The Ageing in Place Sourcebook was formally launched at the Perspectives on Health in Developmental Disability Conference in June 2003 by Ms Marilyn Hendel representing the Bernard Judd Foundation that supported CDDS in its development.

The Ageing in Place Sourcebook is about building capacity in service organisations to maximise the chances of ageing in place and enabling people with life-long disabilities to enjoy the benefits of continuity within their preferred accommodation.

The aim of the source book is to gather and disseminate good and innovative service responses to ageing in place. The sourcebook is divided into ten (10) sections:

1. •  Community Leisure / Recreation

2. •  Additional In-Home Support

3. •  Palliative Care / End of Life

4. •  Dementia

5. •  Aged Care Services

6. •  Assessment

7. •  Staff training

8. •  Cross Agency

9. •  Adaptability of Housing

10. •  Annotated Bibliography

Within the sourcebook, a synopsis of practices nominated by an organisation is provided along with the contact details for further information on implementation.

Entries in the sourcebook include international, national and local (New South Wales) examples of ageing in place. The user may therefore, get examples of practices at various levels from a theoretical perspective as described in a published text or handbook, through to a local example of a practice occurring for one person. It is hoped that the variety of viewpoints will provide users with a diversity and breadth of materials that will be of use to them in designing their own response to a particular issue / problem.

To purchase The Ageing in Place Sourcebook CD-ROM Cost: $44 (inc. GST) plus $5 (post & handling) please ring CDDS (02) 8878 0500 or email Leela Pacheco lpacheco@med.usyd.edu.au .