Resources

This booklet provides information on how reforms will impact you, where you can find career opportunities, and how you can get involved.

The Code of Conduct for Aged Care describes how aged care providers, their governing persons, and workers must behave and treat people receiving aged care. (4 min)

The 2020 Aged Care Workforce Census provides an overview of the aged care sector workforce looking at the size,  growth an decomposition of the aged care workforce.

Data dashboards show how the quarter of a million people employed as direct care providers in Australia’s aged care sector are distributed, resourced and managed.

​​The Asia Pacific Aged Care Hub (APACH) is a capacity building initiative aimed at improving aged care across the Asia Pacific region, through a collaboration between Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA), Flinders University College of Business, Government, and Law and the Caring Futures Institute, with funding support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. APACH brings together experts, practitioners, and policymakers to share insights, best practices, and learnings.

​In this blog, Dr Janine Margarita Dizon talks about the findings of the discussions with the Knowledge and Implementation Hub's User Reference Group which are framing improvements to the information and the user's experience of the Hub.

​​Managing risk and providing services that allow the resident to lead a self-determined and self-fulfilling life can sometimes be challenging for staff. In this blog, learn more about how the ELDAC Managing Risk Toolkit can support health professionals and aged care staff to manage organisational risk, when delivering quality palliative care and advance care planning services to older Australians.​

In this blog, Dr Priyanka Vandersman explains why ELDAC’s palliative care dashboard is an example of how digital transformation can be supported by products that align with changing regulations to drive innovation and improve outcomes.

This blog explores the reluctance to discuss death and dying and introduces the Last Days program. Last Days is aimed at providing carers with the practical knowledge and resources to care for those who are in their last days, particularly in rural areas where palliative care services are limited. Find out how the program emphasises the importance of open conversations about end-of-life care and equipping families and communities with the tools to provide compassionate support.

​​The Carer Knowledge Exchange (CKE) aims to improve outcomes for family and friend carers by connecting research to practice. Through a digital platform and Research Library, regular events and engagement opportunities, the CKE seeks to help expand, translate and disseminate the carer evidence base to improve carer-focused policy making and practice.