Human Rights and Older People - An Introduction

Date: Thursday 10 July 2025

Time: 1.00pm to 3.00pm ACST | 1.30pm to 3.30pm AEST | 11.30am to 1.30pm AWST

Audience: Managers, team leaders, support co-ordinators and frontline staff working with older people

The new Aged Care Act will uphold human rights by empowering older people and ensuring they have access to equitable, high-quality care therefore people working with older people need to understand how to uphold the human rights of older people.

In this workshop, you will explore what is meant by human rights and what this means for how you work with older people and their allies.

By the end of the workshop, you will:

• Describe the key requirements in the Aged Care Act 2024

• Discuss the barriers and enablers to embedding a human rights approach in your work

• Identify strategies to address barriers for embedding a human rights approach in your work

• Get access to Person Centred Thinking and planning tools to support your organisation in embedding a human rights approach in your organisation

• Network with colleagues and be invited to join an online Community of Practice for service providers on human rights and older people

About the presenter:

Carrie Hayter is a passionate advocate for the rights of older people, people with disability, people who use health services, and works to create and design consumer-led services. With over 30 years’ experience working in social care and health in Australia and England, Carrie has an intimate knowledge of knowledge of ageing, disability and health. She is the Managing Director of Carrie Hayter Consulting who has worked with over 500 aged care, disability and health services across Australia, in transforming how they work alongside people with living experience to create inclusive services.

Carrie has a Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) from the University of NSW, Sydney, a Master of Economics (Honours) from the University of Sydney and is a graduate of the Sydney Leadership Program, 2017. An active member of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) since 2006 and in 2017 she became a Distinguished Member of the AAG.

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