Individual Support (Ageing)

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Australia’s leading and highest circulating aged care online newspaper. Published six times a year, this link takes you the newsletter, which includes breaking news, recent articles and archived material.

The authoritative, independent and professional publication for the aged care and retirement industries in Australia. It is printed six times a year. This online publication delivers the latest news, acts as an information hub for the aged care and retirement living sector.

Consumer magazine of the Continence Foundation of Australia. This free magazine is written for people with incontinence and their family, friends or carers, and provides easy to read and simple to understand information. Click on the archive editions link to access older editions copies of the magazine.

Elder abuse is any act which causes harm to an older person and is carried out by someone they know and trust such as a family member or friend. The toolkit is an easily accessible website containing simple, plain language elder abuse information for anyone who works with older people.
The toolkit aims to:
improve worker confidence in supporting older people experiencing or at risk of elder abuse;
provide information about the types of abuse, signs to watch for and what to do about it, including what to do when someone refuses help;
provide easy access to a range of information resources and where to go;
promote work practices based on the rights of older people to live with dignity and safety. [Description taken from website]

This is a compilation of the Quality of Care Principles 2014 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 October 2024 (the compilation date). The Quality of Care Principles 2014 include: the specified care and services to be provided. complying with the Aged Care Quality Standards. requirements for the use of restrictive practices in residential aged care.

Talking Aged Care (by Aged Care Guide) provides quality information and resources for aged care and seniors living.

Victorian Government practice guidelines for health services and community agencies for the prevention of elder abuse. [Print copy also available in library]