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ARIIA is leading the positive transformation of aged care across Australia. We address critical sector needs, support government and professional commitments, and foster collaboration and innovation to empower aged care professionals and support positive change. Our initiatives include incubators, grants, programs, and events, and our website provides trustworthy information for aged care workers, service providers, older Australians, and their families.

At ARIIA, our mission is to equip the aged care sector with knowledge and skills to implement evidence-based practices and new technologies. Guided by principles of co-design, inclusion, connection, and innovation, we ensure every voice is heard, and every individual's needs are met with respect and dignity. Join us in shaping the future of aged care.

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Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia is an industry-led organisation established to engage with the sector to collaboratively lead and facilitate the positive transformation of aged care nationwide.

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We are connecting the aged care workforce with industry to collaborate and innovate. Together we are shaping the future of aged care.

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Innovator Training Program

If you work in the aged care sector and have a good idea about how to improve the quality of aged care, we can provide the tools and skills to help you create change.

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Aged Care Partnering Program

An incubator for ARIIA Innovators to work with partners from the industry sector who have the expertise, experience and knowledge to help them commercialise a project.

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Innovator Network

Connect with others to build your knowledge, skills and capability to create change and implement evidence-informed practices within your workplace.

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ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator

The ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program aims to support early-stage product or technology innovation ideas to be developed for Aged Care.

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Knowledge & Implementation Hub

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ARIIA’s Knowledge Hub is an independent source of up-to-date aged care research and resources that has been developed to provide a trusted, evidence-based guide for informing and supporting innovation across the aged care sector.

Project Summary: The Dossy Project - Community Connect: Combating social isolation through meaningful video connections

Background and Aims

In today's world, where social isolation significantly affects older adults' well-being, the Dossy Project stands out as an innovative beacon of hope. This initiative seeks to harness the transformative power of digital technology to combat loneliness and foster social connectedness among the elderly.

Case Study: The Dossy Project: Combatting social isolation through meaningful video Connections

To utilise the existing Dossy platform to address the critical level of social isolation affecting older adults, comes The Dossy Project’s Community Connect feature. The trial of this feature was completed as an ARIIA Grant Funded Project. This enabled meaningful video interactions between Aging with Grace volunteers and Uniting AgeWell clients.

Olivia Baird

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As the Digital Marketing & Communications Officer, Olivia is responsible for sharing ARIIA’s exciting projects, activities, partnerships and success stories. With a decade of marketing experience and a background in graphic design and communications, Olivia works with ARIIA team members to collect, create, optimise and share digital content while building an engaged online community.

Dr Nicky Baker

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Nicky is a Research Fellow in ARIIA’s Workforce Capacity and Capability team. Her role links research to practice for innovative projects, implementation and evaluation frameworks. With over 20 years’ clinical and management experience in Health and Aged Care, Nicky’s research interests are evidence-informed service delivery, inter-agency collaboration and co-design. Nicky is passionate about person centredness for living and ageing well.