Evaluating websites
Evaluate all information found on the internet as anyone can publish on any topic.
- Author authority
- Web address (URL)
- Currency
Searching the web
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Aged Care General
- ARNA - Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association
- Ageing Well- the Jean Hailes foundation for women's health
- Department of Health and Ageing - Australia
- Department of Health- UK
- Geriaction - aims to improve the quality of life of older persons
- Kings Fund- UK
- National Service Framework for older people [PDF] UK National Service Frameworks (NSFs) are long term strategies for improving specific areas of care
- Seeking Consent: Working with older people [PDF] Provides legal and best practice guidance in the UK
Dementia
- Alzheimers Australia
- Care of patients with dementia in general practice [PDF] Report by NSW Health and Royal College of General Practioners
- DASNI: Demential advocacy and support network international
- Dementia care research centre (UNSW)
- Dementia Support program
- Early Diagnosis
- National framework for action on dementia [PDF] Consultation paper for an Australian National Framework.
- National service framework for mental health [PDF] Long term strategy and implementation in the UK
- UK wandering network- Dementia including Alzheimers
Elder Abuse
- Action on Elder Abuse- UK
- Missing voices: views of older people on elder abuse [PDF] Report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- No Secrets: Guidance on developing and implementing multi- agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse [PDF] Good Practice from the UK Department of Health
Indigenous Ageing Communities
- Beginning the conversation: Addressing dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities [PDF] Report from the National Indigenous Forum Alzheimer's Australia
- Dementia prevalance and incidence among Australians who do not speak English at home [PDF] Executive Summary of a report for Alzheimer's Australia
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| Library databases | |
| University focus | Useful results hidden in a jungle |
| Target journal articles | Everything and anything! |
| Better results in less pages | Results in 1000s of pages |
| Fulltext scholarly articles |
May need to pay for scholarly articles $$$ |
| Refines your search by subject area, date and lots more! | Fewer limits available |
| UOW quota free | Runs down your quota |
Google scholar
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Beyond Google
Scirus - scientific search engine
HealthInsite (Australian)
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