Resources

The newly released Restorative Care Pathway Clinical Guidelines mark a major step forward in aged care reform, offering clear, evidence-based strategies to help prevent functional decline and promote independence for older Australians. Developed collaboratively with the sector, these guidelines champion a person-centred, goal-focused approach that empowers older people to live safely, confidently, and meaningfully in their communities. With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary teamwork and co-designed care plans, the guidelines call on providers to translate best practice into action—supporting a future where ageing is about potential, independence and connection, not decline.

Over the past decade, Australia's ageing population has increased by 32%, leading to a 5.9% rise in residential aged care admissions. Tasmania, with the highest percentage of residents aged 65 and older, faces challenges in this shift. The Aged Care Reform Unit (ACRU) of the Tasmania Health Service has launched initiatives to improve care transitions between residential aged care and hospitals. In this blog, ARIIA's Dr Nicky Baker discuss the "To call or not to call" program, which equips nursing staff to identify health deteriorations early, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and enhancing person-centered care.

Understanding what drives success in aged care is essential for implementing evidence-based improvements. But where do you start? In this blog ARIIA Librarian & Information Specialist, Paul Ross, and ARIIA Research Fellow Dr Stephanie Champion explore how to approach evidence-based practice and outline the ways ARIIA can support this process.

As volunteer numbers decline across the country, the importance of effective recruitment and retention of volunteers is in the spotlight. In this blog, Dr Meg Polacsek describes how aged care providers can optimise their efforts to recruit and retain volunteers.

Designing technological solutions for aged care is complex, with providers navigating an evolving digital landscape. In this blog, Dr Amanda Adams explains how ARIIA’s latest evidence ‘Developing new products’ theme explores considerations for successful development of useful technology products, including guidance for providers around vendor selection, managing relationships and processes, and the importance of involving staff, older people and families across development.

Age-tech is transforming aged care with real-time monitoring of vital signs, activity and environment, ensuring older peoples' safety and independence. In our latest blog, Nadège Messier from Grand-App AI explains how Generative AI is expected to play an increasingly critical role in the future of aged care, offering accessible, efficient and deeply personalised solutions for the ageing population.

This resource from the University of Sydney provides readers with information on the importance of seeking early dementia diagnosis. It provides readers with a checklist to identify dementia symptoms and advice on starting difficult conversations with family members and GP.

This report from the  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare presents information about dementia in Australia, which includes topics such as population health impacts, health services used by people with dementia, and health and aged care expenditure. 

This webpage from Dementia Australia offers comprehensive details on Australian dementia prevalence estimates and future projections, as modelled by the National Centre for Monitoring Dementia (NCMD). Prevalence estimates for the following were provided:  National, state, territory; federal electoral divisions; electoral divisions; local government areas; and younger onset dementia.

This checklist supports carers to consider the key components of activities for people they care for.