Resources

The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory is a simple tool with sound psychometric properties which allows screening for dimensional anxiety in older adults who may have anxiety, yet have not been properly diagnosed.

Shorter version of the 42-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales that was designed to measure three related negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and tension/stress.

Due to the alarmingly high rates of depression and anxiety in residential aged care facilities, this submission focuses on practical and achievable solutions to improve the mental health and wellbeing of aged care residents.

Information and tools for Commonwealth Home Support Programme service providers to support them to prepare, implement and evaluate the embedding of wellness and reablement in their organisation.

A guide for Commonwealth Home Support Programme service providers providing practical information and tools for embedding wellness and reablement approaches in their service delivery.

A video presentation from Relationships Australia explaining risks for and signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression in aged care recipients. It also provides practical advice to the care worker for supporting people with mental health concerns (25.07 mins).

An Australian research study finds less than three in 100 residents of Australian aged care facilities accessed Medicare-subsidised mental health services between 2012 and 2017 despite a high prevalence of mental health conditions among this group. Reported in Australia Ageing Agenda, 14 July 2022.

Two online training courses have been developed for both the mental health workforce and health workers (e.g, physiotherapists, registered nurses, speech pathologists) delivering lower-intensity mental health services within residential aged care facilities. Each of the courses will be offered for free, for a limited time only. 

This report describes the Australian Association of Gerontology pre-conference workshop held in November 2018. Participants were asked to explore their experiences of short and long-term reablement approaches.

This report shows results of the 2019 and 2020 wellness and reablement report of Commonwealth Home Support Programme service providers from all states and territories.