Resources

The Aged Care Grief and Bereavement Support website provides a range of information and resources including individual or group counselling, fact sheets and advice on how to help others. A resource from Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement 

This help sheet from Dementia Australia discusses grief and bereavement when the person you care for dies. It suggests some ways to help you deal with these feelings and practical ways to adjust to change.

The interactive audit by ELDAC provides more detail on care provided to individual residents and families. A baseline audit can be completed for either the most recent five to ten deaths or within a certain timeframe.

The aim of this module from Advance Care Planning Australia is to provide guidance on how and why advance care planning discussions should be initiated with older people 

People who have completed some form of advance care planning are more likely to receive end of life care more aligned to their wishes than those who have not. A Dementia Australia resource.

Review existing clinical forms, tools, and care management practices against these ELDAC clinical domains. An interactive Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Organisational Audit that can assist with achieving this action.

This video from End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) provides an overview and practical examples of how to 'work together' to deliver high-quality services in Aged Care. (*Please note, you will be asked to provide some information before watching the video). (11 min)