Links
Please find below a list of useful links for the Aged Care Industry:
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
The website of the agency responsible for managing the aged care accreditation process in Australia. It outlines the accreditation process, provides guidelines for the health care industry, lists recent accreditation decisions by state and answers frequently asked questions.
Agedcare Crisis
This Australian site "offers a rich source of independently researched articles, guides, checklists, statistics and publications including a bulletin board".
Commonwealth Carelink Centres
Commonwealth Carelink Centres are information centres for older people, people with disabilities and those who provide care and services. Centres provide free and confidential information on community aged care, residential care, disability and other support services available locally, intrastate or anywhere within Australia.
Department of Health and Ageing
This site contains extensive information on Community and Residential care services in Australia and their associated costs. There is also information for care consumers and providers, many fulltext documents on the Government's Healthy Ageing Australia initiative, the Aged Care Act 1997, International Year of Older Persons (IYOP) publications and The National Strategy for an Ageing Australia policy statement.
DoubleRCustom
Sporting, camping and hunting store linked from the aged care guide website because the owner, Richard Rashleigh, understands the issues associated with caring for an ageing family member. For anyone with a history of sporting shooting or wishing to reminisce on the old hunting trips then have a look at the articles and photographic gallery on the website.
Health Insite: Ageing section
Australian government initiative - a gateway to age related health information with links to Department of Health and Ageing, individual topic pages, Seniors Portal homepage including full-text resources.
International Research Centre on Heathy Ageing and Longevity (IRCHAL)
Free Australian website designed to access reliable information about ageing, using quality assured websites, research databases, planning tools, statsitics, maps, contact lists and more.
Life Institute of Family Education
The Life Institute of Family Education provides onsite seminars and coaching for personal and professional development on a range of issues including Caring, designed for people who are caring for someone who is ageing, or ageing themselves, and are kee to understand what it means to age successfully.
Mesothelioma Prognosis
Mesothelioma Prognosis, information collected in one source, providing the most comprehensive look at this devastating disease affecting 3,000 annually.
National Toilet Map
The National Public Toilet Map. A project of the National Continence Management Strategy.
Nursing Homes Directory
Nursing homes directory for Australia
Plan Ahead Events
As a full service meeting and event management company, Plan Ahead Events can conceptualise and implement meetings and events of all sizes and calibers. As experts in our industry, Plan Ahead Events maintain national strategic relationships and an extensive knowledge base that allow us the resources to execute meetings and events at any level. Our understanding of customer service and commitment give us a significant advantage above the rest. We are very flexible with the services that we offer and can offer our complete list of services in coordinating your meeting or event, or we can offer our services on an individual basis, depending on your needs.
Retreat Care
Aged care, wellness and affordable luxury - supported living for a new age
The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine is the professional society for geriatricians and other medical practitioners with an interest in medical care of older people . The society acts to represent the needs of its members and the wider community in a bid to constantly review and improve the care of the older people in Australia and New Zealand. Its major functions are around education, policy development and review, and political advocacy.
