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The submission by the National Mental Health Commission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The National Mental Health Commission has a national remit to provide insight, advice and evidence on ways to continuously improve Australia’s mental health and suicide prevention systems, and act as a catalyst for change to achieve these improvements.

A submission to the Royal Commission that highlights current structural arrangements which impede the provision of timely and appropriate identification and treatment of mental health conditions in older Australians.

When a loved one moves into residential aged care, it's not unusual for there to be a difficult adjustment period. In this article, two experts give their advice on what to do if you suspect your loved one in aged care has depression.

The symptoms of anxiety in older people are sometimes not all that obvious as they often develop gradually and it can be hard to know how much is too much. This webpage describes the signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression in older people.

Article in The Conversation on the issue of aged care residents and depression.

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.

Details the role of Primary Health Networks in commissioning psychological treatment services targeting the mental health needs of people living in residential aged care facilities.

This paper provides guidance on primary health network primary mental health care flexible funding pool.

A position statement on care of older people with mental illness. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists advocates a holistic, age and culturally-appropriate approach to addressing mental illness in older people, informed by the principles of recovery, independence, dignity and quality of life.

A tool to help Commonwealth Home Support Programme workers to understand the principles of wellness and reablement and how they can be applied practically in service delivery.