Resources
Browse resources created and collated by ARIIA as a trusted, evidence-based guide to supporting innovation across the aged care sector.
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Keynote: Kate Swaffer - A lived experience of rights
Keynote address by Kate Swaffer, Chair, CEO & Co-founder Dementia Alliance International in a webinar by the Older Persons Advocacy Network. (16 min)
Kate Swaffer: The power of language - Dementia partnership project symposium
This presentation by Kate Swaffer was part of the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (26 min)
Australian Association of Gerontology Fact Sheet 6: International guidance documents on reablement approaches
This webpage provides a list of guidance documents on reablement approaches from different countries and the World Health Organisation.
Karine on supported decision making
In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Karine talks about some of her experiences caring for her husband Col, describing how she provided support for decision-making from a care-partner’s perspective. (5 min)
Australian Association of Gerontology Fact Sheet 3: Australian approaches to reablement in residential aged care
This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches used for the Australian Government’s residential aged care program.
Jen and Ray - Conscious decision making
In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Jeanette and Ray talk about their experiences in adjusting to a diagnosis of dementia, and making decisions together as a couple. (4 min)
Jason Burton - Cottage respite: An Eden alternative approach
Jason Burton discusses respite models and cottage respite at the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (16 min)
Interventions to support carers of people with dementia
This review from the Productivity Commission considers what works to support carers of older people with dementia to prevent or delay entry into residential aged care. It adopts a rigorous and systematic approach to identify and appraise the evidence, aiming to inform dementia policy.
Intersections: Ageing and disability
In this webinar from the Older Persons Advocacy Network, the panel covers the key differences between the NDIS and Aged Care Systems, enabling informed choice, barriers and strategies to overcome accessing services and support, the benefits of being informed and making future care plans, and advocacy support. (1 h)
Australian Association of Gerontology Fact Sheet 2: Australian approaches to reablement in the home support and care program
This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches for the Government’s Home Support and Care Program which comprises the Commonwealth Home Support Program, the Continuity of Support Program, and Home Care Packages Program.