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Aged Care, Disability and Community Services According to Dewey

Our Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system to group items of similar subject matter together. Use the following DDC numbers to browse the Library shelves for information resources such as print books and Audio Visual materials on your subject.

155.4 Child Psychology
305.231 Child Development
305.232 Infant Development
305.233 Children 3-5 Years Development
348.02 Disability Services Act (1993)
361 Social Welfare
362.0425 Aged & Community Care
362.4 Disability Services
362.712 Day Care Services (Including Family Day Care)
363.11 Infection Control
371 Schools & Teaching
371.9 Special Education
375 Child Care Modules
610.73 Nursing
610.7365 Aged & Community Care
610.737 Infection Control
614.48 Disinfection & Sterilization
616.9041 Infection Control
649.1 Parenting

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Care Planning in Mental Health by Angela Hall (Editor); Mike Wren (Editor); Stephan Kirby (Editor)
Call Number: 362.20425 CAR
ISBN: 9780470671863
Publication Date: 2013
Care planning and delivery are essential parts of everyday practice for all mental health practitioners. This new edition of Care Planning in Mental Health: Promoting Recovery moves away from a professionally-oriented model of care planning towards the active promotion of the personal narrative as being central to planning effective mental health care.
Community services intervention : an introduction to direct practice by Vera Lloyd
Call Number: 361.32 LLO
ISBN: 9781743315231
Publication Date: 2014
'Community Services Intervention' provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory, models and principles of practice for direct social casework. .It introduces the history and context of professional practice, provides a step-by-step guide to the key skills, demonstrates how theory supports intervention processes and outlines how to work with other professionals to assist clients to achieve best possible outcomes.
Individual support in Australia : ageing, disability, home and community care by Gail Horwood, Nerida Adams, Susan Barrett, Nicholas Blackwell, Nichola Campbell, Jane Chamberlain, Kathy Docker, Ruth Greene, Wendy Reilly, Janelle Tavender
Call Number: 362.6 IND
ISBN: 9781742365251
Publication Date: 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."
Mental Health and Collaborative Community Practice : an Australian Perspective
Call Number: 616.89 MEN
ISBN: 9780190309916
Publication Date: [2021]
The fourth edition is updated with the most recent changes to policy and practice, including incorporating the new diagnostic tool ICD-11. With a strong focus on community collaboration and recovery and through the many stories of mental health care that are woven into the descriptions of disorders and their treatments, this edition provides guidance for a more personal approach to mental health care. An extended team of authors, editors and associate editors provide their interdisciplinary perspectives and lived experience to help readers understand and connect with the broad facets of mental health care.
Mental Health Care : an Introducrtion for Health Professionals, 5th edition by Catherine Hungerford, Donna Hodgson, Richard Clancy, Gillian Murphy, Kerrie Doyle, Maree Bernoth, Michelle Cleary
Call Number: 362.2 HUN
ISBN: 9781394177233
Publication Date: 2024
Mental Health Care, 5th Edition helps students learn the subject matter as part of a multi-disciplinary team of care providers. With an emphasis on understanding practical, real-life scenarios, the text helps students develop a sense of empathy and gain confidence in care provision.
Skills for Human Service Practice by Agi O'Hara; Rosalie Pockett
Call Number: 361 OHA
ISBN: 9780195562859
Publication Date: 2012
Skills for Human Service Practice: Working with Individuals, Groups and Communities covers all the skills and theoretical frameworks that beginning practitioners and students in Human Services need. It encourages a critical reflective perspective to help students to mindfully reflect on their practice, in order to help them deal with the frustrations and difficulties that they will encounter in their practice.

