Resources

This webpage from Dementia Australia offers comprehensive details on Australian dementia prevalence estimates and future projections, as modelled by the National Centre for Monitoring Dementia (NCMD). Prevalence estimates for the following were provided:  National, state, territory; federal electoral divisions; electoral divisions; local government areas; and younger onset dementia.

This webpage from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare discusses the undesirable impacts of social isolation and loneliness across all age groups including the elderly group and ways to prevent and manage it. 

This innovAGEING blog describes how McLean Care's iAgeHealth initiative bridges gaps in regional, rural, and remote areas healthcare services through a virtual multi-disciplinary health hub.

In this document, the Department of Health and Aged Care  presents its five year strategy (2024-2029) to leverage aged care providers' adoption of technology, to align and unify data to improve service provision and outcomes for older people.

Department of Health and Aged Care have information on the reiterative roll out of the new Government Provider Management System (GPMS) that replaces National Approved Provider System (NAPS).

This webpage on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission's website provides examples of some of the different approaches to utilising technology to encourage participation and improve dining experiences of clients and residents in aged care.

In collaboration with the ADHA, the ACIITC reports the work undertaken to identify a range of challenges and barriers for aged care providers when implementing clinical care software within their services.

ACIITC describes the co-development of a digital maturity assessment and practice implementation framework enabling providers to assess their level of digital maturity and develop a tool to plan organisational improvement.

This ACIITC commissioned report describes the findings of from a systematic search and evaluation of the literature with the aim of identifying potential comprehensive geriatric assessment systems (CGAs) for use within Australian aged care.

Case study on a range of aged care issues including end of life care.