports Science Australia
- Health Services Union
- LGBTIQ+ Health Alliance
- Lutheran Services
- Macular Disease Foundation Australia
- Meals on Wheels Australia
- Meaningful Ageing Australia
- NATSIAACC
- National Association of People with HIV Australia
- Occupational Therapy Australia
- Older Persons Advocacy Network
- Palliative Care Australia
- Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) Alliance
- Public Sector Residential Aged Care Leadership Committee
- Returned & Services League of Australia
- See Differently (The Royal Society for the Blind)
- Speech Pathology Australia
- UnitingCare Australia
- Vision Australia
Email: secretariat@naca.asn.au
Aged & Community Care Providers Association
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176 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, 3002