Resources

This Open Access article by Nevile examines how aged care regulation shapes residents’ choice and control in residential care, calling for stronger rights-based stewardship to uphold dignity and autonomy.

This Hello Leaders article explains that preparing for aged care reform means adopting resident-centred thinking so older people’s rights, preferences and outcomes drive how care is delivered rather than merely meeting compliance requirements. It argues that putting residents front and centre supports higher-quality, person-centred care and organisational readiness for the new rights-based Aged Care Act.

This Eastern Sector Development Team (ESDT) article highlights inclusive person-centred care as a rights-based, culturally safe model that honours each individual’s unique values, preferences and life history in aged care. It emphasises that services should be respectful, responsive and inclusive of diversity so that older people are truly seen, heard and valued in how care is planned and delivered.

This Spanish article from SOM examines how to respond when workers show resistance to rights-based care approaches, focusing on mental health service delivery, and shares good-practice examples to support change in practice.

This Open Access article by Moilanen et al. reviewed how older people perceive autonomy in residential care. It found that autonomy is shaped by individual capacities, relationships, professional practices, and organisational and environmental factors that can either enable or restrict older people’s control over their care.

This Open Access article by Ibrahim et al. explores how risks for older people living in long-term care are identified, communicated, documented, enacted and reviewed, highlighting the contextual factors that shape everyday decision-making and risk management in practice.

This article from the University of Melbourne discusses how bring younger and older people together to learn from one another can support older adults with technology use. 

This Open Access article by Gray et al. details the findings from a workshop held in July 2023 related to achieving optimal outcomes for workers as the aged care sector moves toward digital maturity.

This Open Access article by Barratt explores the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in aged care. The article proposes three guiding questions: who designs the AI and who is missing, what outcomes it optimises for, and whether it reduces or reinforces inequities.

The Open Access article by Pok Man Kwan et al. considers the enablers and barriers for technology use in Australian in-home aged care by workers.