Resources

This webpage on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission's website provides examples of some of the different approaches to utilising technology to encourage participation and improve dining experiences of clients and residents in aged care.

From ACQSC's Governance Toolkit, this guide explains the important role executive and governing bodies have in supporting aged care providers to adopt and integrate technology into systems to improve both service delivery and care. 

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare describes the requirements for the core set of standardised national minimum data items required for mandatory reporting by aged care providers.

In collaboration with the ADHA, the ACIITC reports the work undertaken to identify a range of challenges and barriers for aged care providers when implementing clinical care software within their services.

ACIITC describes the co-development of a digital maturity assessment and practice implementation framework enabling providers to assess their level of digital maturity and develop a tool to plan organisational improvement.

This ACIITC commissioned report describes the findings of from a systematic search and evaluation of the literature with the aim of identifying potential comprehensive geriatric assessment systems (CGAs) for use within Australian aged care.

These fit-for-purpose guidelines developed by the ACIITC, in collaboration with ADHA, ACSA, LASA, AHPA and ANMF, are designed to support aged care providers to register, connect and use My Health Record within their service delivery. Version 3 of the My Health Record Guidelines in RAC are now available.

​​Age-tech is transforming aged care with real-time monitoring of vital signs, activity, and environment, ensuring older peoples' safety and independence. In our latest blog, Nadège Messier from Grand-App AI explains how AI-powered sensors can decrease risks for older people living at home in the community whilst enhancing communication and care coordination between their families and care providers.

Phillip De Bondi highlights the success of the South Australian Virtual Care Service (SAVCS) in virtually connecting Emergency Department (ED) trained clinicians with residential aged care residents and staff. Through the use of these virtual consultations, alternative care pathways have been used to help residents in avoiding admissions to the ED and receive care without leaving their homes.

This report from Enkindle presents top home care innovations in aged care. It provides case studies and examples of technologies and creative service models, and how these can be used in the care setting. (Free registration required to receive report by email.)