Resources

This guidance from the Department of Health and Aged Care draws out relevant excerpts from the My Aged Care Assessment Manual, to create a focused overview on the relevant changes for Elder Care Support workers.

The Dementia Support Australia site provides various resources for both providers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples related to dementia.   

This webpage from Lowitja Institute provides various different learning tools.

Enkindle Consulting on behalf of Eastern sector Development Team and SSD Connect Alliance, have developed two toolkit's for providers to communicate and plan for the changes.

These ten case studies from Trilogy Care provide information into the new support at home changes and how it impacts older Australians, their families, and carers.

This tip sheet from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission provides prompts for Aged Care workers to understand an older adults cultural preferences.

This visual guide by The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is for conversations between providers, workers and older people about aged care. It includes notes for providers and workers to help guide the conversation focusing on individuals rights.

This document from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission provides an overview of resources and learning opportunities to help aged care workers understand changes in the new Aged Care Act, and how they affect them.

This four minute video from ABC News describes some of the barriers to men entering the workforce and how to make aged care attractive to them. 

This guide by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is for workers about the new Aged Care Act and contains resources to help undertake the role effectively.