Quality Standards Resource Centre

This resource provides guidance on oral health care for adult inpatients, aligning with the Comprehensive Care Standard. It outlines the importance of oral health assessment, daily care, infection control, and discharge planning to prevent adverse outcomes such as infections, dehydration, and malnutrition, enhancing patient experience and care quality. 

This resource offers a collection of topic-based resource sheets for workers, covering wellbeing issues relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It includes information on topics like alcohol, anxiety, cultural identity, depression, and trauma. The resources consist of videos, fact sheets, podcasts, apps, and websites to support practitioners and the wellbeing workforce.

This resource outlines the role of Accredited Practising Dietitians (APDs) in medical nutrition therapy across various health conditions, including those common in aged care. It includes indications for referral to an APD and highlights benefits such as improved nutritional status, symptom management, and enhanced health outcomes. This resource may apply to healthcare contexts outside of aged care. Please consider the applicability of this resource to your care setting.

This resource, Mob Smiles, provides culturally appropriate oral health information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes brochures, posters, and fact sheets tailored for different life stages such as children, teenagers, elders, and pregnant women. The content focuses on dental care, healthy habits, and oral health education.

This resource provides a variety of documents and resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It covers topics including leadership in mental health, culturally safe practices, social and emotional wellbeing, suicide prevention, and strategic policy frameworks, offering tools for health professionals and communities.

This resource provides guidelines for preventive activities in general practice, covering frailty, hearing, sleep disorders, oral health, urinary incontinence, and vision.

This resource outlines Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015-2024, aiming to improve oral health and reduce inequalities. It includes strategic directions, guiding principles, foundation areas for action, and focus on priority populations. It addresses access to services, workforce development, safety, quality, promotion, and integrated health systems to enhance overall wellbeing. 

This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 November 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.

This resource offers tools and information for clinicians supporting people with blindness or low vision across a range of settings including aged care. It includes free patient materials, brochures in multiple languages, fact sheets on eye conditions, case studies, tips on communication, assistive technology recommendations, and professional development webinars to enhance patient care and referral processes. This resource may apply to healthcare contexts outside of aged care. Please consider the applicability of this resource to your care setting.”

This resource provides downloadable tools to support the management of pain in residential aged care facilities. It covers comprehensive pain assessment, pain management strategies for communicative and non-communicative residents, complementary therapies, opioid considerations, and quality indicators, aiming to enhance care practices and improve residents' quality of life.

This resource provides the 2021 Australian guidelines on wound healing interventions for diabetic foot disease (DFD) and foot ulcers (DFU). It includes evidence-based recommendations for healthcare professionals on appropriate practices, such as sharp debridement, exudate control, adjunctive treatments, and decision-making pathways to enhance wound healing and improve patient outcomes.

This resource provides free training materials for hearing assistance in aged care and hospital settings. It includes a Good Practice Guide, instructional video, poster series, and training modules. The resources aim to equip staff, volunteers, and family carers with knowledge to support people with hearing loss effectively.

This resource provides information and strategies for supporting older adults with age-related dual sensory loss or deafblindness. It includes a resource booklet and video developed to help aged care workers understand and address the needs of people with combined vision and hearing impairments to reduce isolation and enhance care.

This resource introduces the Abbey Pain Scale, a non-verbal pain assessment tool designed for identifying pain in people living with dementia. It aids healthcare professionals in recognising pain behaviours in those unable to communicate their needs effectively, supporting timely and appropriate pain management interventions.

This resource provides information and resources on wound prevention and management. It offers clinical guidelines, educational materials, and support for health professionals, caregivers, and people affected by wounds. The focus is on best practices, evidence-based care, and promoting awareness to improve wound healing outcomes across various settings.

This resource provides guidance on nutrition for people in palliative care. It highlights the importance of prioritising comfort and quality of life over nutritional intake. It discusses oral intake, artificial hydration, and medically assisted nutrition, emphasising communication with families and cultural considerations when managing nutrition and hydration at the end of life.

This resource provides a quick reference guide for approved aged care providers on collecting and reporting data related to unplanned weight loss as part of the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program. It outlines reporting requirements for significant and consecutive unplanned weight loss and offers guidance on how to track and submit data quarterly. This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 November 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.