Resources

A resource designed to support services to implement effective restorative care and reablement for people living at home with dementia.

This video from Opal HealthCare shares Darrieux’s experience of receiving cardiac rehabilitation as part of aged care. (2 min)

This Learner Guide from the Queensland Government has been developed specifically for Allied Health Assistants to provide the necessary knowledge and foster the skills required to work with clients to support rehabilitation within the community.

This article discusses the history and evolution of reablement programs in Australia.

This 2019 professional development article from the Australian Journal of General Practice (AJGP) discusses reablement, restorative care and rehabilitation providing a function-focused approach to address the needs of older people with functional decline.

This video provides information about reablement practices, reablement programs and guidance documents. (23 min)

This webpage provides a list of guidance documents on reablement approaches from different countries and the World Health Organisation. 

This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches used for the Australian Government’s residential aged care program.

This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches for the Government’s Home Support and Care Program which comprises the Commonwealth Home Support Program, the Continuity of Support Program, and Home Care Packages Program.

This fact sheet provides a summary of aged care terms, descriptions and acronyms.