Resources

As Australia faces an aging population, the challenge of providing effective aged care becomes increasingly crucial. The 2024 ARIIA Conference emphasized the role of Allied health professionals in supporting older adults' independence and quality of life. Facilitated by Dr Claire Gough, experts Hilary O’Connell, Rik Dawson, and Stacey George discussed reablement, technological advancements, and early interventions in promoting healthy aging. Improved access to allied health services and oral care is needed to ensure that older Australians can thrive.

This interactive resource assists older people to decide on goals for their care management plan.

This practitioner guide assists with setting goals and evaluating meaningful outcomes for older people living with dementia who are participating in reablement programs

This resource supports the development of person-centred goals for clients and includes a goal-setting checklist using the SMARTA approach

​​Find out how ARIIA's Innovator Training Program (ITP) themed sessions focussing on reablement have empowered health care professionals to develop evidence-based solutions to issues identified within their organisation. Dr Stephanie Champion explains how, with expert guidance and accessible resources, ARIIA’s Innovators are reshaping care through co-designing projects with consumers and local staff to support older people to live well for as long as possible.

This blog by Dr Claire Gough discusses the importance of reablement approaches in the delivery of person-centred aged care. The ARIIA Knowledge and Implementation Hub (KIH) will support the themed ARIIA Innovator training program (ITP) in August of 2023, focusing on ways to integrate reablement into aged care services.

For older people, functional and emotional frailty (and pre-frailty) are associated with higher mortality and morbidity. This self-management hospital-to-home program - INDividualized therapy for Elderly Patients using Exercise and Nutrition to reduce depenDENCE post discharge (INDEPENDENCE) - is showing promising results on its preliminary effectiveness and acceptability among participants.

The Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP) provides aids, equipment and modifications to help eligible veterans, war widowed partners and dependants  to live safely and independently. The RAP webpage links to other resources such as guidelines, forms, schedules, and more, to assists clients in accessing the program.

This interactive training resource was developed by Southern Services Reform Group to support staff delivering Commonwealth Home Support Programme services. The guide uses embedded videos to show common scenarios involving older people and service providers. It also gives staff opportunities to generate discussions and unpack best practice models to the situations portrayed. 

A KeepAble resource on the importance of aligning business and care models when implementing wellness and reablement within a home care organisation.