COVID-19 submissions
Submissions on the impact of COVID-19 and in response to the matters examined in the hearing on COVID-19 closed on Friday, 4 September 2020.
Submissions addressed the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in aged care, and what can be learned from this experience for responding to future pandemics, infectious disease outbreaks or other emergencies.
Set out below is a selection of these submissions that were received.
These submissions are published without any adoption or endorsement by the Royal Commissioners and without any comment by the Royal Commissioners on the material contained in them.
The Royal Commissioners reserve the right not to publish certain submissions or to redact information within a submission. This includes circumstances where the information is not relevant to the issues in question, where matters are subject to a non-publication order or where there are privacy concerns about the information included.
| Date | Submitted by | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Access Care Network Australia | AWF.600.02091.0001 | |
| Advance Care Planning Australia | AWF.600.02368.0001 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.600.01886.0001 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05102 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05105 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05108 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05123 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05199 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05339 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05424 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.001.05503.01 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.600.01710.0001 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.600.02262 | |
| Anonymous | AWF.600.02280.0001 | |
| Australian College of Care Workers (ACCW) | AWF.600.02133 | |
| Australian College of Nurse Practitioners | AWF.600.02162.0001 | |
| Azzopardi, Danielle | AWF.001.05143 | |
| Bendigo Health Care Group | AWF.600.02039.0001 | |
| Bennett, Charlise, Bromley, Kim, Diversional and Recreation Therapy Australia | AWF.600.02128.0001 | |
| Bethesda Health Care | AWF.600.01683.0001 | |
| Boland, Peter, Prome Consultancy | AWF.600.02190.0001 | |
| Bolton Clarke | AWF.600.01738.0001 | |
| Braithwaite, John , Braithwaite, Valerie, Makkai, Toni | AWF.600.02132.0001 | |
| Brown, Nicholas, Aged Care Guild | AWF.600.02391.0001 | |
| Burton, Deborah | AWF.001.05185 | |
| Carers NSW | AWF.600.02117.0001 | |
| Clinnick, Lisa, Associate Prof, Public Sector Residential Aged Care Leadership Committee | AWF.600.02130.0002 | |
| Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) | AWF.600.01806.0002 | |
| COVID Safe Elders Group | AWF.600.01699.0001 | |
| Croft, Graeme, Director, Signature Care Pty Ltd | AWF.600.02179.0001 | |
| Dementia Australia | AWF.600.02112.0001 | |
| Dementia Reframed | AWF.800.02665.0001 | |
| Dietitians Australia | AWF.600.01736.0001 | |
| Duncan, Alan, Prof, Mavisakalyan, Astghik A/Prof, Seymour, Richard, Dr, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin Business School, Curtin University | AWF.600.02397.0001 | |
| Ear Science Australia | AWF.001.05519.01 | |
| Edenhope & District Memorial Hospital, West Wimmera Health Service and Stawell Regional Health | AWF.600.02129.0001_0001_E | |
| EveryAGE Counts | AWF.600.01801.0001 | |
| Fine, Michael Professor, Macquarie University | AWF.600.02175.0001 | |
| Government of Western Australian, Department of Health | AWF.600.02382.0001 | |
| Grattan Institute | AWF.600.02168.0001 | |
| Groombridge, Leanne, Advocacy Tasmania | AWF.600.02198.0001 | |
| Gross McAdam, Julie Dr | AWF.600.02358.0001 | |
| Hadjitelemachou, Matthew (1 of 2) | AWF.001.05432 | |
| Hadjitelemachou, Matthew (2 of 2) | AWF.001.05432.00_0004_E | |
| Hillen, Jodie, Dr, Ward Medication Management, Victoria, Australia | AWF.600.02110.0001 | |
| Hobbins, Ngaire | AWF.600.02140_0001_E | |
| Homeshare Australia & New Zealand Alliance Inc (HANZA) | AWF.001.05625.01 | |
| Human Rights Watch | AWF.600.02115.0001 | |
| Joint submission: Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association, Dementia Alliance International, Dementia Reframed, Seniors Rights Service, Older Women's Network NSW Inc, Elaine Todd, Kate Swaffer and Dr Sarah Russell. | AWF.800.02683.0001 | |
| Kelly, Jackie, Chief Executive Officer, Moyne Health Service | AWF.600.02138.0001 | |
| Kramarzewski, Andrew | AWF.001.05186 | |
| LHI Retirement Services | AWF.600.01870.0001 | |
| National LGBTI Health Alliance | AWF.600.01827.0001 | |
| National Seniors Australia | AWF.600.02388.0001 | |
| National Seniors Australia | AWF.600.02286.0001 | |
| National Seniors Australia | AWF.600.02286.0002 | |
| Office of the Public Advocate (Victoria) | AWF.600.01749.0001 | |
| Old Colonists’ Association of Victoria | AWF.001.05568.00 | |
| Older Women's Network NSW | AWF.900.00762.0001 | |
| OPCAT (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Network | AWF.800.02390.0001 | |
| Palliative Care Australia | AWF.600.02107.0001 | |
| Pellicano, Maria | AWF.001.05283 | |
| Pigatto, Mara | AWF.001.05043 | |
| Relationships Australia | AWF.600.02078.0001 | |
| RSL LifeCare Limited | AWF.600.02120.0007 | |
| Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) | AWF.600.02360.0001 | |
| Schismenos Spyros , Buhler Cymbeline , Gurung Supriya, Wali Nidhi , Ball Charles , Gannon Susanne , Stevens Garry J. , Horsfall Debbie and Georgeou Nichole | AWF.600.02383.0001 | |
| Silver Chain Group | AWF.600.02209.0001 | |
| Swinburne University of Technology | AWF.001.05455.01 | |
| The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) | AWF.600.02150.0001 | |
| Uniting NSW ACT | AWF.800.02314.0001 | |
| UnitingCare Australia | AWF.600.02210.0001 | |
| Victorian Healthcare Association | AWF.600.02362.0001 | |
| Victorian Metro Public Health Nursing Midwifery Executive Group | AWF.600.02281.0001 | |
| Watson, Mary | AWF.001.05376 |