Resources
Explore resources from a range of sources across the aged care sector - including government, research, academic and practice-based materials - curated by ARIIA to support evidence-informed practice and innovation.
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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners in primary health care: Guide for general practice
This guide by the National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker and practitioners provides information to support GP's and practice managers to understand the benefits of the roles of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait IslanderHealth Workers and Health Practitioners.
Enhancing mental health in residential aged care: a practice guide for clinicians
This practice guide for clinicians, developed by Swinburne University of Technology and Murray PHN, offers practical, innovative, and evidence-based recommendations, insights, strategies, and step-by-step protocols for adapting and delivering psychological treatments to overcome multiple barriers to care - telling people how to do things rather than just why they matter.
Provider Handbook
This Handbook gives a high-level overview of your obligations as a registered provider of Australian Government-funded aged care. Note: This is a draft version and will be updated after the implementation of the new Act.
Financial and prudential standards: Guidance for providers
This guidance for providers from Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health care explains the new financial and prudential standards, your obligations, and our regulatory approach.
Key highlights of the new Aged Care Act and its impact on the industry
This free downloadable guide from Ideagen provides guidance on the aged care reforms.
Integrated Health and Aged Care Services Module and User Guide
This module from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health care has been updated in relation to the new Aged Care Act. Providers delivering integrated health and aged care services must ensure that relevant NSQHS Standards requirements are applied in the aged care service context.
New Aged Care Act: A guide to digital changes for providers
The guidance document from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing describes digital changes for providers and outlines the key digital changes that providers will experience in the lead up to the implementation of the new Act on 1 November 2025. It provides information to assist providers to anticipate and prepare for changes.
Provider Operational Readiness – Priority Actions List
This guidance document from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing describes the steps providers need to do before and after 1 November 2025, to implement the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program.
Support at Home – Template for service agreements
This guidance from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing provides a template to assist in-home aged care providers on service agreements for the Support at Home program.
Aged care volunteer visitors scheme national guidelines
This document outlines the aims of the program and the roles and responsibilities of all parties to support program implementation. The Aged Care Volunteers Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) commences 1 July 2023.