Resources

This Open Access article by Nevile examines how aged care regulation shapes residents’ choice and control in residential care, calling for stronger rights-based stewardship to uphold dignity and autonomy.

This report by the Consumer Health Forum Australia and the George Institute for Global Health puts consumers at the heart of care and decision-making. It calls for systems that empower people, value lived experience and respond to what matters most to them.

This video from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing explains how the standards provide protections and rights for older people, empowers them to make their own choices and decisions and makes them feel safe and comfortable, where they live.

This booklet by Dr Bauer and colleagues supports families and partners to understand sexuality and intimacy for people living in residential aged care, and why these remain important across later life. It also builds awareness for care staff, offering practical guidance to support dignity, rights and respectful care.

OPAN’s self-advocacy toolkit, helps older people understand their rights and speak up about their aged care needs and concerns. It includes clear information on aged care options, handling problems, protecting yourself, decision-making and costs to support stronger, rights-focused engagement with service providers.

This checklist from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission supports providers and workers to apply best practice in managing complaints and feedback. It outlines key actions, system requirements and available resources to strengthen effective, rights-based complaints management.

This webpage from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing explains that restrictive practices must only be used as a last resort to prevent serious harm in aged care. It outlines provider responsibilities to protect rights, seek consent, and use the least restrictive option for the shortest time.

This project report by Steele et al. highlights the harms experienced by people living with dementia in residential aged care and frames reparations as a rights-based response to acknowledge, address and prevent those harms. It sets out principles and recommendations to strengthen accountability, justice and dignity within the aged care system.

This report from the Grattan Institute examines the future of aged care through a rights-based lens, outlining system-level reforms to strengthen dignity, choice and accountability. Written ahead of the new Aged Care Act, it provides forward-looking recommendations based on the authors views.

This toolkit by the South Australian Government and COTA brings together key rights, laws and support services to help LGBTI+ people in South Australia understand, assert and safeguard their rights across the life course. It is designed to support diverse LGBTI+ communities with clear, accessible information that promotes dignity, inclusion and lifelong wellbeing.