In an exciting move to provide quality resources for those working with older people across the Commonwealth, we are excited to launch our Quality Manual: Aged Care Quality Practice Essentials
This is a simplified quality manual designed for those working in aged care or with older people that don’t have formal systems or regulations to abide by.
Covering 21 topics, ranging from care plan guidance, consent, and personal care to medications, nutrition, manual handling, communications, infection and control, and much much more, this quality manual is suitable for individuals and small organisations are looking for a cost-effective way of accessing quality guidelines.
It is primarily designed to assist you in providing care for the elderly whether in an aged care setting or at home to understand the basics and provide some level of guidance in providing quality and safe care to the elderly.
It is available to any origination or individual working or residing within a Commonwealth Country. Read more about the manual here.
The manual has been designed by Quality Compliance Systems UK, providers of quality systems to many thousands of providers in the UK. For more information, visit its website here.
Providing quality information for people in the industry at all levels is just one of the many ways we are helping to improve the lives of older people across the Commonwealth.
In 2018 we commissioned The University of Oxford to undertake research to identify the key ageing issues in each of the 53 Commonwealth countries which comprise 30% of the world’s population being 2.4 billion people. Many countries have an ageing population but some have relatively young average ages.
Our Ageing in the Commonwealth: an international perspective research shows the ageing issues are challenging and varying for each country and there is no one single answer facing any of the countries. The research project will identify the key issues for each Commonwealth Country and how some countries are dealing with their ageing demographic.
It is the first study of its kind and it provides a baseline against which future progress and development can be measured and regularly reported at future Commonwealth summits.
Creating and developing these wonderful publications is not without cost so though you are free to download both at no charge, we would welcome a donation to CommonAge to help support the work our experienced volunteer board members and many other CommonAge volunteers do.