Resources

This discussion paper provides guidance for health professionals on palliative and end-of-life care for people with dementia and those who support them.

This 2020-21 data report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provides information on the characteristics of admissions and people using permanent residential aged care, including those appraised as requiring palliative care and other care based on the Aged Care Funding Instrument.

The national framework for advanced care planning documents supports advance care planning across all states and territories and in different health settings.

This Literature Review Report from Department of Health summarises the outcomes of a review of peer-reviewed and grey literature on international and domestic approaches to palliative care in residential aged care facilities. It supports a national evaluation of the Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure. 

Literature review examining the barriers to and enablers of access to palliative care for nine underserved populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, care leavers and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 

This report from the University of Sydney discusses the training and implementation of meaningful activities in community aged care and reports on the outcomes.

This report from Flinders University discusses the findings of a scoping exercise to inform the development and evaluation of a broader program to promote engagement with life among community-dwelling older South Australians.

"This paper by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission presents key findings of a rapid review into contemporary evidence regarding interventions intended to improve the use of medications for older adults in the residential aged care setting."

This report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provides information about the transition care program, the providers, the characteristics of the recipients and the outcomes of change.

This 2022 report from the Centre for Health Service Development draws on findings and lessons learned through the Australian Government funded evaluation of the Improving Social Connectedness of Older Australians pilot.