Resources

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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.