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THE 7PM PROJECT: Young People in Aged Care |
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| | On Monday night Channel Ten's THE 7PM PROJECT featured a story on young people in nursing homes. You can watch it here.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 15:29 |
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Social Inclusion for people with disabilities |
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| Summer Foundation Managing Director Di Winkler was asked by Philanthropy Australia journal to contribute to the current edition of the Australian Philanthropy Journal, which explores the theme Social Inclusion: addressing systemic imbalances. Click here to view the article. | | |
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2010 10:53 |
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Friday, 07 August 2009 19:37 |
| The "SHUT OUT" report prepared by the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council has been released, which highlights the long-neglected plight of people with disabilities and their families. "People with a disability want to live in a society where they are treated with respect, dignity and importantly with equality, and not as "poor things" nor merely as recipients of services." |
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National Disability Insurance Scheme |
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Monday, 10 August 2009 10:47 |
| The Summer Foundation has joined other leading organsiations in the call for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, which provides for the establishment of a fund that will provide finanancial support to all people with a disbaility. Currently if people are injured in a workplace or vehicle accident they generally receive financial assistance, but if someone acquires a late onset disability or an acquired brain injury, they do not. | "We currently have a situation where what you get as the result of a catastrophic injury resulting in a disability is dependent on what state you were injured in, and the manner of the injury. The current system is absurd"
The Hon. Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities speaking at the Press Club in June, has said that he would like to build support for a National Disability Insurance Scheme. Net link: http://www.ndis.org.au |
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Monday, 19 October 2009 14:47 |
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The following letter was published in The Age today in response to the Oct 16 article "Disability watchdog hits out" A Stepping Stone
THE Community Visitors’ Report revealed the ...plight of people with profound acquired brain injuries who live in locked facilities such as Mary Guthrie House in Kew (“Disability watchdog hits out”, The Age, 16/10). Although these people have very high needs, they do not need to live in locked institutions. We have seen more than 10 people similar to those at Mary Guthrie house move from an institution to living in the community. Greg was married with children when he sustained a severe brain injury. He spent the first year in a locked unit. However, after 3 years in rehabilitation (in a facility that no longer exists) he was able to live on his own in a suburban unit with 35 hours of disability support each week.
Unlike the 11 people stuck in Mary Guthrie House Greg had access to specialist accommodation and people with expertise in managing his challenging behaviour. A specialist transitional living service is required to provide a stepping stone from places such as Mary Guthrie House to community living.
It makes sense from a human rights perspective and will also save money.
Di Winkler, Summer Foundation, Blackburn |
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Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2009 14:51 |
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