Toolkit resources
The Department of Health toolkit, together with the information and support material and related resources from Keep Able will help you prepare, implement and evaluate the embedding of wellness and reablement into your organisation. We have selected a few of the Department of Health documents from the toolkit for you to review below.
This manual provides the latest overview of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), including the service types it funds and requirements for delivering those services. It's for use by CHSP-funded service providers, and forms part of their CHSP grant agreement.
Wellness and reablement resources
The Australian Government collection of practical guides and tools for Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) providers to help embed wellness and reablement approaches into service delivery.
Reablement for people with dementia
A Wellness and Enablement Approach for People Living with Dementia was a paper submitted to the Australian Government by Dementia Australia. Review the PDF document here.
This Government framework sets out how our aged care system can meet the diverse needs of all older Australians. It includes action plans for government, aged care providers and consumers. It also provides resources to help providers meet the goals of the framework.
Toolkit for embedding wellness and reablement
Provides CHSP managers with support to implement change at an organisational level to embed, review and establish continuous improvement mechanisms on wellness and reablement. The toolkit is designed for use with the Practical Guide to Embed Wellness and Reablement which focuses on service delivery.
Practical guide for embedding wellness and reablement into service delivery
This practical guide is for all CHSP organisations. It covers to support their intake processes, develop care plans, and deliver support focussing on client strengths to continue living at home as independently as they can.
Identifying opportunities for reablement
Guidance to introduce reablement practices into everyday service delivery to help empower clients do what they can for themselves.
Principles of wellness and reablement
A document explaining the concept of wellness and reablement for CHSP support workers. It identifies eight underlying elements – or key principles – of wellness and reablement.
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