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• Medication practice, policy and compliance, in residential aged care (PDF - 282kb) Jacki Payer Presentation about ensuring that practices for the management and administration of medications in an aged care hostel match the policies. Jacki Payer, Manager of The Benevolent Society’s Sans Souci Gardens aged care hostel, talks about the processes of assessment, trialing new practices, implementation and review.
• The Benevolent Society • 2005 » Download this document


• Model Policy on Abuse of older people: Preventing and responding to abuse in residential aged care (PDF - 178kb) The Benevolent Society A model policy on preventing and dealing with the abuse of older people which can be adapted for use in your own organisation. Revised in 2007 to include the compulsory reporting requirements.
• The Benevolent Society • August 2007 » Download this document


• Reminiscing Handbook (PDF - 483kb) The Benevolent Society The Reminiscing Handbook is designed as a resource for carers, family and volunteers who interact with older people. The aim is to give some guidance on reminiscing and to highlight how reminiscing can be used when working with groups or one-on-one with older people.
• The Benevolent Society • Jan 2006 » Download this document


• Dementia: Caring approaches to a disease of our time (PDF - 1695kb) Penny Nelson

  This booklet explains what dementia is, how many people are affected, its causes and how it is diagnosed. It also outlines The Benevolent Society's caring responses to dementia, both for those who stay at home and those who enter a nursing home or hostel, as well as support and advice for carers.

• The Benevolent Society • Mar 2001 » Download this document


• Research to Practice Briefing 1: Caring for Older Australians - Nov 2008 - References (PDF - 67kb) The Benevolent Society & Social Policy Research Centre

  This document provides a list of full references to support our Research into Practice Briefing 1 - Caring for older Australians, the first in a series of Research to Practice briefings prepared by The Benevolent Society and the Social Policy Research Centre. The briefings are based on reviews of current literature and research, and are presented in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. They provide clear pointers towards good practice for community aged care service providers, managers and policy makers, and for care workers themselves.

  The Briefing paper is also available on The Benevolent Society's website.

• The Benevolent Society • November 2008 » Download this document


• Research to Practice Briefing 2: Older people's social networks - Feb 2009 (PDF - 2097kb) The Benevolent Society & Social Policy Research Centre Older people’s participation in social networks is a significant component of wellbeing. This Briefing focuses on the nature and impact of older people’s social networks, and on how community aged care workers can promote participation in social networks by older clients living in their own homes. To order free paper copies of the Briefing, please contact us.
• The Benevolent Society • February 2009 » Download this document


• Research to Practice Briefing 2: Older people's social networks - Feb 2009 - References (PDF - 203kb) The Benevolent Society & Social Policy Research Centre

  This document provides a list of full references to support our Research into Practice Briefing 2 - Older people's social networks, the second in a series of Research to Practice briefings prepared by The Benevolent Society and the Social Policy Research Centre. The briefings are based on reviews of current literature and research, and are presented in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. They provide clear pointers towards good practice for community aged care service providers, managers and policy makers, and for care workers themselves.

  The Briefing paper is also available on The Benevolent Society's website.

• The Benevolent Society • February 2009 » Download this document


• Research to Practice Briefing 1: Caring for Older Australians - Nov 2008 (PDF - 94kb) The Benevolent Society & Social Policy Research Centre

  Caring for older Australians: Care workers and care practices that support and enable good care draws on Australian and international research to examine the day-to-day working practices of paid community care workers, with a focus on how workers and managers can best support and enable the good care of older people living in their own homes. To order free paper copies of the Briefing, please contact us.

• The Benevolent Society • November 2008 » Download this document


• Research to practice Briefing 1 - Discussion Questions, Feb 2009 (PDF - 13kb) Community Care Northern Beaches
  Discussion questions for use with Research to Practice Briefing 1 Caring for older Australians: Care workers and care practices that support and enable good care.
• Community Care Northern Beaches • February 2009 » Download this document


• 'Apartments for Life' Housing, Care & Support Concept for Older People - ACIL Tasman (PDF - 968kb) ACIL Tasman

  In early 2009, we commissioned ACIL Tasman to rigorously test the costs and benefits of our proposal, the Apartments for Life at Ocean Street Project. The Benevolent Society developed AFL as a response to the unprecedented growth in Australia’s ageing population and the need for new solutions to help older people age well. The findings of the report confirm that this innovative model of accommodation and care for older Australians, if replicated, could help lead the way to combating the massive costs associated with the future demands of a rapidly ageing population.

• The Benevolent Society • July 2009 » Download this document

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