The Australian Carer : a Training Manual for Aged Care Workers by Helen Croft, Jenny Pitkin, Darren Dee, Ali Moloney
Call Number: 362.6 CRO
ISBN: 9780170452281
Publication Date: 2022
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. The reader-friendly text is well regarded for its real-world case database, which provides students with examples of workplace experience that add context to their learning. A practical, down-to-earth training manual for personal care workers in the contemporary health and community services environment, it also supports skill development and knowledge for the competencies and qualifications associated with the training package for aged care.
BPSD Textbook : Addressing Behaviours and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Call Number: 616.83 BPS
ISBN: 9780648678977
Publication Date: 2022
"With a unique combination of content covering theory, practice, assessment and management, the BPSD textbook addresses the most complex aspects of dementia care, within a framework that is both knowledge-based and deeply compassionate. Featuring in-depth analysis of topics such as holistic assessment, understanding causes of changes in behaviour, the role of medication and the importance of individually tailored psychosocial interventions, the BPSD textbook is essential reading for health professionals passionate about improving understanding and support for people experiencing behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia." -- backcover.
Language
English
Carers : ageing and disability by Justin Healey
Call Number: 362.0425 CAR
ISBN: 9781921507793
Publication Date: 2012
Caring for People with Dementia by Christine Brown Wilson
Call Number: 616.83 WIL
ISBN: 9781412962001
Publication Date: 2017
Skills in caring for people with dementia are increasingly demanded of all health care practitioners as the numbers of diagnosed increase. Caring for People with Dementia presents Christine Brown Wilson's latest research into improving dementia care for both non-expert students and junior staff as well as more senior managers.
Dementia reconsidered, revisited : the person still comes first by T. M. Kitwood & Dawn Brooker (editor)
Call Number: 362.19683 KIT
ISBN: 9780335248025
Publication Date: 2019
First published in 1997, this is a seminal text in the field of dementia studies and is still cited and referenced as core reading on person-centred dementia care. The author died unexpectedly, just 12 months after the book was published, but it continues to inspire many people to challenge simplistic paradigms about dementia. The editor of this new edition, has drawn together a remarkable group of writers to provide a commentary on Kitwood’s work, reproducing the original chapters but providing extra content from subject experts to update the book to a contemporary level.
The Dynamics of Dementia Communication by Alison Wray
Call Number: 616.83 WRA
ISBN: 9780190917807
Publication Date: 2020
It is well recognized that when people are living with a dementia, effective communication can be a challenge for both them and those they interact with. Despite a plethora of good advice, it can be surprisingly hard to sustain constructive communicative behaviours and to integrate them successfully into routine daily care and interaction. The Dynamics of Dementia Communication asks why that is. What is it about communication, as a human social and cognitive practice, that makes it so difficult to manage the disruptions caused by dementia? Why is it so common to feel awkward, confused or irritated when talking with a person living with a dementia? Why is the experience of living with a dementia so personally and socially devastating? What approaches to communication would work best, and why?
Mind Your Brain by Kailas Roberts
Call Number: 616.83 ROB
ISBN: 9780702263095
Publication Date: 2021
An invaluable guide to understanding and living with dementia, and for maintaining a healthy brain. There are steps you can take to reduce your risk of dementia, to delay its onset, and to ease the journey if the condition does occur. Over 400,000 Australians are currently living with dementia, yet misunderstanding about the condition is widespread. Few people realise they can take action to lessen their chances of it developing. There are also effective interventions and treatments now available to address dementia-related symptoms.
Nursing Older People at a Glance by Josephine Tetley (Editor); Nigel Cox (Editor); Kirsten Jack (Editor); Gary Witham (Editor)
Call Number: 618.97 NUR
ISBN: 9781119043867
Publication Date: 2018
As the environment of care continues to evolve to promote person-centredness, dignity, health, and wellbeing, for nurses working with older people, this can be challenging. Nursing Older People at a Glance is a timely publication which provides an overview of key concepts that nurses need to know in order to care for older people in a wide range of settings.
Individual Support : Ageing by Wendy Morton, Nicole Dawson and Lisa Taffe
Call Number: 362.6 MOR
ISBN: 9781743767252
Publication Date: 2023
This exciting new text has been specifically developed for Ageing specialization of the new CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support. It is the only text on the market written at this level for students seeking careers in the Aged Care sector, bringing clarity and relevance for this increasingly important area of work.
What I Wish People Knew about Dementia by Wendy Mitchell
Call Number: 616.831 MIT
ISBN: 9781526634481
Publication Date: 2022
"What can a diseased brain tell us about being human, living our own lives better and helping those with dementia get the best from theirs? When Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia at the age of fifty-eight, her brain was overwhelmed with images of the last stages of the disease - those familiar tropes, shortcuts and clichés that we are fed by the media, or even our own health professionals. But her diagnosis far from represented the end of her life. Instead, it was the start of a very different one. Wise, practical and life affirming, What I Wish People Knew About Dementia combines anecdotes, research and Wendy Mitchell's own brilliant wit and wisdom to tell readers exactly what she wishes they knew about dementia"--Publisher's description.
What the Hell Happened to My Brain? by Kate Swaffer
Call Number: 616.83 SWA
ISBN: 9781849056083
Publication Date: 2016
Kate Swaffer was just 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a form of younger onset dementia. In this book, she offers an all-too-rare first-hand insight into that experience, sounding a clarion call for change in how we ensure a better quality of life for people with dementia. Kate describes vividly her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory difficulties, loss of independence, leaving long-term employment, the impact on her teenage sons, and the enormous impact of the dementia diagnosis on her sense of self.

