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Aged Rights Advocacy Service SA (ARAS) is a statewide, not-for-profit, independent, community-based organisation that has provided information, education and advocacy support for older people across South Australia since 1990. 

Older people who use community or residential aged care services, people who live in retirement villages, and older people who are experiencing, or who are at risk of abuse from family or friends, can use an ARAS advocate, at no cost, to assist them to address their concerns. ARAS also has specialist Aboriginal Advocates who provide culturally appropriate support and hosts an annual intergenerational mentoring camp in regional South Australia. Additionally, ARAS is participating in the Aged Care Navigators trial in North West country regions of South Australia, which supports older people in navigating the aged care system and access services. ARAS also hosts the annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Conference in June, attracting more than 200 delegates across Australia.

Dear Stakeholders, 

ARAS’ vision is to encourage and support older people and the community to uphold the rights of older people through information, education, advocacy and personal empowerment and we are continually improving our services and systems to ensure we can achieve that vision.

We are now preparing our Strategic Plan for 2021-2024 and would like your help in developing our priorities for the next three years.

The survey should take less than 10 minutes and has no mandatory questions; all information will be treated in confidence and used for internal discussions only. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information. 

If you would like us to contact you regarding your feedback, please provide your contact details at the end of the survey. 

If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact our Chief Executive, Carolanne Barkla, on aras@agedrights.asn.au or (08) 8232 5377. 

Thank you and it would be appreciated if you could provide your response by Friday, 12th February 2021.

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