Resources

A briefing paper from the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association proposing a shared care model of clinical governance that is person-centred, connected, effective, and safe, bridging multiple sectors of healthcare.

The Riverview Lutheran Rest Home framework provides a guide to inform clinical governance. This is done by setting out key structures, systems and processes that enable whole of organisation accountability for the delivery of quality, safe clinical care based principles of person-centred care.

This report describes how to establish a clinical governance framework, based on the key principles in aged care regulations and standards (e.g., the Aged Care Quality Standards and the Commonwealth Aged Care Act 1997). 

This report from the Aged Care Royal Commission discusses the importance of ensuring care, dignity and respect for older adults and care workers are supported. It details how these principles are integrated in aged care reforms and services and in relation to technology. 

This report from the Brightwater Care Group presents an investigation into the outcomes of resident social engagement and staff attitudes when a humanoid socialisation robot was incorporated into residential aged care facilities in Western Australia.

This Victorian Government Department of Health report provides a clear and structured approach to ensuring digital health investments deliver on what matters most to Victorians – care that has them at the centre.

A report by the Intelligent Home Solutions for Independent Living discusses how smart home devices support older people living independently in their homes, the benefits, opportunities and challenges of using smart home devices, and usability challenges and expectations, hopes and anxieties of older people living in smart homes.

This full report by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute describes new and emerging assistive technologies in aged care and how they impact on the older people's lives and everyday activities at present and in the future. 

A position paper by the National Aged Care Alliance defining what assistive technology is and details its benefits for the older person, the family, the carer and the aged care workers. It also discusses issues and recommendations for the NDIS rollout. 

A University of Western Sydney report discusses the findings of a project that evaluated the use of telehealth technology in residential aged care facilities in the Nepean Blue Mountains, the benefits, barriers and facilitators, and recommendations for care.