The National Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Aged Care are based on the principles of a whole-of-organisation approach, valuing relational care, affirming that spiritual care is everyone’s business, and that spiritual care is about growth and flourishing.

In this study, customers/consumers, representatives of public sector provider organisations, and elected policy makers conveyed their perceptions of factors influencing essential functions and services delivery in selected Western Australian rural communities.

This paper discusses concerns about the quality of care in a minority of residential aged care facilities, and puts forward strategies to address them.

This position paper outlines a human rights approach for the implementation of the aged care reforms. This approach can provide a framework to guide decision-making, encourage the collection of disaggregated data to inform policy decisions and promote age sensitive programmes.

Among a series of recommendations, this report proposes the establishment of a national aged care forum, reporting directly to the Minister for Health and Ageing, to consider current and future challenges to the aged care sector.