Resources

This webpage from Digital Health.gov details the Aged Care Clinical Information System (ACCIS) Standards which support data and information sharing between aged care providers and practitioners.

This culturally adapted model from the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation supports mob to feel safe, respected and confident to make informed decisions grounded in their values and beliefs. The eight inner circles reflect the core elements of shared decision-making, opening pathways to health and wellbeing that are culturally meaningful and strengths-based.

The Comprehensive Care Standard aims to ensure that patients receive comprehensive health care that meets their individual needs, and considers the impact of their health issues on their life and wellbeing.

This resource from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care summarises the nine key components of a comprehensive care plan.

This toolkit from Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI) to help Indigenous organisations, communities, nations and individuals build, strengthen and evaluate their governance.

​​Managing risk and providing services that allow the resident to lead a self-determined and self-fulfilling life can sometimes be challenging for staff. In this blog, learn more about how the ELDAC Managing Risk Toolkit can support health professionals and aged care staff to manage organisational risk, when delivering quality palliative care and advance care planning services to older Australians.​

Aged care can shorten development time and increase implementation effectiveness by learning from the previous experiences of the healthcare sector's clinical governance pathways. In this blog, the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance details four key clinical governance implementation 'rabbit holes', highlighting how stepping over or around these holes can help aged care reduce clinical governance evolution time and increase positive point of care impact.

​​Learning is the process of gaining knowledge and skills through study, experience, or instruction. As the need for aged care communities continues to grow, there is a significant demand to invest in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the workforce to meet current and future requirements.

Clinical governance integrates clinical effectiveness, research, whilst fostering teamwork to optimise outcomes for consumers. Find out how building strong leadership, operational processes, and a positive workplace culture to incorporate practices such as credentialing, audits, and adherence to guidelines; can contribute to safe and quality care.

Catherine Scott explores how using both internal and external audits can help to improve standards of care and comply with Aged Care Quality Indicators and Quality and Safety Standards. Benefits for aged care services in undertaking auditing their care practice include identifying and managing risks, increasing compliance, providing verification and reassurance, demonstrating quality, and fostering positive health.