Free information and education sessions from Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN)

OPAN's free sessions support providers to meet their obligations under the Charter of Aged Care Rights and Aged Care Quality Standards.

Topics include:

• The rights of older people and provider responsibilities
• Advocacy and self-advocacy
• Complaints and the Serious Incidents Response Scheme (SIRS)
• Identifying and responding to abuse

Advocates tailor these sessions to meet your specific needs. They can be delivered in community and aged care settings across Australia.

eLearning opportunities

Specialised online training around the rights of older people, provider responsibilities and identifying and responding to abuse. 

Talk To Us First: A short, self-paced training module that covers the rights of older people seeking or receiving government-funded aged care services, provider responsibilities, and the role advocates play in resolving issues and concerns. 

Abuse of the Older Person: Supports the response to suspected, witnessed, or disclosed abuse of older people.

Responding to and preventing sexual assault in Residential Aged Care - Facilitator course: This online facilitator course has been developed as part of the #ReadyToListen project. It is aimed at aged care educators and supports the training of residential aged care workers in understanding the risk and indicators of sexual assault and believing those who disclose.

For more information and to sign up, visit the OPAN website.