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150 Years of leading the way in aged care
July 8, 2019
Safeguarding the health of residents has always been central to the Old Colonists' Association of Victoria, founded 150 years ago this year.
Read MoreThe outstanding achievements of the age services industry in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory have been recognised at LASA’s Excellence in Age Services Awards, presented at the 2019 Tri-State Conference in Albury.
Read MoreOCAV has been well represented at LASA’s state Excellence in Age Services Awards, taking out an important award.
Read MoreThe outstanding achievements of the age services industry in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory have been recognised at Leading Age Services’ (LASA) Excellence in Age Services Awards, presented at the 2019 Tri-State Conference in Albury.
Read MoreAged care royal commission benefits Generation X: it’s too late for the silent generation
January 22, 2019
A surprising group of people stand to benefit from the aged care royal commission, whose hearings start today, according to OCAV Councillor Professor Joe Ibrahim. These are residents of nursing homes in the far future — people in their 50s and 60s, and their children. How is that possible?
Read MoreWhat can be done to stop performers falling through the gaps between tax, superannuation and social security systems?
Read MoreArtists’ welfare: why it’s time to act
January 4, 2019
Compared to other Australian workers, professionals in the performing arts will end up poorer, have worse mental and physical health, and a shorter lifespan ... Maybe, too, we need to go back to the fork in the road others have travelled. The personification of that in Australian theatre was an actor-manager, “low comedian” and later Victorian MLA, George Selth Coppin.
Read MoreTech gifts at Christmas
December 5, 2018

OCAV IT volunteer Pao Franco gives some tips about giving technology as gifts.
Read MoreRoyal Commission challenge to define ‘quality’
November 1, 2018
Professor Joe Ibrahim, OCAV's new Council member, writes that a challenge facing the recently announced Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will be to define “quality”.
Read MoreOCAV Council members says ‘After multiple inquiries into aged care and little progress, we need a cultural shift’
September 24, 2018
Professor Joe Ibrahim, OCAV's new Council member, writes about the Royal Commission into Aged Care.
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Dorothy Clayton has felt very much ‘at home’ since she moved into Braeside Park nine years ago. Now, Dorothy, the village’s volunteer pastoral care worker, tries to ensure that others also feel a sense of belonging in the Berwick village.
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