Resources

The Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission webpage outlines effective governance and leadership aligned to the Australian Aged Care Act and the Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act.

An article by Breaking New Ground, discussing Aged Care Quality Standard 8 - Organisational Governance - in terms of the roles and responsibilities of governing bodies, senior executives, operational managers, health practitioners, and consumers.

The Calvary clinical governance framework covers five key areas to ensure excellence across the continuum of care for patients, residents and clients: leadership and culture, consumer partnership, workforce, risk management, and clinical practice.

This webpage from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission provides a comprehensive presentation about personal information handling practices  as required by the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).  

The Department of Health and Aged Care webpage provides an overview of the purpose of telehealth, its importance and how it is used. It also links to other telehealth related resources like consumer information, ongoing telehealth as part of primary care and changes to the MBS specialist telehealth services.

This Australian Digital Health Agency webpage provides a list of, and access to, the agency's learning portal specific to aged care including My Health Record courses, aged care resources and digital health courses. 

This Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Design Lab webpage describes the Transforming Aged Care with Virtual Reality project and links to the introduction to the project, the staff training video and the facilities video to provide comprehensive information about the project. 

This Australian Digital Health Agency webpage provides a definition of telehealth, why it is important, how to use it, and potential benefits.

This Australian Digital Health Agency webpage contains initiatives, programs, training and support and additional resources for healthcare providers, including those in aged care, to facilitate the use of technology in their practice. 

This Australian Digital Health Agency webpage provides access to a suite of online learning resources for health providers and everyone accessing health services, including aged care.