The Care Guide for Health Care Assistants is a valuable resource for people providing care for frail, older people living in aged care.
We collaborated with the Waitematā DHB Gerontology Nursing Service and a team of aged residential care quality leads to update the clinical content and add a te ao Māori perspective to the guide. It replaces the caregiver guide developed by Waitematā DHB in 2010.
The guide has 20 clinical and practice topics to improve the quality of care for older people. It includes guidance on mental and physical health, standards of care and a chapter on tikanga Māori for kaumātua.
Resources
Care Guide for Health Care Assistants
Access the guide for mobile devices
Access the full guide in PDF format
Access the individual topics in PDF format
Care Guide webinar
This webinar recording introduces the Care Guide, what topics it covers, and gives a brief history and context around its development.
Whakataukī and tohu design
This video explains our approach to encompass both te ao Pākehā and te ao Māori views into the Care Guide. It includes the creation of taonga that resonate both to kaupapa, and with everyone who has been involved in designing and implementing the guide.
Feedback
Please reach out to the team if you have questions or feedback about the guide. You have until 30 September 2025 to provide feedback.
Email: ARC@hqsc.govt.nz
Further information
Published: 24 Jul 2025
Modified: 8 Aug 2025
