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Aged and Community Services Australia (formerly Aged Care Australia) -
Fact sheets available on topics of Health, Medicare, Hospitals,
Residential care, Housing.
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Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) - can help you decide which
services you need. They can help you to get residential care or a
Community Aged Care Package (CACP), refer you to community care services,
or help you arrange respite care in a residential setting.
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AgedCareOz Home Page
- The Aged Care Industry Website
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Age Concern New Zealand - Five series of 18 fact sheets under topics
of The world at your fingertips; Positive ageing; Looking after yourself;
Protecting your future, and Older people and housing.
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Alzheimer's Australia - Alzheimer's Australia is the peak
body providing support and advocacy for the 500,000 Australians living
with dementia.
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Alzheimer's Association Victoria – Helpsheets:
- About Dementia,
Caring for Someone with Dementia, Taking Care of the Carer, Residential
Care and Dementia, Changed Behaviours and Dementia, Young People and
Dementia, Younger Onset Dementia, Information for People with Dementia and
The Environment and Dementia
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Antibiotics may delay Alzheimer's - A combination of two common
antibiotics may help delay symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, research
shows. BBC News World Edition 10 October 2003.
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Best Practice Model - for the Use of Psychotropic Medication in
Residential Aged Care. NSW Health (PDF)
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BreastScreen Australia - is the national mammographic screening
program. It provides FREE screening mammograms for women aged 50-69, with
the aim of reducing deaths from breast cancer in this target group.
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Centrelink, Residential Aged Care Fees
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Some residential aged care homes, (for example, hostels and nursing homes)
are funded by the Australian Government. To live in one of these homes
pernmanently, you will have to be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team
(ACAT) to see what level of care you need. They will assess you as needing
either a high level, or a low level of care. (Australia)
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Commonwealth Carelink Centre - 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, disability and other support services
available locally, intrastate or anywhere within
Australia.
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Dementia, Round-the-clock resources for dementia - Dementia a
progressive brain dysfunction, leads to a gradually increasing restriction
of daily activities. The most well-known type of dementia is Alzheimer's
disease. Dementia not only affects patients, but also those surrounding
them.
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Department of Veterans Affairs, Pensions - "The main objective is to
compensate veterans & their dependants for the effects of war or defence
service."
Department of Veterans' Affairs,
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(HACC) Home and Community Care - The Home and Community Care Service (HACC)
program provides a range of services to help frail older people and people
with a disability to stay at home.
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Health Insurance Commission -
The HIC administers Medicare for all Australians. Visit the HIC web site
for information on Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
including the PBS Safety Net, the safety net for medical costs (Medicare
Safety Net), the concession card, plus locations of all Medicare offices.
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Hearing Services -
For information on the
eligibility of individuals and the provision of services, Provider
Directory, how to make a complaint about the service, and other detail
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Multicultural Health Communication Service, NSW - Takes you to the
ageing topics from a database of publications which can be viewed,
downloaded and printed in languages other than English.
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National Continence Management Strategy
- Through the NCMS the Government aims to improve continence treatment and
management so that more Australians can live and participate in their
communities with dignity and confidence.
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national aged care alliance - (the Alliance) is a representative body
of peak national organisations in aged care, including consumer groups,
providers, unions, and health professionals, working together to determine
a more positive future for aged care in Australia.
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) - The Commonwealth Government
subsidises the cost of many prescription medicines and all Australian
residents are eligible for the subsidy.
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Residential Aged Care - Residential Aged Care is available for older
people who cannot live at home. They must be assessed by an ACAT as
needing this care. There are two levels of residential care: low level
(hostel) services, and high level (nursing home) services.
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Support Aged Care - Peer support for those who use
Aged Care services and information from facilities.
"The information provided on
nurses.info is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor
and his/her physician."
