Pride In Our Work

Close-up photo of a younger person's hand on an older person's wrist. The older person is holding a colourful juggling ball.

National residential aged care staff survey

Do you work, see patients or clients or volunteer in residential aged care in Australia?

We want to hear from you!

Take the 15-minute anonymous survey

Your voice matters! Help us shape better practice in aged care with our short, easy, confidential survey.

Please share widely!

Sharing on socials? Use our socials tile! Just right click and choose 'Save image as'.

Text 'Do you work, see patients or volunteer in residential aged care in Australia? 15 min anonymous survey! Take the survey: redcap.link/PrideInOurWork Ethics approval: LTU HEC25256 / SCU 2025/129

About the project

Ruby Grant, Mark Hughes, Adam Bourne, Trent Mann

As part of the broader Rainbow Inclusive Aged Care Project, headed by Professor Mark Hughes at Southern Cross University, ARCSHS will undertake a survery of residential aged care workers, volunteers and people visiting residential aged care facilities in a professional capacity.

The Rainbow Inclusive Aged Care Project aims to improve care for gender and sexually diverse people in residential aged care.

The national Pride In Our Work survey is a key initial step in the project, identifying what enables and constrains inclusive care. The results of the survey will form a critical portion of the evidence base to enable co-creation, co-design and co-research methods with LGBTQ+ people for improving inclusivity in residential aged care.

Partners and funding

The Rainbow Inclusive Aged Care Project is funded by a Medical Research Future Fund grant, led by Professor Mark Hughes at Southern Cross University, and is conducted in partnership with colleagues at Lancaster University, UNSW, University of Queensland, Edith Cowan University, Rainbow Health Australia, Val's LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care and the Australian Association of Gerontology.

For a full list of partners and funding, visit the Southern Cross University Rainbow Inclusive Aged Care project page.