The Anglo-Indian Australasian Association of Victoria
ANGLO-INDIAN AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIC-INC
Reg No. A001943W
ABN 66943166401
PO.Box 2206 Oakleigh Vic 3166
PH (03) 9798
A.H (03) 9569 6034
Mobile 0407 424 365
aiaa1971@hotmail.com
21st August 2018
Minister for Aged Care, Family and Health Services
Parliament House
CANBERRRA, VIC 2100
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Association started in 1971 and one of the purposes was to provide a nursing home for the elderly citizens. In 1990 we submitted an application for funding to construct a Hostel for our aged and we were successful to receive a grant to build a 15 bedroom hostel, which was opened in 1994. We cared for the aged with all the requirements for eight years with no complaints in the year 2002 being only a 15 bedroom hostel we were unable to implement all standards and outcomes and the Department took away our beds and promised to help us at a later stage.
It is over sixteen years and we still provide shelter for over 40 members and have a membership of over 3000 members and close to 40,000 members, who are Anglo-Indians living in Victoria. The population is ageing and we don’t have a nursing home in Victoria, which caters for our community.
This year makes 48 years of service to a very large Multicultural Community and would request the Department to consider providing ageing in place for the Anglo-Indian Community. We would like to work in partnership with the Department towards this facility.
Thanking you
Looking forward to a favourable consideration for our request
Kind regards,
Rodney Almeida
President- Founder