Resources

This webpage by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission shows how culturally inclusive mealtimes support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights to identity, dignity and choice in aged care. It highlights food and dining as everyday opportunities to uphold cultural safety and respect.

This report highlights the experiences of older LGBTI people, showing how discrimination and invisibility affect ageing and access to care. It calls for inclusive, culturally safe services that respect identity, dignity and chosen families, drawing on insights from National Seniors Australia.

This article explains the importance of clear, respectful communication of residents’ care needs so older people’s stories, preferences and goals guide care planning and delivery. It highlights how effective information sharing between staff and with residents strengthens dignity, safety and person-centred care.

This page explains how aged care should be inclusive, respectful and safe for LGBTI older people. It supports people to understand their rights and find services that respect identity, choice and wellbeing through My Aged Care.

This Open Access article by Nevile examines how aged care regulation shapes residents’ choice and control in residential care, calling for stronger rights-based stewardship to uphold dignity and autonomy.

This report by the Consumer Health Forum Australia and the George Institute for Global Health puts consumers at the heart of care and decision-making. It calls for systems that empower people, value lived experience and respond to what matters most to them.

This video from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing explains how the standards provide protections and rights for older people, empowers them to make their own choices and decisions and makes them feel safe and comfortable, where they live.

This guide by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission supports providers to handle complaints fairly, openly and respectfully. It strengthens systems that protect rights, build trust and drive continuous improvement in aged care.

This article by Governa.ai explains how mapping aged care policies through a rights-based lens helps ensure dignity, choice, safety and participation are embedded across systems and practice. It shows how aligning policies with human rights shifts aged care from compliance-driven processes to genuinely person-centred care.

This booklet by Dr Bauer and colleagues supports families and partners to understand sexuality and intimacy for people living in residential aged care, and why these remain important across later life. It also builds awareness for care staff, offering practical guidance to support dignity, rights and respectful care.