Aged care assessment [DVD]
Call Number: 362.63 AGE
Publication Date: 2010
The role of Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs, or ACAS in Victoria) is to assess the care needs of frail older people and to assist them to gain access to the most appropriate types of care, including approval for Australian Government-subsidised aged care services. In doing this, ACATs conduct multidisciplinary comprehensive assessments, taking account of the restorative, physical, medical, psychological, cultural and social dimensions of frail older people.
Aged care making the workplace safe [DVD]
Call Number: 362.61 AGE
Publication Date: 2013
Aged care communicating with family and carers [DVD]
Call Number: 362.61 AGE
Publication Date: 2010
This program presents approaches and interpersonal skills for the successful care of older Australians. It discusses the combining of informal care arrangements by family with formal aged care services.
Aged care and cultural diversity [DVD]
Call Number: 362.6 AGE
Publication Date: 2010
Within aged care, culture has a major impact on how we work and how we communicate with patients and residents. In this program we investigate what culture is and how we can make our communication relevant in the face of cultural barriers. We also look at different cultural groups and personal cultural history, while also considering individual religious practices and traditions.
Aged care communicating with colleagues [DVD]
Call Number: 362.61 AGE
Publication Date: 2007
Integral to the operations of any workplace is effective communication between all staff. It is particularly important in any area of health service delivery and care, including an aged care environment.

