Resources

Provides information on dementia-specific training and resources that include components of advance care planning. 

Provides evidence-based information about palliative care, including topics on future planning, deterioration in health, and guidance on serious illness communication.

It provides information on primary care toolkit and how to get support for clinical care at the end of life. The resource also provides additional weblink to palliative care-related toolkits.

The PDF aims to promote evidence-based information for residential aged care workers to use in caring for older people in the actively dying stage.

A fact sheet explaining how older people receiving aged care services can use the Food, Nutrition and Dining Hotline to ask questions, raise concerns or make a complaint about their dining experiences.

This fact sheet outlines the the Commission's Food, Nutrition and Dining Hotline and how the service can support aged care providers and people receiving aged care services.

A fact sheet for aged care residents explaining how enjoyable dining experiences can be created by working with care teams. This fact sheet also outlines considerations for care teams when planning dining experiences and how these align to the Aged Care Quality Standards.

A fact sheet outlining older people's rights when it comes to making choices food and drink, including how care teams can support informed decision-making about food or drink.

This information sheet from Dementia Australia outlines how diet can help to promote a healthy brain in older age, specifically which foods to avoid, what nutrients promote brain health and what foods may reduce the risk of developing dementia.

This information sheet from Dementia Australia outlines the importance of nutrition and explains practical strategies for families and carers of someone with dementia to ensure their diet is nutritious.