This study explores how attitudes held by the general population, different cultural groups and people within systems and services affect people with disability from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The study found people with disability and family members from CALD communities experienced both positive and negative attitudes. The research presents key findings and recommendations.

This report evaluates the implementation plan for the National Palliative Care Strategy released in 2018. It reviews progress on access, collaboration, advance care planning, data collection and provides recommendations for future improvement.

A consultation paper about the Disability Support Quality and Safeguarding Framework and Ecosystem Safeguarding Strategy, developed in response to the Royal Commission. Aimed at unifying safeguards for all Australians with disability, it seeks community and sector views on the meaning of safeguards, what effective safeguards look like, and how quality should be defined.

Reablement and ageing well initiatives offer transformative potential for older people living in Australia and accessing aged care services as they age. This briefing paper explains why reablement and ageing well strategies should be integrated with aged care reforms. Despite policy alignment, there are a range of issues impacting the widespread implementation of reablement approaches.

In preparation for the new Aged Care Act, this paper is based on consultations with the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) and AAG’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ageing Advisory Group. It finds efforts to mainstream the care of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not only ineffective but fundamentally misaligned with community...