‘Walking Together in Aged Care’: the co-design and evaluation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care training program
Jonathon Zagler, Tameeka Ieremia, Anna P Dawson, Graham Aitken, Christianna Digenis, Natalie Warrior, Joni McArthur, Adriana Parrella, Odette Pearson · 2026
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Description
Jonathon Zagler and colleagues report in 2026 on a training course built with Aboriginal community partners in Australia. The course helps aged care staff give safe and respectful care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders. An Aboriginal led aged care group helped design the course from the start.
Reading and a staff survey shaped the course content. Design workshops came next. A pilot then ran across city, regional and remote sites in South Australia in 2024. Staff praised the course in follow-up talks. They also named clear lessons learned. Talks covered how the course might grow to new sites while keeping its strong community roots.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jonathon Zagler, Tameeka Ieremia, Anna P Dawson, Graham Aitken, Christianna Digenis, Natalie Warrior, Joni McArthur, Adriana Parrella, Odette Pearson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58576 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |