Resources

This guideline by Queensland health is designed as a quick reference tool to support healthcare staff in delivering safe, clinically and culturally responsive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

This guideline by Queensland health is designed as a quick reference tool to support healthcare staff in delivering safe, clinically and culturally responsive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

This Guide by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress is for researchers who want to know how to work safely, respectfully, and appropriately with Aboriginal people in central Australia. 

This Open Access article by Jeyakumar explores the role of Aboriginal Health Workers in delivering culturally safe, community-led primary health care, drawing directly on their lived experience. It highlights the need for stronger recognition, support and system-level change to sustain this workforce and embed First Nations-led models of care.

Support at Home reform depends on retaining an experienced, skilled workforce. New research explores how housing conditions shape the daily realities of home care work, and invites aged care staff to share their experience in a confidential online interview.

This video from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission highlights some of the myths surrounding restrictive practices and provides answers to commonly held beliefs by providers. Note: Legislative aspects maybe out of date - video prior to Aged Care Act 2024. 

This fact sheet from Aged Care Justice (ACJ) explains the law surrounding the use of restrictive practices in home care setting based on the new Aged Care Act 2024.

This article by Steele et al. examines how features of residential aged care, including dementia units and locked environments, can amount to segregation and undermine the human rights of people living with dementia. Drawing on the CRPD, it calls for structural reform and meaningful alternatives that uphold liberty, inclusion, equality and genuine choice in aged care settings.

This toolkit from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission encourages aged care providers to work directly with residents through food focus groups so people can shape menus and dining experiences that reflect their tastes and needs. It supports providers to listen, collaborate and use resident feedback to improve food, nutrition and dining in their services.

The framework from Positive Futures encourages services to move beyond risk avoidance and instead support people to take informed, positive risks in pursuit of meaningful lives. It reinforces shared decision-making and person-centred practice, balancing duty of care with autonomy, dignity and choice.