Community and Human Services by Karen Crinall (Editor); Lynda Berends (Editor)
Call Number: 361.32 COM
ISBN: 9780190302917
Publication Date: 2018
Community and Human Services: Concepts for Practice offers an introduction to the key concepts, theories and perspectives of community and human services in Australia. Written for students of human services and social work, it outlines the more challenging and emerging fields of practice and highlights the real-life situations they may encounter with clients when working in their chosen profession.
The Disability Support Worker. by Geoff Arnott
Call Number: 362 ARN
ISBN: 9780170369671
Publication Date: 2017
The second edition of The Disability Support Worker meets the needs of people who adopt a person-centred approach in their work. The wholly Australian text now includes the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and other required reforms consistent with the United Nations convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare by Jane Maidment (Editor); Ronnie Egan (Editor)
Call Number: 361.32 PRA
ISBN: 9781743318317
Publication Date: 2016
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare offers a comprehensive introduction to practice skills required across the human service sector.The authors use critical analysis to systematically outline the key stages of interaction with clients: engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
Reflective Social Work Practice by Manohar Pawar; Bill Anscombe
Call Number: 361.3 PAW
ISBN: 9781107674349
Publication Date: 2014
Reflective Social Work Practice demonstrates how social workers can creatively and consciously combine 'thinking, doing and being' when working with individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations, and when undertaking research. It discusses conceptual and theoretical aspects of reflective practice and presents a new, cohesive reflective social work practice model.
The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice, 6th ed by Lesley Chenoweth and Donna McAuliffe
Call Number: 361.32 CHE
ISBN: 9780170446860
Publication Date: 2021
The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of practice in the professions of social work and the human services. It lays out the journey and expertly signposts the key areas of knowledge, skills, values, ethics, practice contexts and contemporary debates. Client and practitioner perspectives offer reflections on real-life social work and human services interventions, while case studies show how theory can be applied to practice.
Self-harm and suicide prevention by Justin Healey
Call Number: 362.28 HEA
ISBN: 9781922274663
Publication Date: 2022
Young Australians are disproportionately vulnerable to experiencing self-harm and suicide. Self-harm, or self-injury, is often done in secret and is most common in young people aged 11-25 years as a means of trying to cope. This title explores risk factors, wraning signs and responses to self-harming and suicidal behaviour. Prevention strategies are explained, focusing on help-seeking and enhancing protective factors.
The Social Dynamics of Family Violence by Angela Jean Hattery; Earl Smith
Call Number: 362.8292 HAT
ISBN: 9781138326057
Publication Date: 2020
The Social Dynamics of Family Violence explores family violence throughout the life course, from child abuse and neglect to intimate partner violence and elder abuse. Paying special attention to the social character and institutional causes of family violence,
Social Policy in Australia by Alison McClelland; Paul Smyth (Editor)
Call Number: 361.61 MCC
ISBN: 9780195526868
Publication Date: 2015
Social Policy in Australia 3rd edition guides students in understanding the meaning and operation of social policy in Australia. Taking a critical approach, and placing their analysis of social policy in an international context, the authors provide a framework for understanding the roles and relationships of the key players and institutions that influence the decision-making process.
Social work with Indigenous Communities : a Human Rights Approach, 2nd edition by Linda Briskman
Call Number: 362.849915 BRI
ISBN: 9781862879485
Publication Date: 2014
This book provides practitioners and students with a good understanding of the circumstances they will be presented with when working with Indigenous communities, and an opportunity to reframe their practice so that they can provide services that are the best fit for Indigenous aspirations and rights. Good practice is marked by recognition of the strengths of Indigenous communities and an understanding of how to acknowledge and facilitate these. A human rights framework offers the potential for this to be achieved.
Working with Communities by Judy Taylor
Call Number: 307.14 TAY
ISBN: 9780195588750
Publication Date: 2015
Working with Communities examines the critical ideas about community work and associated concepts such as social inclusion, social capital, community participation, community capacity building, and community partnerships. It provides students with the theoretical foundations of community workrelated to current practice.
Youth mental health
Call Number: 616.89 YOU
ISBN: 9781925339482
Publication Date: 2017
This book looks at the prevalence of mental health problems for young Australians and offers general advice on how to maintain good mental health.

Communication in mental health care [DVD]
Call Number: 362.2 COM
A series of seven programs Illustrating communication in mental health care in general, with five programs directed towards specific client groups. In these programs there is an emphasis on mental health nursing, but the techniques and principles put forward are of use to all health professionals. It is of particular value for students of nursing, social work, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
Inside my mind [DVD]
Call Number: 616.89 INS
Publication Date: 2016
Anxiety, a small bout of depression or an obsessional thought - all of us can have these feelings at some time, but what if these persist and take over our life? In the UK, one in four people will suffer from some form of mental health problem every year. What causes it differs for every one of us : our genes, lifestyle or events from the past can all play a part. But whatever the trigger, mental illness can happen to anyone, at any time. Using computer graphics to travel inside the body, this film explores the science behind mental illness. We'll discover the social, biological and psychological changes that happen to five people suffering from different mental health disorders and unravel the treatments that are helping them overcome their conditions.
Changing minds : the inside story, Series 1 [DVD]
Call Number: 362.2099441 CHA
Publication Date: 2014
This series goes inside one of Australia's busiest Mental Health Units to uncover the realities of 21st century psychiatric treatment, as we meet the patients and staff who are challenging the stigma and taboos that exist around mental illness.
Changing minds : the inside story. Series 2 [DVD]
Call Number: 362.2099441 CHA
Publication Date: 2015
Following on from the critical acclaim of series one, Changing Minds: The Inside Story journeys with mentally ill patients on their road to recovery, from breaking point to breakthrough.
Dealing with depression [DVD]
Call Number: 616.8520994 DEA
Publication Date: 2003
With one in four women and one in six men in Australia suffering depression, this program helps to demystify an illness that is increasingly affecting young people and provides clear guidelines for helping sufferers overcome it.

