COTA SA supports the ambition of this Action Plan and urges that suicide prevention efforts must deliberately include older people as members of priority groups and as partners
COTA SA welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on the Draft DHS Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025–2028.
We strongly support the Plan’s commitment to lived experience leadership, compassionate communities and whole-of-life suicide prevention. We are concerned, however, that older South Australians - a population at increasing risk of suicide-related distress are not meaningfully incorporated into the Plan’s five strategic priorities. Their absence is a missed opportunity to design a more inclusive, age-friendly approach to suicide prevention.
This submission responds to the Action Plan's five strategic pillars:
- Partner
- Respect
- Prevent
- Respond
- Review
with a focus on how each might better include, reflect and support the needs of older South Australians.
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