Resources

This policy by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission sets out it's approach to detecting, assessing and responding to risks arising from the actions, in actions and behaviours of aged care workers and responsible persons to safeguard the safety, well being and rights of older people receiving care.

This fact-sheet from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration explains the human and legal rights of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people living with dementia.

This Open Access article by Ibrahim et al. explores how risks for older people living in long-term care are identified, communicated, documented, enacted and reviewed, highlighting the contextual factors that shape everyday decision-making and risk management in practice.

This checklist from Ageing Australia helps individuals interested in the sector to assess if their values match those needed to succeed in the aged care roles.

This self-paced training helps registered providers and their workers understand their responsibilities to deliver Support at Home.

This collection of videos from NeuronsVR show how Virtual Reality can be used to engage older adults in memory support activities.

This article from the University of Melbourne discusses how bring younger and older people together to learn from one another can support older adults with technology use. 

This webinar by the Digital Services within Corporate Operations Group contains information on reforms, digital transformation, Services Australia and a digital transformation year in review.

This Open Access article by Gray et al. details the findings from a workshop held in July 2023 related to achieving optimal outcomes for workers as the aged care sector moves toward digital maturity.

This framework by the National Ageing Research Institute has been designed specifically for the Australian in-home aged care context. It has been developed to guide aged care organisations in the implementation of technology.