ACSA COMMITTEES

Rural and Remote Committee

This national working group was established in May 2000 with the following objective:

"To assist ACSA develop a range of strategies and policy recommendations that will promote the capacity of aged and community services in rural and remote areas to provide access to quality care on a par with services in urban areas, and which will support and ensure their ongoing viability." The working group has developed a Work Plan for 2005-2007 Rural & Remote Work Plan 2006/2007

The working group is made up of state representatives who have experience and expertise in this area and they are:

Lesley Dredge (Chairperson), Aged & Community Services Australia
Lois Speed, Dalmeny, Queensland
Sharon Davis, Frontier Services, Northern Territory
Barry Graham, Mountview Homes, South Australia
Christine Beven, CEO South Eastern Community Care, Tasmania
Carol Bain, General Manager, Silver Chain Nursing Association
Paul Zanatta, Aged & Community Care Victoria
Kevin Klose, Strathearn Village, NSW
Anne Livingstone, Community Care Manager, Aged Care Queensland
Mary Chan , (Executive Officer), Research Assistant, Aged and Community Services Australia

National Community Care Committee (NCCAC)

ACSA has established a national Community Care Advisory Committee in response to its large and growing representative role for the community care sector. The Committee provides a forum to consider and address community care issues nationally.

The Committee's has a 2008 Work Plan. Committee Members are as follows:

Ross Smith, CEO, RSL (QLD) War Veterans Homes
Ruth Wilson , Community Care Policy Officer, Aged & Community Services NSW &ACT
Peta Braendler, Community Services Policy Officer, Aged & Community Services SA & NT
Paul Johnson, Community Care Officer, Aged Care Queensland
Jill Savell, Southern Cross Care (Tasmania) Inc
David Parker, Community Care Officer, Aged & Community Services WA
Paul Zanatta, Manager Community Care and Bush Nursing, Aged & Community Care Victoria
Pat Sparrow, Policy Manager, Aged & Community Services Australia
Mary Chan , (Minutes Secretary) Research Assistant, Aged & Community Services Australia

The Committee has been proactive in lobbying for reform of community care to address issues such as the number of programs used to fund its services.

Housing and Retirement Living Committee

ACSA's National Housing and Retirement Living Advisory Committee has been convened to focus on the wide range of issues in the provision of suitable, affordable and accessible housing and accommodation (including retirement villages) for older people, younger people with disabilities and their carers. The Committee has developed a Work Plan for 2007-2008. Members of the Committee are:

Barry Ashcroft, Retirement Living Manager, Aged Care Queensland
Darren Young, General Manager, Helping Hand Aged Care (SA)
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Jenny Vartan, Amana Living, WA.
Elizabeth Teese, Policy Officer, Self Care, Aged & Community Services NSW & ACT
Tony Gribble, Aged Care Business Operations Manager, Aged & Community Care Victoria
Sharon Davis, Regional Manager, Frontier Services, NT
Lesley Dredge, Policy Officer, Aged & Community Services Australia
Mike Furner
Lindy Ryan
Kay Miller

National Workforce Committee

Anne Livingstone, Community Care Manager, Aged Care Queensland
TBA , Education and Training Manager, Aged Care Queensland
Jill Pretty, Policy and Consultancy Manager, Aged & Community Services NSW/ACT
Darren Matthewson, CEO, Aged & Community Services Tasmania
Ray Glickman, CEO, Amana Living, WA
Carol Mohan, Project Officer & Peta Braendler, Community Services Manager, Aged & Community Services SA/NT
David Amesbury, Workplace & Membership Support, Aged and Community Care, Vic
Pat Sparrow, National Policy Manager, Aged & Community Services Australia
Lesley Dredge, Policy Officer, Aged & Community services Australia

Residential Care ADVISORY Committee

The Residential Care Advisory Committee was established in June 2002 to harness the residential care expertise and skills that exist within the Federation and to provide input to the development of national policy in this area.

Residential Care Committee Work Plan 2008-20010 . Members of the Committee are as follows:

Greg Mundy (Chairperson), Chief Executive Officer, Aged & Community Services Australia
Pam Bridges, Residential Care Co-ordinator, Aged Care Queensland
Carolanne Barkla , Residential Services Manager,, Aged and Community Services SA & NT
Angela Holzberger, DON, Guilford Young Grove Mt St Canice, TAS
Janine Lundie, AAged & Community Services NSW & ACT
Wendy Porter, Residential Care Manager, Aged & Community Services WA
Kate Hough , Residential Services Manager, Aged & Community Care Victoria
Kevin Klose, CEO, Strathearn Village, NSW
Pat Sparrow, (Executive Officer), Policy Manager, Aged & Community Services Australia

NATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEE (NETAC)

In May 2003, ACSA established the National Education and Training Advisory Committee to harness the education and training expertise that exists within the Federation. The committee provides a forum to address education and training issues at a national level and co-ordinate and share Federation activities and resources. Members of the Committee are:

Lesley Dredge , (Chair) Policy Officer, Aged & Community Services Australia
Margaret Burndred, Learning & Development Manager , ACS NSW/ACT
Leonie Power , Education and Training Manager, Australian Institute of Care Development, Queensland
Rebecca Nicol,Training & Education, ACS SA/NT
Diana Fitzgerald , Training Manager, Aged & Community Care Victoria
Teresa Santoro , Aged & Community Services, WA
Margaret Byrne, Care Unit Supervisor, Freemasons Homes, TAS
Mary Chan , (Exec. Support) Research Assistant, Aged & Community Services Australia

Committee's Workplan for 2005