Publications

A report by Michael Legg and Associates to the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - October 2008.

The Ageing and Aged Care in Australia booklet provides a concise overview of the Australian Government's ageing and aged care policies and programs.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

Presentation given by WADA representative.

• Exercise
• Sport
• Physical activity

A review of the requirement for a supply of atropine sulphate tablets as a first-aid antidote in an agricultural workplace setting.

To support the project for the evaluation of the impact of accreditation on the delivery of quality of care and quality of life to residents in Australian Government subsidised residential aged care homes

• Aged care services
• Ageing

Community care helps keep older Australians and those with a disability in their own homes for as long as possible by providing services to maintain their independence.

The Australian Government Directory of Services for Older People has been produced as a comprehensive guide to the wide range of services provided for older Australians by the Australian Government

• Aged care services
• Ageing

This page provides the full report of the findings from the Australian Community Care Needs Assessment – Towards a National Standard

The National Data Repository on the Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP) Minimum Data Set (MDS) in Australia for the 2005-06 period.

• Aged care services

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED - Booklet outlining changes to the community care programs

• Ageing
• Aged care services

This table provides a comprehensive summary of the Government's initial and final responses to the Hogan Review. It also provides updates (in italics) on key initiatives including additional initiatives already put in place by the Australian Government that relate to the issues identified in the Hogan recommendations.

This report explores awareness, attitudes and perceptions of the link between illicit drugs and mental illness amongst youth, young adults, their parents and the broader community.

• Drugs and substance abuse
• Mental health

This position statement arises from a discussion session on antiviral use for laboratory staff working with H5/Pandemic Influenza A virus at the October 2006 face-to-face meeting of the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN).

• Communicable diseases

Measuring the impact of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Annual report on the minimum data set

• Aged care services

Applications for approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits - March 2007

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED This booklet has been designed as a user friendly guide for those who use the Aged Care Client Record (ACCR).

The Concise Factbook is a quarterly publication that presents key statistics on the Australian health and ageing system.

This publication reviews research literature relating to the management and treatment of young children with autism to identify the most effective models of practice.

• Mental health
• Child health
• Autism

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. Final report of The Aged Care Nurse Practitioner Pilot Project (ACNPPP) that was developed by the ACT Government.

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Primary health care

This page contains the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005 - 2008.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Blood
• Communicable diseases
• Sexual Health

This treatment clinical practice guideline is for adolescents and adults who have anorexia nervosa or who believe they are at risk of developing it. The guide contains the latest research available on anorexia nervosa and recommendations from recovered consumers to assist you to choose the best kind of treatment.

• Mental health
• Nutrition

This section of the website will give access to the Ageing Budget for 2005-2006. Data is not yet available.

Annual report on the minimum data set

• Aged care services

The Evaluation of PBS Medicine Supply Arrangements for Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services under Section 100 of the National Health Act.

A free and confidential service promoting the rights of people receiving aged care services

• Ageing

This report is an update of a literature review completed in 2000. The report describes published research and studies on falls prevention for older people.

• Ageing
• Injury prevention

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. This document introduces the the Australian Government's aged care policies, programs and services including information related to Community Care and Residential Care.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

Names and prices of Development and Evaluation reports and other reports/reviews.

• Aged care services
• Ageing

Names and prices of Development and Evaluation reports and other reports/reviews.

• Ageing
• Aged care services

Downloadable Aged Care Certification Assessment Scoring Matrix

A competent health workforce is integral to the effective and efficient delivery of primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Islander people.

• Health workforce

Downloadable Assessment Guidelines

Development and maintenance of standards and guidelines for pathology laboratories.

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. Prepared by School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology

• Ageing
• Nursing
• Aged care services

Application forms for Residential, Community, and Flexible Care.

This summary report has been prepared to inform health policy and planning decision-makers about the critical factors which have contributed to successful health initiatives.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

This manual helps projects funded under the LIFE Framework to identify indicators and measures that could be used to evaluate their activities.

• Mental health
• Suicide prevention

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. The Aged Care Enrolled Nurses Working Party was appointed to examine an enhanced scope of practice for enrolled nurses and the preparation of enrolled nurses for that practice especially for medication administration and the existing barriers to this preparation.

• Ageing
• Nursing
• Aged care services

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED - These guidelines are currently being reviewed to make their implementation more effective.

• Child health
• Nutrition

This report provides an overview of the clinical status of people with diabetes attending specialist diabetes services in July 2002.