Disability by Colin Barnes; Geof Mercer
Call Number: 362.4 BAR
ISBN: 0745625096
Publication Date: 2003
In this new book, Barnes and Mercer provide a concise and accessible introduction to the concept of disability. Drawing on a burgeoning disability studies literature from around the world, and from a range of disciplinary perspectives, the authors explore the evolution of this concept and offer a wide-ranging critique of established academic, policy and professional orthodoxies. The analysis concentrates on disability as a distinctive form of social oppression similar to that experienced by women, minority ethnic and racial groups, and lesbians and gay men.
Individual Support : Disability by Nicole Dawson, Keith Bourke, Wendy Morton & Lisa Taffe
Call Number: 362.4 DAW
ISBN: 9781760427443
Publication Date: 2023
Specifically developed for the Disability specialisation of the new Cert. III in Individual Support. The text has been written to address the nine core Individual Support units of Competency, the three Disability specialisation units, plus six commonly delivered electives.
People with disability by Justin Healey
Call Number: 362.1 PEO
ISBN: 9781925339420
Publication Date: 2017
This book examines disability prevalence and support in Australia, and explores issues involving disability rights and discrimination.
Carers : ageing and disability by Justin Healey
Call Number: 362.0425 CAR
ISBN: 9781921507793
Publication Date: 2012
Intellectual Disability and Social Inclusion by Martin Bollard
Call Number: 305.9084 INT
ISBN: 9780443104183
Publication Date: 2009
This book provides a unique insight into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities trying to access mainstream health and social services and by the professionals who are trying to provide them.
Disability rights and awareness
Call Number: 305.908 DIS
ISBN: 9781921507274
Publication Date: 2010
One in five Australians has a disability. Although this figure represents a significant portion of Australia's population, many struggle against direct and indirect discrimination in the form of barriers to basic assistance, services and social inclusion. This book provides an overview of the major disability groups (physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological, etc.) and their core activity restrictions, and explores a range of issues.

Beyond expectations experiences of people with a disability in employment : 55 profiles [DVD]
Call Number: 362.40480994 BEY
Publication Date: 2009
In the past it's been a question of what jobs are suitable for people with a disbaility. Today it's more a question of what skills does the individual bring to the position. These people bring with them a huge range of skills, commitment and determination.
Our voices, our journeys information about disability, culture and language [DVD]
Call Number: 362.409941 OUR
Publication Date: 2010
On this DVD people with disabilities, their families and carers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds share their experiences and how they have answered these questions. Western Australian agencies and organizations show how they work with families and each other to provide supports an services in culturally appropriate ways.
Just like you a guide to etiquette and communicating with people with a disability [DVD]
Call Number: 305.908 JUS
Publication Date: 2001
If you've ever wondered: - should you offer to push someone in a wheel chair? - can you say "Look" to a person who has trouble seeing? - why does someone with a hearing impediment need to see your face? - how do you communicate with someone who has trouble speaking? then "Just like you" will provide the answers to these, and many more questions.
Supporting people with disabilities [DVD]
Call Number: 362.40994 SUP
Publication Date: 2012
Working with people with disabilities is challenging and highly rewarding. This interview-led program discusses the complex issues facing people with disabilities : effective communication, supporting rights, interests and needs, supporting a range of disability types, and responding to risk.