QLD

QLD

Associations for senior citizens are given below. Where there is a seniors national association with state branches, details of state contacts will be with the national association.

Check the ‘Age Page’ of the Community Services section of your local telephone directory for many useful contact phone numbers for Commonwealth and State Government departments in your area plus listings for community groups, Home and Community Care (HACC), Aged Care Assessment Teams and other organisations.

Also check your local council’s web site for community information, community centres and contacts. See the list of councils here:
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Council of the Ageing (QLD)

COTA (QLD) is a major resource, providing many facilities. The site has many links.
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Association of Residents of Queensland Retirement Villages

Promoting the concept of retirement village living as a preferred and affordable retirement option. 
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Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers Association of Australia (Queensland Branch)

The Association is open to anyone who has been granted a TPI pension from the Department of Veterans' Affairs and wants to keep up with the latest information or just wants to meet with like minded people.
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Logan Area Committee on the Ageing Inc. (LACOTA)

LACOTA aims to promote and assist the mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing of all seniors in Logan. The considerable support includes Logan Meals-on-Wheels Inc., Logan Central Respite Centre Association , Community Visitors - Friends for Older Australians, and the Safe & Confident Living Program.
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Independent Living Centres

Provides information and advice about aids, equipment, technology and design for people with disabilities and their carers.
Phone (07) 3397 1224

Connecting Generation 3

G3 is a term that Enabling Queensland has adapted to provide a simple and uncoloured way of identifying older Australians. The overall aim of the CG3 strategy is to encourage senior Australians (those over 55 years - Generation 3) to access the computer and internet to maximise their quality of life and connectedness to families and community. 
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Blue Care

Blue Care (formerly the Division of Aged Care and Domiciliary Services, DACADS) is a leading not-for-profit (registered charity) provider of a range of community and residential care services. Blue Care services are available to all members of the community regardless of socio-economic, ethnic, religious or spiritual background.
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Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League Qld Inc

Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League Qld Inc is a voluntary lobby group made up of pensioners and superannuants. It provides a voice at state, federal and local levels on all issues of importance to the well being, security and dignity of people who depend for their living on a pension or on superannuation payments.
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Phone (07) 3844 5878

Aged Care Queensland Incorporated

An association of organisations concerned with providing care and accommodation services to aged or disabled Queenslanders.
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Phone (07) 3870 8622

The Retirement Village

The Retirement Village Association of Australia Inc. (RVAA) has more than 200 member villages currently providing accommodation and services to some 30,000 residents throughout Australia, and offering a wide range of financial choices, occupancy agreements, locations, services and facilities. The web site has sufficient information from which to select villages for further consideration.
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or phone (03) 9629 4520

State Associations:
The Retirement Village Association of Victoria   (03) 9629 4520
The Retirement Village Association of South Australia   (08) 8338 4500
The Retirement Village Association of Western Australia   (08) 9322 9909
The Retirement Village Association of NSW and ACT   (02) 9747 4732
The Retirement Village Association of Queensland   (07) 3871 1622