In the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, titled Care, Dignity and Respect, Royal Commissioners made a call for fundamental reform of the aged care system as well as recommendations regarding improved access to older persons mental health services.
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Related resources
Working with Older People to Make Recovery Real in Later Life
Older persons mental health | Recovery & supported decision making | 2017
This article includes participant discussions from an event titled "Working with Older People to Make Recovery Real in Later Life".
Aged Care Diversity Framework
Diversity | Older persons mental health | 2017
The Diversity Framework seeks to embed diversity in the design and delivery of aged care; and support action to address perceived or actual barriers to consumers accessing safe, equitable and quality aged care, while enabling consumers and carers to be partners in this process.
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Dementia Australia provides a range of nationally accredited courses and award-winning professional dementia education.
This page provides information on Victoria's public mental heath services for people over 65 years of age with mental health issues.
This Beyond Blue page links to training and resources to improve the mental health of older Australians.