Enablement and Optimising Wellbeing

As a health care worker providing care or services to older people living in residential or home care you are required to practice in accordance with the requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

This learning resource will also have relevance in all of other health care settings providing care or services to older people.

Aged Care Learning Solutions educational material is endorsed by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation.

Learning Outcomes

• Define enablement in practice
• Outline the principles of enablement
• Compare the key differences between an enablement model of care and traditional service delivery in the aged care sector
• List the principles of enablement
• Outline implications for service providers and the people they provide care or services to
• List the tools that can be used during the assessment process and as ongoing resources to build or maintain independence
• Apply enablement tools in your day-to-day care and service development