The Aged and Disability Advocacy Service (ADAS) is based in Darwin and also has an office in Nhulunbuy. ADAS visits Katherine monthly and provides services across the Top End of the NT.

ADAS assists older people or people with disabilities and their representatives who:

• want to know about their rights
• receive Commonwealth-funded aged care services in residential facilities
• receive aged care services in the community such as Community Aged Care Packages (CACP), Extended Aged Care Packages in the Home (EACH), or Extended Aged Care Packages in the Home Dementia (EACHD)
• receive Home and Community Care Services (HACC)

You have rights no matter where you live, or how much assistance you need, including the rights to:

• be supported by an advocate
• be consulted and provided with information
• gain access to quality services
• be treated with dignity and respect, and to maintain your independence
• feel safe
• make a complaint

We can give you information and help about your rights regarding:

• where you live
• care and services you are receiving
• activities in your community
• support, representation and referral
• people not respecting your culture
• problems where you work
• access to an interpreter

We also provide

• community awareness and education activities
• fact sheets
• systemic advocacy
• policy and law reform

If you require an interpreter (including Auslan) we will provide one for free.

For more information about disability discrimination please visit our Disability Discrimination page.

ADAS is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging, the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and the NT Department of Health