Resources

Social Futures outlines the importance of culturally safe aged care that respects the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander older people to receive trauma-aware, healing-informed services that support connection to community, Country and culture. It highlights how organisations can strengthen cultural safety through reflective practice, meaningful engagement with communities and alignment with broader aged care reforms.

This general toolkit from NSW Government helps health services use co-design practices in planning and delivering services for Culturally Diverse groups such as First Nations people.

This First Nations student resource helps you understand the different roles and pathways in primary health care. 

This pilot project by the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute explored how home-based aged care can better support older Aboriginal people experiencing grief and loss, while also examining workforce wellbeing.

This guide from LiveUp outlines practical home modification items and tools, with information on purchasing options and available funding supports.

This guide from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing provides guidance for providers to consider when seeking to embed delivering culturally safe care across their operations.

This Open Access Article by Henson et al. details the perspectives of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, drawing on Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, and their leadership roles within families and communities to inform a culturally grounded model for using digital technologies to support health and wellbeing.

HealthInfoNet’s portal on cultural safety for health professionals aims to support their practice to deliver culturally safe, accessible and responsive healthcare that is free from racism.

This Open Access article by Butler et al. describes a project aiming to identify the current evidence around optimal approaches to co-design in health with First Nations Australians.

This video by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing describes how to provide culturally appropriate support to Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people in RACFs in Australia.