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04 Feb 2016

Seniors surf space opens at Spillett House

Through the assistance of an AUSPOST Our Neighbourhood Community Grant, COTA NT opened a ‘Surf Space for Seniors’ at Spillett House. Originally dubbed the ‘Surf…

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27 Jan 2016

Seniors EXPO 2015 is a winner

COTA NT was delighted to receive from the Lord Mayor of Darwin, Katrina Fong Lim the Darwin Community Event of the Year Award for SENIORS…

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20 Jan 2016

Electoral legislation amendment bill welcomed

In December 2015 the Government introduced into Parliament a Bill which seeks to amend the Electoral Act. The changes proposed in the Bill aim to…

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14 Dec 2015

Ensuring quality aged care for all

This week, COTA NT Board members and staff met with Aged Care Commissioner, Rae Lamb, who from 1 January 2016 will be directly responsible for…

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25 Nov 2015

Inquiry urges action in remote communities

Active ageing is defined by the World Health Organisation as, “the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality…

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18 Nov 2015

Preventing elder abuse is everyone’s business

Elder abuse is a violation of human rights and a significant cause of injury, illness, lost productivity, isolation and despair. Elder abuse is any act…

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11 Nov 2015

Health a major concern for ageing population

Healthy life expectancy is defined as expected years of remaining life in ‘good’ or ‘very good’ health. Disability life expectancy is defined as expected years…

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04 Nov 2015

A new COTA NT team to push policies

Jan Jewell is the new vice-chairwoman for COTA NT At the recent Annual General Meeting of COTA NT all positions for the 2013/2015 term of…

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28 Oct 2015

Moving keeps us in the pink

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In order to help promote women’s health and to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the ladies of COTA’s regular…

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21 Oct 2015

Attitude to age must change

There is a tendency for people, including politicians and policy makers, to frame the debate on ageing within a dependency storyline which sees older people…