Aged Rights Advocacy Service (ARAS)

The Aged Rights Advocacy Service Inc (ARAS) is an independent, not-for-profit community based organisation, providing advocacy support since 1990. It aims are to promote and protect the rights and wellbeing of older people through the provision of information, education, support and representation.

Advocacy for Residents of Retirement Villages: A retirement village residents’ advocacy service was launched in late 2014 that aims to provide support to residents with regard to issues which relate to their residency. The advocate aims to:

1. Provide information about rights and entitlements relating to residency of Retirement Villages.
2. Provide advocacy support, assistance or representation when individual resident and/or groups of residents need to: · Contact an administering authority · Contact OFTA · Attend Residential Tenancy Tribunal or South Australian Civil and Administering tribunal.