Resources

The Support at Home communication toolkit from the Department of Health and Aged Care is for providers, peak bodies, advocacy organisations and community groups to use when communicating the Aged Care Act changes with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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.

This Canadian toolkit has been developed by nurses for nurses in supporting retention in their roles. 

Partners National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and Silverchain have produced resources to support aged care providers when developing technologies for use within home care services.

KeepAble have produced a toolkit with tools and resources to enhance the knowledge and skills of assessors, coordination, and support staff when working with home care clients.

Australian Digital Health Agency has developed a set of resources to build service provider confidence, and to support implementation of My Health Record into residential aged care systems.

Information on the Advance Care Planning Improvement (ACPI) Toolkit.

The toolkit from the Indigenous Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (IPEPA) and the Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U) project provides five modules on palliative care, focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

A PowerPoint presentation by the Commission to be used by aged care providers as a resource to support  staff to learn about food, nutrition and dining framed within the four priority areas of dining, choice, swallowing and oral health. 

The Commission has developed this resource for providers to introduce food, nutrition and dining topics to their staff. Each topic area is supported by a resource having two different sets of reflective discussion points, a set for the corporate group and one for staff providing direct care.