Guides: Aged Care: Individual & Ageing Support

Individual & Ageing Support Resources

INDIVIDUAL & AGEING SUPPORT - eBooks

Ageing matters (2020) Older people make up a significant proportion of Australia's population - over 1 in 7 people are aged 65 and over. Australians enjoy one of the highest life expectancies in the world, however the success of our collective ageing has revealed a range of challenges and evidence of failures in how we treat older people

The Praeger Handbook of Mental Health and the Ageing Community (2018) This book describes clinical competencies, specific challenges, and applications in providing services to the elderly and their caregivers. It addresses the training needs of mental health care providers serving the aging population, offering holistic and integrated models of care after presenting an in-depth explanation of the brain, body, social, and emotional changes across aging that can trigger psychological disorders.

Don't fall for it. Falls can be prevented! (2011) Fall-proofing your surroundings - This section describes extrinsic falls risk factors relating to an individual's environment and describes in detail how these risk factors can be reduced.

Advance care planning in aged care: A guide to support implementation in community and residential settings [2018] This guide aims to support the implementation of advance care planning and Advance Care Directives in aged care as well as compliance with relevant standards.
Resourcing to Aged Care - 2018 The AMA Position Statement on Resourcing Aged Care 2018 outlines the workforce and funding measures that the AMA believes are required to achieve a high quality, efficient aged care system that enables equitable access to health care for older people.
Working with Older People (2017) Contains links to: Theories of Ageing; Active Ageing & Health Promotion; WHO & Australian Government Policy; Human Rights for Older People; Assessment; Falls; Aged Care (Acute, Community & Residential); Delirium, Dementia & Depression; carers; Specific Challenges and Indigenous Older People

Pressure sores ANMF factsheet

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Aged Care Insite (Current)

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Ageing - personal stories Interviews with 56 people (including six couples) about their experiences of ageing.
Best Care for Older People in Hospital Older people and clinicians describe how we can make a difference through communication, teamwork and using evidence based strategies.
Functional Decline: The Patient Experience Older people and their families share their personal stories about the physical and emotional impact of being in hospital, particularly related to their loss of independence.
Person Centred Care The experiences of older people and their families highlight why it is essential that we listen to them and work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Storm in a Teacup (2017) Australian artist Leon Pericles faces his greatest challenge: holding an exhibition of his life's works while facing the mental decline of his wife and collaborator Moira, as Alzheimer's disease turns their world upside down.
Suiting the Needs: A Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care (2013) Youtube video, 2013. What is a palliative approach? How might it change the care offered to residents in residential aged care facilities?
You Can't Ask That - Centenarians (2017) ABC - We all get old, but how old is too old? In this episode, we ask centenarians to tell us what it's really like to live to 100 or more.

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Aged Care Guide DPS is Australia’s leading independent multiplatform media company providing vital resources for senior Australians and people living with a disability. Our innovative approach is changing the way Australians make decisions about the care they would like to receive, by delivering the power of informed choice.
Delirium Clinical Care Standard Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare.
GEN Aged Care Data
Geriatrics: from the Merck Manual Approach to the Geriatric Patient Aging and Quality Of Life Drug Therapy in the Elderly Elder Abuse Falls in the Elderly Prevention of Disease and Disability in the Elderly
Health Care Homes
Mobility Issues and Limitations in Home Care Mobility is closely tied to our sense of independence, but also our social connectedness, activity and security (Health.Vic 2015a). A person's wellbeing can be considerably compromised by a mobility restriction.
WHO - Ageing
Working with Older People Contains links to: Theories of Ageing; Active Ageing & Health Promotion; WHO & Australian Government Policy; Human Rights for Older People; Assessment; Falls; Aged Care (Acute, Community & Residential); Delirium, Dementia & Depression; carers; Specific Challenges and Indigenous Older People
Older Australians Older people make up a considerable proportion of Australia’s population—at 30 June 2020, over 1 in 6 people were aged 65 and over. The report details the demographic profile of older Australians, and adopts a person-centred model to report on their health and wellbeing across key domains. Feature articles further explore aspects of health and wellbeing for particular populations of older Australians. The report also identifies opportunities to address data gaps in our understanding of older Australians' experiences

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A Comprehensive guide to rehabilitation of the older patient (2021) This book will help all health professionals involved in the rehabilitation of older people to provide their patients with the highest possible quality of life and autonomy
Patient and Person: Interpersonal skills in nursing. 7th Edition (2021) Online scenario-based videos to demonstrate the use of specific skills. Includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient. Learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey. Narratives and stories to explain practical application of theoretical concepts. Forty-two learning activities to enable students to understand the content and practise skills in a focused manner. Person-centred approach throughout. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Patient and Person
The Australian carer : a training manual for aged care workers (2021) The Australian Carer: A Training Manual for Ageing Support, 5th Edition addresses the Certificate III in Individual Support: all core units contextualised to the aged care environment with an additional eight electives.
Long-term caring: residential, home and community aged care (2018) The text provides information on all aspects of personal caring to prepare students to work in a range of aged care settings and specialisations; aged care, disability and community. The focus is on the delivery of care that compliments an individual's needs and enhances quality of life. The 4th edition will continue to provide a comprehensive reference text that presents the role of the carer as holistic rather than a series of skills and procedures performed in isolation.
Individual support in Australia (2016) This text ïs a valuable resource for individual support workers in the aged care, disability and home and community support sectors. it also provides a useful source of information for other workers in these sectors, careers and volunteer workers
Better for everyone : tools for managers, staff and family. (2017) Step-by-step guide that shows how to apply research evidence to reduce changed or distressed behaviours for a person with dementia.

Behaviours of Concern

Behaviours of Concern Fact Sheet "The Bridging Project' People with complex communication needs may have speech and or language barriers that create day-to-day issues. The Bridging Project connects these people with specialist and mainstream health services. It offers a range of medical and psychological materials and resources that are easy to digest.
Challenging Behaviour (2016) Guidelines and resources for a variety of settings.
Rights of older people - Elder Abuse and the Law (2020) Protecting the Rights of Older Australians The Australian Government is committed to preventing and responding to elder abuse

Dental Hygiene

Nursing Assistant: Oral care Keeping a resident’s mouth, teeth, gums and tongue healthy is a vital component of maintaining the resident’s overall personal hygiene and good health. Poor mouth care can lead to tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath and even a lack of appetite.
The experiences of residents and their relatives accessing oral hygiene in a residential aged care facility (2017) Dentistry is not funded under the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) hence, there is no incentive for the provision of routine oral care, specific treatment room or equipment. Physical access barriers could be eliminated by RACFs providing a treatment room with a dental chair and relevant dental equipment to facilitate regular dentist or dental nurse visits, oral assessments and teeth cleaning which in turn would aid in minimising oral diseases and dental emergencies.
Dental Health Services Victoria - Aged Care Workers (2020) Contains information that can assist carers and service providers to improve oral health of older people in their care.

Better Oral Health in Residential Care Eight catagories of oral health (lips, tongue, gums and tissues, saliva, natural teeth, dentures, oral cleaniness and dental pain) are assessed.