COVID-19 Residential Aged Care Providers
On this Page:
Residential Aged Care (RACF) Checklist
Aged Care Specific Information and Guidelines
- AHPPC update to residential aged care facilities about minimising the impact of COVID-19 (Australian Health Protection Principal Committee)
- Queensland Health - Aged Care Direction (No. 6) Information about visitors to Residential Aged Care and Flu Vax. (Queensland Health).
- Protecting Aged Care Residents (Queensland Health) - Updated 17 June 2020
- Industry code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes during COVID (Aged Care Peak Bodies) 7 pages
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak management in residential care facilities (Department of Health) PDF 10 pages
- COVID-19 Information for workers in residential aged facilities. A four-page Fact Sheet for RAC workers about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus. (Department of Health) 4 pages
- Aged Care Preparedness (National Health Plan) 1 page
- Aged Care Workers. Restrictions on entry into and visitors to aged care facilities. Requirement for influenza vaccination. (Department of Health) 4 pages
- Link to the Advisory Service: End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC). The ELDAC home page provides COVID-19 Latest Update information. New Webinar Series: ELDAC COVID-19
Health Sector - COVID-19 Guidelines and Related Information
- COVID-19 infection control training. A 30-minute online training module for health care workers including aged care settings. It covers the fundamentals of infection prevention and control for COVID-19.
- COVID-19 Environmental cleaning and disinfection principles for health and residential care facilities. (Department of Health), 4 pages
- Managing abusive client/patient behaviour – Resource List for Health Care Workers
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- PPE for RAC providers. The Department of Health advises Residential aged care providers can request PPE by sending an email to agedcareCOVIDPPE@health.gov.au. (Department of Health) webpage.
- Information on the use of surgical masks (Department of Health) 2 pages
- When to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Aged Care
- Poster - Visiting family members in Aged Care. Information on the Flu Vaccine requirement (WQPHN).
- It's OK to have home care. A fact sheet for older Australians receiving home care services (Department of Health) 2 pages.
- Fact Sheet: for older Australian on COVID-19. An information sheet for older Australians, their family and friends about how to protect older Australian from the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) (Department of Health) 6 pages
- Assistance with food and meals for older Australians impacted by COVID-19 (Department of Health) 2 pages
- Wellbeing Course for people 60+ years from Mindspot/Beyondblue (Mindspot) webpage
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