Resources
Explore resources from a range of sources across the aged care sector - including government, research, academic and practice-based materials - curated by ARIIA to support evidence-informed practice and innovation.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communication cards
These illustrated cue cards from Dementia Support Australia assist carers/care staff to understand the care needs of a person and create opportunities to build trust and security while reducing anxiety.
Organisational self-assessment tool
This tool from the Department of Health and Aged Care provides a list of essential elements needed to adopt wellness and reablement by the organisation.
3 simple checks to support your residents
This tool from the Australian Government Department of Health outlines 3 checks that residential aged care workers can do to support aged care residents with dementia.
Supporting emotional wellness in aged care: Building connection and strength by reminiscing
This resource from Relationships Australia SA provides questions and activities for people to use to encourage someone in aged care to reminisce about their past experiences.
Principles of wellness and reablement
A tool from the Department of Health and Aged Care to help Commonwealth Home Support Programme workers to understand the principles of wellness and reablement and how they can be applied practically in service delivery.
More good days wellness wheel
The More Good Days Wellness Wheel from the Department of Health and Aged Care is a tool for home care support workers to help them understand what is important to their client, what gives their life meaning, where they currently are, and where they want to be.
Geriatric Depression Scale (Short Form)
The Geriatric Depression Scale is a 15-item self-report measure of depression in older adults. Available and validated in multiple languages. Available as an app.
Geriatric Anxiety Inventory
The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory is a simple tool with sound psychometric properties which allows screening for dimensional anxiety in older adults who may have anxiety, yet have not been properly diagnosed.
Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21)
Shorter version of the 42-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales that was designed to measure three related negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and tension/stress.
Service delivery reflection template
Through questions, this template from the Department of Health and Aged Care aims to develop a greater understanding of the effectiveness of service delivery techniques in shifting towards wellness and reablement by considering what worked well, if there were barriers, what they were, and what could be done differently to support clients.