Resources
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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KeepAble Support worker help sheets
Help sheets for careworkers to support older adults remain independent with functional tasks
Challenges and opportunities: Aged care research in 2022 in the midst of reforms (and COVID-19)
Professor Lee-Fay Low, Professor in Ageing and Health from the University of Sydney, describes some of the challenges of conducting aged care research in the midst of aged care reforms.
Rehabilitation in the context of Australian aged care
In this blog, Dr Claire Gough of ARIIA describes some of the challenges in defining rehabilitation within the context of aged care and its relationship to the concepts of reablement and restorative care.
Harnessing the power of storytelling to reduce loneliness and social isolation in residential aged care
Dr Xanthe Golenko explains how the Bolton Clarke Storytelling Program is bringing life story work into residential aged care to promote the personhood of each resident and build connections between staff and those in their care.
Who Remembers Susan Boyle?
James Stack, Managing Director of Obvious Choice, explains why an increasing number of Australian personal care workers are showing us that unexpected success doesn’t only happen on talent shows.
Making Knowledge Visible
Professor Jennifer Tieman, Director of the ARIIA Knowledge and Implementation Hub outlines the role of the Hub in supporting change in aged care.
A New Model of Providing Emotional Support to Residents, Families, and Staff in Residential Aged Care
Dr Joanna Waloszek of the Elders AT Ease (ELATE) program explains why mental health outreach to residential aged care is so important and what one innovative program is doing to address the mental health concerns of this population group.
HOW-R-U? Implementing a Sustainable Social-Support Program that Promotes Wellbeing for All During and Following COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic intensified social isolation and loneliness concerns, especially among the older population age group. A team from Bolton Clarke describe the implementation of a volunteer-delivered social support program designed to combat social isolation during this time.
Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
This webpage from the Victorian Government Department of Health provides information about behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, including reassuring and reducing triggers, wandering, sundowning, anxiety or agitation, aggression, hallucinations or false ideas, disinhibited behaviour, and pharmacological treatment.
DREAMT: Using telehealth to support Indigenous people with dementia
These two videos about telehealth from the University of Queensland are an educational resource for health professionals and people with dementia and their families.