Aged Care

NSW Government Health Education and Training (HETI) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) training modules have been made available to the aged care workforce. To find the three modules go to the HETI site to log in and access the PPE Modules page.   The HETI...

This 80 minute Your Side sector support webinar explores some of the topics that have emerged from COVID outbreaks in residential care in both NSW and Victoria. It looks at how home and community care providers can transfer these learnings into their own...

  HOMESIDE is an international study investigating the effects of music and reading activities for people living with dementia and their family caregivers. Follow this link for more information about how to be involved.  

Preventing Dementia is an open online course offering university-quality education on the latest research in dementia risk and protective factors. This free online course investigates the best available evidence about dementia prevention, drawing on a range of...

The Clinical Excellence Commission has provided a useful document which has scenarios and advice for entering home settings safely. See attached.     COVID-19-Infection-Prevention-and-Control-Guidance-for-Home-VisitsDownload

My Aged Care have updated key information about COVID-19 on their website. Some of the topics covered include: Where do I find the most up-to-date information? Where do I find specific advice for older people? Can I get help with food and shopping? I need urgent home...

A new, free training program called the 5 steps to detecting and responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation is now available from the Ageing and Disability Commission (ADC). The online training module has been designed to increase confidence in detecting and...

The Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line has been set up to provide information, support and connection for older Australians during the period of social distancing measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COTA Australia, National Seniors, Dementia Australia and...

Panellists included the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner. Click here to view the webinar and access other resources.

In the latest episode of God Forbid, James Carleton and the panel discuss age discrimination. What actually is ageism? And how do we identify it when we all have an age? What impacts do ageism have on older people’s rights? Listen to the program here

  Invitation to participate in a free University of Sydney research study promoting healthy ageing with online yoga classes. The ‘Successful AGEing (SAGE) yoga trial’ aims to measure the effect of two yogaprograms on falls and other measures of health and wellbeing....

Sector Support and Development, NSW have developed a comprehensive program around Cultural Awareness and Safety with the aim of up skilling Aged Care support services understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture so they can become...

Thursday 27 August 2020 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Living with dementia is sometimes accompanied by community stigma, and approaches to treating dementia can focus more on the symptoms rather than realising that dementia is only one part of the whole person. By placing the...