Resources

This webpage from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission helps providers, older people and workers with resources to enable conversations about aged care. 

This rapid review by Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care provides information about culturally appropriate clinical care for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

The Care Workforce Labour Market Study by Jobs and Skills Australia provides a comprehensive analysis of Australia's care and support workforce, encompassing aged care, disability, veteran, and mental health services.

This webpage from the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing provides a suite of resources for managers and staff to practice cultural inclusivity when providing aged care services to older people. 

This webpage from the Department of Health and Aged Care provides a collection of documents addressing the needs of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, senior Australians from CALD backgrounds and LGBTI elders. 

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A KeepAble resource on the importance of wellness and reablement approaches in aged care that are inclusive of all cultural backgrounds.

This webpage from ELDAC focuses on considerations for diverse population groups. Older Australians are from many different backgrounds, so each person will express their identity in different ways. Being part of a group with others from the same background can help to connect people, but diversity within groups and across groups also exists.

This document from The Australian Government Department of Health details the role of Primary Health Networks in commissioning psychological treatment services targeting the mental health needs of people living in residential aged care facilities.

In this webinar from the Older Persons Advocacy Network, the panel covers the key differences between the NDIS and Aged Care Systems, enabling informed choice, barriers and strategies to overcome accessing services and support, the benefits of being informed and making future care plans, and advocacy support. (1 h)