Resources

This Open Access article by Pearson et al. explores community and workforce perspectives on how the Home Care Package (HCP) program supports the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This guide from the University of Western Australia focuses on the role of self-reflection and self-care in safeguarding and promoting worker wellbeing. It includes practical activities and resources that can be used in a range of settings, by individual workers, supervisors or managers.

This Open Access article by Gibson et al. focuses on Elders’ and older Aboriginal people’s experiences of social and emotional well-being and their cultural obligations relating to social and emotional well-being.

This report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) explores flourishing in later life from the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) peoples, with a focus on mental health and suicide prevention.

This report from Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) and the National Rural Health Alliance calls for better funding and service models to support older people in rural and remote communities, addressing workforce challenges and the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

This article by Monash University describes the process of co-designing the inputs to a new model of care for recognising, assessing and treating depression in older adults.

This practice guide for clinicians, developed by Swinburne University of Technology and Murray PHN, offers practical, innovative, and evidence-based recommendations, insights, strategies, and step-by-step protocols for adapting and delivering psychological treatments to overcome multiple barriers to care - telling people how to do things rather than just why they matter.

This Open Access journal article, “A cup of tea and a chat”: A qualitative study on the mental healthcare preferences of Australian in-home aged care recipients and their experiences of accessing mental health services, by Julie Kelly et al, details the mental healthcare preferences of home care recipients and their access to and use of mental health services.

This webpage from KeepAble describes how wellness and reablement connect and describes the core concepts, benefits, and challenges of this innovative approach to aged care.

This toolkit by Relationships Australia (SA) has been designed to support capacity building and confidence of care workers when responding to residents of aged care facilities with common mental health concerns.