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. Kit of resource materials to support residential aged care homes initiate or improve internal complaints handling. This free resource Kit has been developed in consultation with aged care providers, industry peaks and consumer groups.

• Ageing
• Aged care services

A-Z listing of publications relevant to National Medicines Policy (NMP).

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Primary health care

Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABL) was first identified in 1996. The three documents available here provide information relevant to the needs of medical practitioners, veterinarians, and the general public.

• Communicable diseases

In considering the Australian medical workforce this paper describes its context, characteristics and significant trends. It reviews its geographic and structural distribution problems, analyses government workforce policy and planning, and outlines recent initiatives by the Commonwealth to influence workforce outcomes. For comparative purposes, the paper describes the workforce characteristics and policies of four broadly similar countries, and the final chapter highlights key issues and questions for future workforce planning.

• Health personnel

This is the first systematic and comprehensive examination of suicides in Aboriginal communities in Queensland based on community records and available mortality figures. The data provides a picture which is notably different from that for suicide generally, in Queensland and across Australia.

• Mental health
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Suicide prevention

This is the first systematic and comprehensive examination of suicides in Aboriginal communities in Queensland based on community records and available mortality figures. The data provides a picture which is notably different from that for suicide generally, in Queensland and across Australia.

• Mental health
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Suicide prevention

This report describes the results of the second national survey on the use of over-the-counter and illicit substances by secondary students.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs
• Prescribed drugs
• Youth health

This report describes the results of the sixth national survey on the use of alcohol by secondary students.

• Alcohol
• Youth health

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Primary health care

This report provides suicide statistics for all age groups both internationally and in Australia, followed by more detailed consideration of ageing and suicide.

• Ageing
• Suicide prevention

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED

• Primary health care

The principal goal of this study was to identify the most appropriate nature of information on falls and their prevention when communicating with older people and their carers.

• Statistics
• Research and development
• Aged care services
• Injury prevention

This document describes how treatment of illness and injury is delivered and paid for in Australia, with emphasis on the funding role of the Federal Government. The companion document: Australia: Selected Health Care Delivery and Financing Statistics – May 2004, is also attached.

• Medicare
• Health care systems

This paper proposes a population model for mental health to address the high prevalence of mental disorders in the community and the growing burden of disease. The paper is intended to assist discussion about elements of service models in mental health and the integration of these in a population health approach.

• Mental health

This report shows that there has been improvement in State and Territory mental health legislation, both in terms of human rights protection and in consistency across jurisdictions.

• Mental health
• Legislation

The National Model was developed as a mechanism capable of objectively demonstrating the quality of services provided by psychiatrists and private psychiatric hospitals.

• Mental health

The profile of the Australian population is ageing. Can Australia provide adequate living standards for the growing number of persons in the aged and other dependent groups without seriously undermining the living standards of the general community?

Application form for residential aged care recipients to apply for a reduction in care fees, a waiver of income-tested fees, and a waiver of accommodation bond/charge.

This study projects future health costs attributable to the progressive ageing of the Australian population based on extensive administrative data on medical practitioner visits (to GPs and specialists), prescription drug consumption and hospital admissions. Scenarios based on these cost data were applied to projections of the Australian population by age and sex out to 2051 — by which time the transient effects of the 'baby-boom' cohort will have worked their way through the system.

• Health care systems

This report describes the results of the first national survey on the use of over-the-counter and illicit substances by secondary students in Australia. The survey was conducted in 1996.

• Drugs
• Drugs and substance abuse
• Illegal drugs
• Prescribed drugs
• Youth health

Australia is now much better placed to describe patterns of health and health inequity than it was even five years ago. This capacity needs to be further developed especially in moving away from more traditional health indicators such as mortality, morbidity and risk factors to other dimensions of health such as community capacity, and locational disadvantage. There also needs to be more emphasis on developing process or intermediate indicators for strategies such as intersectoral action and healthy public policy goals such as improved food supply.

• Health care systems

This policy recognises that to further diminish ill health and injury among 0-5 year olds, it is necessary to address the wider determinants of health – the psycho-social, physical and economic environments in which they live – and that this requires active coordination between the health and broader family services sectors.

This study concentrated on assessing police and other criminal justice attitudes toward the Cannabis Expiation Notice (CEN) system and documenting their experience in putting it into effect.

• Drugs
• Illegal drugs