Resources

GENIE is an online repository of national and international evidence-based dementia resources in 68-plus languages. Developed by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and codesigned with providers and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) carers and service providers.

No matter what stressors we face at work and home, we need to nurture our own emotional, physical and social health. What techniques can we build into our day so that we don’t just cope, but thrive? The Nurse and Midwife Support website provides helpful advise on Self-care for nurses and midwives.

Many senior Australians may be experiencing grief, loss or bereavement because of COVID-19 impacts. The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement   provides education and training to professionals and consumers on grief and loss and have a number of helpful webinars available on their website.

The self-care room provides aged care workers with resources to discover and explore, to use now or when needed, to download and share. The self-care room was developed by ELDAC.

The Self-Care Matters (Aged Care) resource was developed by Palliative Care Australia to assist all aged care workers in residential facilities or community settings with practising self-care to support the quality and sustainability of the care they provide to older Australians.

A blog written by the Royal College of Healthcare presenting steps to addressing burnout in the aged care sector.

Anna Pannuzzo, Director WorkPlacePLUS provides a discussion of the important factors for protecting against work-related stress and burnout, learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working with people who have experienced trauma can impact on your health and wellbeing, as well as expose you to trauma at work. Phoenix Australia have resources to help support your own wellbeing while caring for others.

Australia’s population is ageing, we are living longer and dying older. Having access to information and resources can help us and our families to understand what to expect and plan for the future including aged care and end of life. 

A team of facilitators support service development through the Linkages Program, navigation of resources, building partnerships, connecting with peak bodies from aged, primary and specialist palliative care.