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We're Renovating!

Karina Peace

30 Sep 2025 — 1 min read

ATACA is an Association of Independent Aged Care Advisors working together to support problem-solving and service delivery to the Australian Aged Care Sector across a range of identified key service areas.

We're currently doing a bit of renovation on our website as we move everything over to a new platform. Getting all of our content in here will take a little while (we're doing it by hand, one article at a time!) however we'll still be posting new content at the same time. If you see some gaps or things moving around, that's why.

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