Commonwealth aged care resources

General information

• Commonwealth Updated National COVID-19 Aged Care Plan (7th Edition)
• Advice for the aged care sector during COVID-19
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for the health and disability sector
• COVID-19 information from the Commission
• Flu vaccination requirement
• COVID-19 guides and factsheets for the aged care sector
• Dementia Support Australia – pandemic resources

COVID-19 vaccination information

• Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
• Australia's COVID-19 vaccine national roll-out strategy

Infection prevention and control

• COVID-19 guidelines for infection prevention and control in residential care facilities
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health workforce during COVID-19
• COVID-19 wearing personal protective equipment in aged care video
• COVID-19 e-learning modules for aged care workers
• Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission: Are you alert and ready?
• Communicable Diseases Network Australia: Guidance for symptom monitoring in health and aged care workers during COVID-19

Preparedness

• Aged care facilities – establishing communications
• COVID-19 consumer resources
• First 24 hours – managing COVID-19 in a residential aged care facility

Home care providers resources

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guide for Home Care Providers
• It's okay to have home care
• Information for in-home care workers
• Guide for Home Care Providers
• Improved Payment Arrangements for Home Carer

Webinars and training

• CDNA Residential Aged Care Guidelines
  
• In Home and Community Aged Care COVID-19
• Residential aged care COVID-19
• ELDAC webinars
• ACPA webinars
• OPAN webinars

COVID-19 Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) Resources

• COVID-19 other support and programme initiatives for CHSP providers
• COVID-19 – emergency funding for Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers | Australian Government Department of Health
• COVID-19 – changes to Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) flexibility provisions | Australian Government Department of Health
• COVID-19 and the Commonwealth Home Support Programme – information for clients, families and carers | Australian Government Department of Health

Victorian Aged Care Response Centre

• First 24 hours – managing COVID-19 in a residential aged care facility
• Aged care facilities – initial communications
• Aged care facilities – ongoing communications
• Preparing communication materials and channels