ABSTRACT
Aged care is a feminist issue because women are more likely than men to be residents, primary carers and staff in aged care; and residents in aged care have fewer housing rights than residents in any other form of housing. Residents in aged care deserve the same kinds of housing protections and tribunal remedies as those who live in retirement villages, caravan parks, boarding houses, strata title and residential tenancies. An Aged Care Rights Act would recognise the inherent dignity and equal rights of older people, as envisaged under a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older People.
