Building trust - resources

For everyone

• You can contact the Palliative Care Australia group in your state or territory for local support with palliative care and dealing with your situation.

Care leavers

• Feeling comfortable with the care provided by a health care organisation can be challenging. Helping hand have created a brochure Top 10 Questions (708kb pdf) for forgotten Australians/ care leavers to ask when looking for residential aged care accommodation. Use this brochure to help you find services you can trust.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex

• Finding the right residential aged care facility can be hard. It’s your right to ask (916kb pdf) helps by providing you with 10 questions to ask the residential aged care facility. This can help you to find out if they have the Rainbow Tick of accreditation and find information about their LGBTI inclusion policies.

Older people

• Trusting health professionals and service providers can be hard when you have been faced with discrimination. It’s your right to ask (794kb pdf) suggests 10 questions to ask about your cultural needs in residential aged care.