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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Living well at home: Commonwealth Home Support Programme good practice guide
The good practice guide from the Department of Social Services supports wellness, reablement and restorative care approaches in home care services, provides information about what good practice looks like in home care, and discusses how workers can successfully adopt recommended approaches.

Let’s talk wellness and reablement
This is a comprehensive set of home care resources from KeepAble on wellness and reablement that includes videos, articles, toolkits, and professional development courses.

Importance of improving mobility
This video from Opal HealthCare shares Marj’s experience of rehabilitation following a fractured knee. (3 min)

Identifying opportunities for reablement
This tool from the Department of Health and Aged Care shows you the many different ways reablement practices and techniques can be introduced in everyday service delivery situations.

How technology is helping the aged to live better
Aged care technology is proving to be essential in managing the lives of older adults and people living with disabilities in assisted living facilities, hospitals, and private homes. This webpage from SOFIHUB discusses the benefits of embracing technology.

Hip fracture rehabilitation
These videos from Flinders University provide an overview of what to do for people living in residential care returning from hospital. (2 min)

Guidebook for Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities
This resource from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare is an abridged version of Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best practice guidelines for Australian residential aged care facilities (2009).

Evaluation of the Better Ageing: Promoting independent living budget measure
An evaluation of the 'Better ageing: Promoting independent living' budget measure initiated by the Australian Government Department of Health. The aim of the measure was to support Regional Assessment Services and Commonwealth Home Support Programme providers to deliver services that promote greater client independence.

Joining the dots- Commonwealth Home Support Program
This podcast was developed to support the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) reablement training. Released in February 2021. (9 min)

Enhancing the independence and care of the older person
This background paper was developed by the Sustainable Health Review secretariat and focused on the need to reduce the costs of acute healthcare by strengthening sub-acute services for older Australians.