Advance Care Planning Australia
This website provides information for health and health care workers, individuals, family, friends and carers of palliative patients and provides education and training as well as links to Advance Care Planning and Advance Health Directives for each state and territory in Australia.
Alzheimer’s Australia
Alzheimer’s Australia, a non-government organisation, provides online information on dementia, support and services, education and consulting, research and publications. There is a link for a help sheet showing what is good care in a residential facility.
Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue provides information on depression and anxiety in older people through the various programs it runs for this cohort. A checklist is also provided by Beyond Blue for anxiety
Decision Assist
Decision Assist provides education, resources and advisory support to support aged care staff and general practitioners in palliative care and advanced care planning.
My Aged Care
This website is a Commonwealth government initiative providing a wide range of information. This includes information on eligibility and assessment, resources for service providers and health professionals and for people wanting to access information for themselves or family members. This includes information on aged care services providing assistance at home, after hospital transition, respite care, RACFs. It also has information on advance care planning.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute provides information about planning for advanced cancer, information for caregivers and frequently asked questions about advanced cancer. It also provides information about palliative care.
Geriatric ED
The Geriatric ED website provides wide-ranging information for creating a more senior-friendly ED department. Information on policies, procedures and protocols, the interdisciplinary team, accessibility equipment and the environment are provided. There is also information on planning for change, sustaining change and examples of change. The site provides relevant and recent posts from clinicians working in this field.
Geri-EM
Geri-EM is a personalised E-learning website targeted at those working in geriatric emergency medicine. Although this site is designed primarily for physicians working in ED wanting to provide optimal care to older clients, the site will also be of interest to all health-care professionals caring for older patients. The site welcomes members of the public with an interest in geriatric care so may also be of use to carers. The site contains group discussions and interactive content such as; recommended readings and resources for use in the ED, knowledge assessments (pre-tests), knowledge checks (post-tests), teaching material, question and answers with immediate feedback, videos of simulated patient encounters and discussion boards.
The British Geriatrics Society: Silver Book
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is a professional body which draws together experts from all the relevant disciplines within the field of geriatrics. Its aim is to inform and influence the development of health care policy in the United Kingdom and ensure design, commissioning and delivery of age appropriate health services. The Silver Book was first published in 2012 and provides information addressing how older people are cared for within the first 24 hours of an urgent care episode. The focus of the Silver Book is the skills and competencies required by healthcare professionals to better assess and manage frail older people.
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) - Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines
The Geriatric College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) have developed the Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines with the aim of standardising a set of guidelines to improve care of older people in the ED. The guidelines provide templates for staffing, equipment, education, policies and procedures, follow-up care and performance improvement measures.
ConsultGeri
ConsultGeri is the clinical website of The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. This website provides education for any healthcare professionals who, require integration of care of the older client within their practice and educational curriculum. Information is provided for both undergraduate and graduate students.
UCLA Health System
The UCLA Health System have developed a Geriatric Age Specific Learning Module for Clinical Staff. The aim of this learning module is to enable clinicians to list age-related changes for the normal older person, describe changes in the older person that relate to medication usage and to differentiate between delirium and dementia.
