Resources

This article in Australian Ageing Agenda by ARIIA describes what meaningful activities look like in aged care settings, based on their own research and a round-table review. 

This online article from Hello Leaders describes how changes bought by the new Aged Care Act, specifically the statement of rights, will impact First Nations communities.

This Open Access article by Jamieson et al. reports on research conducted in partnership with the Dharriwaa Elders Group, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The research focus was how service provision can support Aboriginal people to age well in a remote community in New South Wales, Australia.

This Open Access article by Luke et al. determines the proportion of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples participating in cultural events and activities and determine the demographic and sociocultural characteristics associated with participation.

This Open Access article by Parrella et al. explores the training needs of home care workers in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples receiving aged care services through the Home Care Package (HCP) Program.

This Open Access journal article by Liddle et al. explores clinic users’ experiences at their local clinic and how short-term staffing impacts service quality, acceptability, cultural safety, and continuity of care in ACCHSs in remote communities.

This article by Cunningham and Campbell discusses a new way to communicate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders who have dementia using communication cards.

This article by Monash University describes the process of co-designing the inputs to a new model of care for recognising, assessing and treating depression in older adults.

This Open Access journal article, “A cup of tea and a chat”: A qualitative study on the mental healthcare preferences of Australian in-home aged care recipients and their experiences of accessing mental health services, by Julie Kelly et al, details the mental healthcare preferences of home care recipients and their access to and use of mental health services.

This Open Access journal article by Kim explains Jigsawdio, a multi-sensory personalized puzzle system that blends images and audio to stimulate cognitive function and emotional well-being in people living with dementia.