Aged care resources

Occupational Job Dictionary - Aged Care Industry

• Introduction 837[KB]
• Care Worker - Community 455[KB]
• Care Worker - Residential Care 705[KB]
• Cleaner - Domestic 489[KB]
• Clerical Officer 222[KB]
• Commercial Kitchen Staff 583[KB]
• Diversional Therapist 571[KB]
• Enrolled Nurse 1,015[KB]
• Gardner/Handyperson 650[KB]
• Health and Fitness Coordinator 144[KB]
• Health and Fitness Leader 312[KB]
• IT Worker 204[KB]
• Laundry Worker 382[KB]
• Maintenance Worker 535[KB]
• Podiatrist 333[KB]
• Registered Nurse 471[KB]
• References and Bibliography 60[KB]

Guide to the Safe Design of Aged Care Facilities

• Guide to the Safe Design of Aged Care Facilities 1.26[MB]

South Australian Aged Care Industry OHS&W Strategic Plan 2002-2004

A three-year strategic plan for the improvement of occupational health, safety and welfare (OHS&W) performance in the Aged Care Industry.

• South Australian Aged Care Industry OHS&W Strategic Plan 2002-2004 (complete) [137KB]
• South Australian Aged Care Industry OHS&W Strategic Plan 2002-2004 (abbreviated) [103KB]
• Aged care industry within South Australia: OHS&W strategic plan 1998 [302KB]

OHS&W Guidelines

• Guidelines for managing OHS&W in aged care, disability care and community care [255KB]
• Guidelines for managing OHS&W in aged care, disability care and community care (forms) [84KB]
• Managing loss and grief [173KB]
• Coping with loss and grief in the aged care industry [48KB]
• Designing workplaces for safer handling of patients/residents [491KB]
• Workplace bullying: Making a difference [621KB]
• Implementing "no lift no injury" in the aged care sector project: Final report, September 2004 [669KB]

Information Sheets

• Safe work sheet: Aged care [59KB]
• Safe work sheet: Nursing [420KB]
• Aged care industry report form [81KB]
• Aged care security checklist [48KB]

Investigative reports

• An examination of intra-shift factors contributing to manual handling injuries amongst nurses [122KB]
• Preventing workplace violence: Toward a best practice model for work in the community [159KB]
• Investigation of the prevalence of 'resistance to care' as a cause of staff injury in residential aged care facilities in South Australia [180KB]
• Report on overseas visits [104KB]

Hazards register

• Aged care industry: Generic hazards register [179KB]