Resources

This Open Access article by Bradshaw et al. details a systematic review of studies investigating autonomy, control, and indices of optimal functioning in aged care settings.

This website from the Eastern Sector Development Team provides videos and illustrations into social support workers views on right-based care delivery.

This guide by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission details sector best practice related to handling complaints within aged care services. 

This fact sheet from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing describes the new Aged Care Act and the Statement of Rights for consumers, carers and family members. 

This Open Access article by Manton et al. details the Bunya Project, an Indigenous-led participatory action research effort designed to support non-Indigenous university staff and curriculum development through partnerships with Indigenous community-controlled organizations.

This guide by the Aged Care Quality Commission details how to provide culturally safe governance of aged care services. 

This list from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing details the current providers delivering the Elder Care Support program across Australia (2026).

This video by the Australian Human Rights Commission, has Cassara Hardie a proud Dunghutti woman, discussing Indigenous aged care rights and recommended reforms, with Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM.

This Open Access article by Hughson et al. describes the development of a best-practice guide for cognitive and dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This project and training resources by SAHMRI are informed by a pilot study and evaluate an evidence-based model for culturally safe aged care. The views of First Nations participants informed the development of six cultural safety in aged care principles that provided the foundation for a training program for an aged care organisations.