Resources

The guidelines from the Department of Health explain the Australian Government’s policy context and operational requirements for the Transition Care Programme, including the clarification of responsibilities of the approved providers under the Aged Care Act 1997, and the Aged Care Principles which govern the operation of the programme.

The technical guide from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre and HammondCare contains the most detailed outline of the reablement interventions. It is targeted at the health professional planning or implementing a reablement service, and any person wanting to read a fuller account of the research findings.

A resource form the Australian Government Department of Health for providers of short-term restorative care to assist with their understanding of policy context and operational requirements for short-term restorative care programs.

This guide from the Australian Association of Gerontology and HammondCare is about setting goals and evaluating meaningful outcomes for people living with dementia who are participating in reablement programs.

The good practice guide from the Department of Social Services supports wellness, reablement and restorative care approaches in home care services, provides information about what good practice looks like in home care, and discusses how workers can successfully adopt recommended approaches.

This resource from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare is an abridged version of Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best practice guidelines for Australian residential aged care facilities (2009).

A resource designed to support services to implement effective restorative care and reablement for people living at home with dementia.

The Indigenous Aged Care Design Guide from Dementia Training Australia and Health Habitat is a resource to assist in the design, construction, ongoing assessment and maintenance of aged care facilities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This guide from Dementia Training Australia aims to further enhance occupational therapy clinical practice provided to people living with dementia and their care partners.

These guidelines from the Western Australia Centre for Health and Ageing have been provided to ensure that people with dementia who live in remote communities are correctly diagnosed and receive the services that they, and their families, require.