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Browse resources created and collated by ARIIA as a trusted, evidence-based guide to supporting innovation across the aged care sector.
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Cutting edge technology applications
Dementia Australia have created this guide outlining the organisation's history developing innovative technological solutions to support the workforce caring for, and people living with dementia. Applications include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, apps and gaming technology.

Robotics in aged care
This article in Australian Carers Guide explores the benefits, risks and ethical dilemmas to staff and residents when adopting robotics or artificial intelligence within aged care settings.

Residential aged care - Supporting residential aged care residents and their healthcare teams
Australian Digital Health Agency has developed a set of resources to build service provider confidence, and to support implementation of My Health Record into residential aged care systems.

Using technology to improve the dining experience
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.

Topic guide: Technology and cybersecurity
From ACQSC's Governance Toolkit, this guide explains the important role executive and governing bodies have in supporting aged care providers to adopt and integrate technology into systems to improve both service delivery and care.

Aged Care National Minimum Data Set V1.1
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare describes the requirements for the core set of standardised national minimum data items required for mandatory reporting by aged care providers.

Residential aged care facilities use of clinical care software
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.

Digital maturity in aged and community care
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.

Data standardisation in aged and community care: A pathway forward
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.

My Health Record guidelines for residential aged care
These fit-for-purpose guidelines developed by the ACIITC, in collaboration with ADHA, ACSA, LASA, AHPA and ANMF, are designed to support aged care providers to register, connect and use My Health Record within their service delivery. Version 3 of the My Health Record Guidelines in RAC are now available.