Wellness and Reablement Resources

This page brings together a curated collection of trusted wellness and reablement resources to support aged care providers, workers and sector leaders.

You’ll find Australian Government policy documents, practical implementation guides, sector research, training materials, podcasts, and real-world practice examples. These resources explore how to embed wellness and reablement into everyday service delivery, shift practice toward independence-focused care, support workforce capability, and meet CHSP reporting and compliance requirements.

Together, they provide both foundational knowledge and practical tools to help services deliver person-centred, strengths-based support that enables older people to live safely, actively and independently at home.

Reports

National Library of Medicine (US) Research and reports

A searchable database of international, peer-reviewed research articles on wellness and reablement. This resource is ideal for evidence-based practice, implementation models, and best-practice approaches used in health and aged care settings.

DoHDAC Report: CHSP Wellness and Reablement 2025

The Australian Government's official overview of how wellness and reablement is embedded within the Commonwealth Home Support Programme. Provides policy direction, expectations for providers, and updated guidance aligned with current aged care reforms.

Keepable: preparing your annual wellness and Reablement Report

A practical, step-by-step guide to help CHSP providers prepare their required annual Wellness and Reablement Report. Includes compliance tips, documentation guidance, examples, and prompts to support quality reporting and continuous improvement.

2018 NOUS Consultation on W&R in Australian Aged Care

A practical, step-by-step guide to help CHSP providers prepare their required annual Wellness and Reablement Report. Includes compliance tips, documentation guidance, examples, and prompts to support quality reporting and continuous improvement.

2024 ASPEX Consulting - Rethinking care Management

An industry report examining contemporary models of care management in aged care, with a strong focus on person-centred practice, wellness approaches, and sustainable care coordination under evolving funding and regulatory environments.

Keepable

A collection of short videos featuring real aged care staff sharing practical reablement experiences.

These videos demonstrate strategies used in everyday practice, challenged faces, and how reablement principles support client independence and confidence.

Keepable

Keepable provide videos of real aged care professionals reflecting on their reablement experience. See the strategies they've used and the challenges they've worked through. Take away ideas to support your client's independence!

Resource Guides

Australian Government: Principles of wellness and reablement

The foundational national guideline outlining the core principles of wellness and reablement in community aged care. This document explains expectations, key concepts, and how providers should embed these principles into everyday service delivery.

SA SSRG: Wellness and reablement in practice - a training and learning guide

A South Australian training and learning guide designed to support frontline workers and service leaders to apply wellness and reablement in real-world practice, using practical examples, reflective activities, and implementation strategies.

Implementing wellness and reablement in community aged care (2019)

A practical resource booklet supporting organisations to shift from traditional service delivery to a reablement-focused approach. Covers workforce change, client engagement, goal-setting, and organisational culture transformation.

Australian Government: CHSP Wellness and Reablement Resources

This official Australian Government resource hub provides guidance, policy information and practical tools to help CHSP providers embed wellness and reablement into everyday practice, supporting older people to live safely, actively and independently at home.

Podcasts

Keepable podcasts updated weekly

A weekly podcast series exploring reablement in practice through interviews with aged care professionals. Topics include working with consent, risk enablement, restorative care, workforce challenges, and innovative approaches to supporting independence.

Macle learning environment podcasts

Educational podcasts produced by the Australian Government to support aged care learning and workforce development. Topics include wellness, reablement, quality standards, clinical governance, and person-centred care across home and residential care.

Connecting the pieces - diversity, wellness and reablement podcasts

A specialist podcast exploring how diversity, inclusion and reablement intersect in aged care. Features sector experts discussing culturally responsive practice, inclusive service design, and supporting diverse older Australians through a wellness lens.

Aged Care quality and safety commission podcasts

A governance-focused podcast series supporting boards and senior leaders to understand reform, compliance, and quality systems. Covers responsibilities under the Quality Standards, provider governance, risk management, and continuous improvement.

SBS Australia: "Speak My Language" podcasts

A culturally tailored SBS podcast episode explaining wellness, reablement, and restorative care in Korean. Designed for CALD communities to better understand aged care services, independence-focused support, and how reablement works in practice.

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Wellness and Reablement Resources

Reports

National Library of Medicine (US) Research and reports

A searchable database of international, peer-reviewed research articles on wellness and reablement. This resource is ideal for evidence-based practice, implementation models, and best-practice approaches used in health and aged care settings.

DoHDAC Report: CHSP Wellness and Reablement 2025

The Australian Government's official overview of how wellness and reablement is embedded within the Commonwealth Home Support Programme. Provides policy direction, expectations for providers, and updated guidance aligned with current aged care reforms.

Keepable: preparing your annual wellness and Reablement Report

A practical, step-by-step guide to help CHSP providers prepare their required annual Wellness and Reablement Report. Includes compliance tips, documentation guidance, examples, and prompts to support quality reporting and continuous improvement.

2018 NOUS Consultation on W&R in Australian Aged Care

A practical, step-by-step guide to help CHSP providers prepare their required annual Wellness and Reablement Report. Includes compliance tips, documentation guidance, examples, and prompts to support quality reporting and continuous improvement.

2024 ASPEX Consulting - Rethinking care Management

An industry report examining contemporary models of care management in aged care, with a strong focus on person-centred practice, wellness approaches, and sustainable care coordination under evolving funding and regulatory environments.

Keepable

Keepable

Keepable provide videos of real aged care professionals reflecting on their reablement experience. See the strategies they've used and the challenges they've worked through. Take away ideas to support your client's independence!

Resource Guides

Australian Government: Principles of wellness and reablement

The foundational national guideline outlining the core principles of wellness and reablement in community aged care. This document explains expectations, key concepts, and how providers should embed these principles into everyday service delivery.

SA SSRG: Wellness and reablement in practice - a training and learning guide

A South Australian training and learning guide designed to support frontline workers and service leaders to apply wellness and reablement in real-world practice, using practical examples, reflective activities, and implementation strategies.

Implementing wellness and reablement in community aged care (2019)

A practical resource booklet supporting organisations to shift from traditional service delivery to a reablement-focused approach. Covers workforce change, client engagement, goal-setting, and organisational culture transformation.

Australian Government: CHSP Wellness and Reablement Resources

This official Australian Government resource hub provides guidance, policy information and practical tools to help CHSP providers embed wellness and reablement into everyday practice, supporting older people to live safely, actively and independently at home.

Podcasts

Keepable podcasts updated weekly

A weekly podcast series exploring reablement in practice through interviews with aged care professionals. Topics include working with consent, risk enablement, restorative care, workforce challenges, and innovative approaches to supporting independence.

Macle learning environment podcasts

Educational podcasts produced by the Australian Government to support aged care learning and workforce development. Topics include wellness, reablement, quality standards, clinical governance, and person-centred care across home and residential care.

Connecting the pieces - diversity, wellness and reablement podcasts

A specialist podcast exploring how diversity, inclusion and reablement intersect in aged care. Features sector experts discussing culturally responsive practice, inclusive service design, and supporting diverse older Australians through a wellness lens.

Aged Care quality and safety commission podcasts

A governance-focused podcast series supporting boards and senior leaders to understand reform, compliance, and quality systems. Covers responsibilities under the Quality Standards, provider governance, risk management, and continuous improvement.

SBS Australia: "Speak My Language" podcasts

A culturally tailored SBS podcast episode explaining wellness, reablement, and restorative care in Korean. Designed for CALD communities to better understand aged care services, independence-focused support, and how reablement works in practice.

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