Resources

This Victorian Government Department of Health webpage provides an overview of the purpose of assistive technology especially in aged care settings, benefits to older people especially those with dementia, and the different types of assistive technology. 

This Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) webpage provides access to a suite of resources that provide information and support to GPs providing care via telehealth including those relevant to aged care. 

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care webpage describes the digital transformation agenda for the aged care sector and links to webinars and resources to provide a comprehensive overview and understanding of the agenda. 

This webpage by the Australian Government Australian Signals Directorate provides guidance on both how to select a web conferencing solution and how to use it securely. It also links to a PDF version that can be saved and printed by the readers.

This Australian Digital Health Agency webpage defines interoperability and explains why it is needed, along with the benefits for consumers, healthcare providers and provider organisations. It also provides clear information on secure messaging and electronic prescribing.

A set of useful tools for the aged care sector from the Australian Digital Health Agency. Includes guides to selecting secure IT products and services, factors to consider when choosing a cloud service provider, and a checklist of questions around security and privacy to put to IT vendors.

GENIE is an online repository of national and international evidence-based dementia resources in 68-plus languages. Developed by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and codesigned with providers and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) carers and service providers.

No matter what stressors we face at work and home, we need to nurture our own emotional, physical and social health. What techniques can we build into our day so that we don’t just cope, but thrive? The Nurse and Midwife Support website provides helpful advise on Self-care for nurses and midwives.

Many senior Australians may be experiencing grief, loss or bereavement because of COVID-19 impacts. The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement   provides education and training to professionals and consumers on grief and loss and have a number of helpful webinars available on their website.

The self-care room provides aged care workers with resources to discover and explore, to use now or when needed, to download and share. The self-care room was developed by ELDAC.