Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers
Listed below are resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers.
Resources are available nationally and from the ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC and WA.
- Aaron Pedersen Patron for International Day of People with Disability and the National Disability Awards 2012.
- Order 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers: caring for our people' from the Department of Health and Ageing.
- 'Are you an Indigenous Young Carer?' from Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Byalawa: a learning and teaching resource for working with Indigenous patients and clients - Byalwa.
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal. Most recent version available for order through the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal website. Previous version available for free.
- Kidney Health Education Resources - Kidney Health Australia.
- Meet dementia, the bad hawk that steals - Commonwealth Dept of Health and Family Services, Alzheimer's Australia, Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.
- Moola talk - Streetwize Communications; Australian Securities and Investment Commission; Bank and Financial Ombudsman.
- The Fading Moon. A dementia resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (DVD). Request a copy from Alzheimer’s Australia; HACC.
- Information about the Personal Helpers and Mentors Program for females and males - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- The Living Model: a resource manual for Indigenous palliative care service delivery - Researchman.
- Young carers in education: supporting rural and remote young carers - Carers Australia.
- Looking out for dementia - Australian Government; Alzheimer’s Australia.
- People I Can Call On: Experiences of Chronic Illness (community report), Serious and Continuing ILlness Policy and Practice Study, Menzies Centre for Health Policy.
- Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (booklet) -The National Palliative Care Program.
- Working carers gateway – Indigenous portal - Disability and Aged Information Service Inc.
- Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice - Dept. of Health and Ageing, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Kulanga Research Network, ACER.
- A guide to care for those with a terminal condition: honouring the choices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT community - ACT Health.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Respite Model for the ACT - The Echidna Group.
- ‘Indigenous Family Carers’ - Carers ACT.
- Winnunga Nimmityjah - Strong Health, Caring for the Community - Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service ACT Inc
- Aboriginal carers support guide: information for Aboriginal families who are caring for an older person or a person with a disability - NSW Government Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
- Aboriginal information and support needs assessment for families and carers: AFACT (Aboriginal Families and Carers Training) - NSW Health.
- Are you an older parent carer? - Carers NSW; NSW Government Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
- Are you caring for someone? - Carers NSW; NSW Government Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
- Babana Aboriginal Men’s group - Redfern.
- CentaCare Wilcannia Forbes (information sheet) - Centacare Wilcannia Forbes, NSW.
- Help for you to stay in your home - HACC; NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
- Koori carer yarning resource manual - Carers NSW; Australian Government.
- Leading our way in community care (April 2007) - NSW Aboriginal Community Care Gathering Committee.
- Look after your brain: a guide to dementia for Aboriginal people - NSW Government Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
- Looking after ourselves kit - Carers NSW.
- No shame, no blame! - Streetwize Communications; NSW Government.
- No shame, no blame! A worker's guide for helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families affected by alcohol and drugs - Streetwize Communications; NSW Government.
- Relaxation CD for Aboriginal carers - Carers NSW.
- Shoulder to shoulder: information for Aboriginal families who have a child or young person with a disability - New South Wales Government, Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
- Telling It Like It Is: A report on community consultations with Aboriginal people with disability and their associates throughout NSW, 2004 - 2005 (report) - Aboriginal Disability Network NSW.
- Working with Aboriginal People and Communities: a practice resource - NSW Department of Community Services
- Carers NT Troopy program - Carers NT.
- Dementia, things to do: activity ideas for carers - Australian Government, Frontier Services NT Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service, Unlimited Expression.
- Health promotion for carers in remote communities - Frontier Services NT CRCC.
- Looking After Family (DVD, 2002) - Carers NT, contact (08) 8948 4877 or email
- Palliative care for people with sick kidneys - Kidney Health Australia.
- People with dementia acting differently - Alzheimer’s Australia, Northern Territory Government, Frontier Services NT Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service.
- Top End Dementia Services Directory - Carers NT, contact (08) 8948 4877 or email
- Home and Community Care: your rights and responsibilities as a client - QLD Government.
- Living strong: healthy lifestyle cookbook - QLD Government.
- Respite services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - Blue Care, Uniting Care Queensland.
- Sad news, sorry business: guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying - Queensland Health.
- Partnership between Carers QLD and Wuchopperen Health Service and carer counsellor based at health service - contact Carers Qld or Wuchopperen Health Service.
- Aboriginal Advocacy Program. For the Rights of Older People - Aged Rights Advocacy Service SA.
- Aboriginal Carers Newsletter – Carer News Carers SA Newsletter Northern Country Edition, Carers SA. To request joining the mailing list, contact Carers SA – Port Augusta office on (08) 8641 1844 or e-mail.
- 'Aboriginal Carers Project: Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Northern Flinders and Whyalla' - Carers SA.
- Carers SA Aboriginal Partnership Plan - Carers SA.
- Sorry business, grief and loss - Indigenous Substance Misuse Health Promotion Unit, Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.
- Telling your story, getting over grief - Indigenous Substance Misuse Health Promotion Unit, Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.
- What do we tell the children, when someone dies - Indigenous Substance Misuse Health Promotion Unit, Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.
- Aboriginal carers film: The Torch. For further information, e-mail The Torch or phone 0400 508 653.
- Be with us, feel with us, act with us: counselling and support for Indigenous carers - Carers VIC.
- Guidelines for delivery of culturally sensitive and flexible counselling for Indigenous carers - Carers VIC.
- Aboriginal palliative care resources - Palliative Care Victoria; Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation Inc.
- Rumbalara Galnya Maya Program (brochure) - Rumbala Aboriginal Cooperative, VIC.
- Caring for carers (DVD for Aboriginal Health Workers, Universities, Technical Colleges and Community Health Organisations) - Australian Red Cross and AUstralian Government Department of Health and Ageing, South West region CRCC, WA.
- Caring for Carers: Looking after your Noonga Moort (brochure) - Australian Red Cross, WA.
- Caring together (online video) - WA Government.
- Indigenous carer assessment tool for WA - Midwest WA CRCC.
- Kimberley Indigenous cognitive assessment - National Ageing Research Institute, Victoria; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of WA; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of WA; Kimberley Aged and Community Services, Derby.
- Perth Aboriginal Resources Directory - Ruah Community Services.
- Prepare to Care Hospital Program (information pack), Carers WA.
- Your stories: families - WA Government.
