Resources

These guidelines have been provided to ensure that people with dementia who live in remote communities are correctly diagnosed and receive the services that they, and their families, require.

This is a guide to support best practice in primary health care settings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in relation to cognitive impairment and dementia.

This 2022-2023 manual provides an overview of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), including the service types it funds and requirements for delivering those services. It is for CHSP-funded service providers to use, and forms part of their CHSP grant agreement.

This manual provides practical information and tools needed to embed wellness and reablement approaches in their service delivery approach.

This document for health professionals outlines the concepts of person-centred goals and supports the development of individual client goals.

This guide from the Australian Comission on Safety and Quality in Health Care will help people living with cognitive impairment to get good health care.

The development of a typology of seating and a review of current clinical practices in residential aged care facilities, and an interim set of guidelines for seating in residential aged care facilities has been developed in order to support future research.

This document presents the guidelines for the community visitors scheme which includes the aims, the roles and responsibilities of members, aged care providers, volunteers and recipients.

An information resource on emotional wellbeing for older people living in residential care. It provides a framework to assist and facilitate discussion and staff development about improving older people’s emotional wellbeing.

Guidance for general practitioners working in aged care. Highlights some of the more prevalent mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety disorder, suicide, bipolar and schizophrenia, and provides information regarding their diagnosis and management.