Resources

The webpage from Focused Health Care presents some background information about social isolation and loneliness and provides strategies to prevent and address loneliness.

The symptoms of anxiety in older people are sometimes not all that obvious as they often develop gradually and it can be hard to know how much is too much. This webpage from Beyond Blue describes the signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression in older people.

This programme from the Department of Health and Aged Care provides a range of online resources for services providers of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme, to include wellness and reablement strategies in their organisations.

This webpage from Aged Care Rehabilitation Services provides an overview of stroke and details of rehabilitation including roles played by physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

Rehabilitation aims to restore function across physical, psychological, social and vocational domains. Allied health professionals play essential roles in delivering cost-effective rehabilitation services. This webpage from Allied Health Professionals Australia summarises the role of allied health professionals in the delivery of rehabilitative care.

This is a comprehensive set of home care resources from KeepAble on wellness and reablement that includes videos, articles, toolkits, and professional development courses.

Aged care technology is proving to be essential in managing the lives of older adults and people living with disabilities in assisted living facilities, hospitals, and private homes. This webpage from SOFIHUB discusses the benefits of embracing technology.

Information from NPS MedicineWise regarding advance care planning including decision making, preventing and helping with distress, treating the cognitive symptoms of dementia, other conditions with dementia, good medicines management, questions to ask your doctor, and support and care.

This webpage and video from Alzheimer's WA provides information about living well with dementia, including how life may change after diagnosis, and how to promote well-being and quality of life.

This webpage provides a list of guidance documents on reablement approaches from different countries and the World Health Organisation.