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.
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal. Most recent version available for order through the informit website.
- Dementia Australia has a wide range of resources on dementia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and carers.
- Dying to Talk: A palliative care discussion guide designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders - Palliative Care Australia.
- Kidney Health Education Resources - Kidney Health Australia.
- Moola talk - Streetwize Communications; Australian Securities and Investment Commission; Bank and Financial Ombudsman.
- 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.
- Carers gateway – Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers - Australian Government.
- 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, Kulunga 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.
- ‘Indigenous Family Carers’ - Carers ACT.
- Winnunga Nimmityjah - Strong Health, Caring for the Community - Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service ACT Inc.
- Aboriginal carers support guide - contact Carers NSW on (02) 9280 4744 to request a free copy.
- 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 - Australian Department of Ageing and Aged Care.
- Koori carer yarning resource manual - Carers NSW; Australian Government.
- Looking after ourselves kit - Carers NSW.
- Shoulder to shoulder: information for Aboriginal families who have a child or young person with a disability - contact Carers NSW on (02) 9280 4744 to request a free copy.
- 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 young carers program - Carers NT.
- Dementia, things to do: activity ideas for carers - Australian Government, Frontier Services NT Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service, Unlimited Expression.
- Disability Stories project, italk Library, Alice Springs (English and Anindilyakwa languages)
- Looking After Family (DVD, 2002) - Carers NT, contact (08) 8948 4877.
- NT Rural and Remote Health - Health Direct
- Palliative care for people with sick kidneys - Kidney Health Australia.
- Resources for people living with dementia and their carers - Dementia Australia NT.
- Top End Dementia Services Directory - Carers NT, contact (08) 8948 4877.
- Living strong: healthy lifestyle cookbook - QLD Government.
- Pinangba: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led care - Uniting Care Queensland.
- Rights and responsibilities: Home care - Australian Government, My Aged Care.
- 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) - Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative, VIC.
- Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People on the NDIS - Carers WA
- 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.
- Support for families and carers - WA Government
- Your stories: families - WA Government.
