Resources

The Aged Care Grief and Bereavement Support website provides a range of information and resources including individual or group counselling, fact sheets and advice on how to help others. A resource from Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement 

This help sheet from Dementia Australia discusses grief and bereavement when the person you care for dies. It suggests some ways to help you deal with these feelings and practical ways to adjust to change.

The interactive audit by ELDAC provides more detail on care provided to individual residents and families. A baseline audit can be completed for either the most recent five to ten deaths or within a certain timeframe.

The aim of this module from Advance Care Planning Australia is to provide guidance on how and why advance care planning discussions should be initiated with older people 

People who have completed some form of advance care planning are more likely to receive end of life care more aligned to their wishes than those who have not. A Dementia Australia resource.

Review existing clinical forms, tools, and care management practices against these ELDAC clinical domains. An interactive Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Organisational Audit that can assist with achieving this action.

This video from the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission explains what person-centred care means and how you can work with your provider to achieve it. (2 min)

This webpage from NSW Health provides an overview of a person-led approach and links to resources to support person-centred care.

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 article from Meath Care Inc discusses ways in which occupational therapy can focus on activities that are interesting to older people in residential care settings, as part of the changing times.