How the APS is involved

The APS has contributed a number of submissions to government inquiries on ageing-related issues.

The APS believes that there needs to be:

• Access to psychologists via Medicare for people in residential aged care facilities
• Better recognition of, and adequate funding for, evidence-based behavioural interventions
• A focus on healthy ageing rather than the view that ageing is a medical phenomenon
• An active partnership between older Australians and policy makers through the development of an overall engagement framework for the reform of aged care policies and services.