Resources

HealthInfoNet’s portal on cultural safety for health professionals aims to support their practice to deliver culturally safe, accessible and responsive healthcare that is free from racism.

This webpage from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration provides instructions to conduct staging measure assessments using DOMS, which include the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST) and the Dementia Severity Rating Scale (DSRS).

In this guide from the New Zealand Dementia Foundation are all resources you need to run an engaging 45-60 minute introductory session on a person-centred approach to reducing falls. The kit has three parts; a facilitator's guide to download, a PowerPoint presentation to download and an optional webinar presentation to watch online to familiarise yourself with the content.

This toolkit from Dementia Training Australia aims to be used for monitoring anti-psychotic medication usage in aged care settings, including bench marking against state-level RedUSe study data and is accompanied by step-by-step instructional videos.

The Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) Cultural Responsiveness Framework supports Australians working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to build the skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for effective partnerships and action.

This framework from the University of Western Australia has been developed and validated for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, over the age of 45 and has 12 interconnected factors.

This tip sheet from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission provides prompts for Aged Care workers to understand an older adults cultural preferences.

This visual guide by The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is for conversations between providers, workers and older people about aged care. It includes notes for providers and workers to help guide the conversation focusing on individuals rights.

Resources on dealing with advancing illness and managing grief and bereavement. 

This is an interactive, fillable form to be used by aged care staff to plan their services' food, nutrition and dining goals to improve resident's and older people's experiences of dining.