People with disabilities in group homes are suffering shocking abuse. New housing models could prevent harm
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers.
Free-up of NDIS beds ‘saves states millions’
The government’s plan to clear hospital beds by getting National Disability Insurance Scheme participants discharged sooner is saving the states “literally millions of dollars every day”, and a “frank” conversation is needed over how they can do more to support young disabled Australians, NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says.
The Canberrans languishing in nursing homes and hospital beds
Aida Janssen has lived a tough life. She was 12 when a bomb blast in her native Lebanon left her paralysed, the shrapnel causing scars which are still visible. At 29 she would get to live out a dream of moving to Australia, where she would settle in Canberra and start a family.
Cut NDIS waiting times to 10 days: MP
Waiting times for specialist disability accommodation would be slashed from the average of 125 days to just 10, under proposed NDIS reforms.
Everyone is talking about the NDIS – we spoke to participants and asked them how to fix it
Last week’s budget revealed the rapidly escalating costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and rekindled fears among people with disability about its sustainability.
“The buck stops at Bill Shorten”: participants plead for NDIS fix
Participants say the NDIS is not delivering on its key purpose, but the government’s review provides an opportunity to go back to the drawing board.
Red tape means homes for NDIS left empty
More than 3000 properties for Australians with disabilities are sitting empty while NDIS participants languish in hospitals, group homes or aged care centres awaiting tick-offs from the agency.
‘They treat you like a person, they ask you what you want’: what NDIS participants value in support workers
When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established almost a decade ago, it was envisaged people with disability would be empowered consumers. It was hoped their customer insights would shape new services designed to meet their specific needs and preferences.
NDIS delays contributing to hospital bed shortage
We’ve all heard about the shortage of hospital beds across the country but in fact, there are hundreds that could be available if they weren’t being used by patients who are technically well enough to go home but can’t.
NDIS participants are left waiting for too long in hospital beds due to bureaucratic delays
Eighteen months ago, a Melbourne woman named Leila had a stroke and went to a local hospital. After medical support over a few weeks, Leila was ready to be discharged from the hospital, but required some specialist support due to her disability.
Hospital patients wait to be discharged in NDIS ‘bed block’
Taxpayers are paying tens of millions of dollars for healthy patients who are stranded in Victorian public hospital beds due to a bureaucratic mess.
What the NDIS needs to do to rebuild trust, in the words of the people who use it
It is nearing ten years since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was legislated in the dying days of the Gillard government.
Melbourne woman with cerebral palsy fights to stay in her home after NDIS funding cut
A Melbourne woman with cerebral palsy is fighting to stay in her home just a year after moving in because the agency running the national disability insurance scheme has decided her funding is no longer “value for money”.
Funding delays keep NDIS participants in hospital months longer than necessary, report finds
Government data shows 1,140 participants are stuck in hospital waiting for housing funding or other support before they can be released.
Disabled Victorians forced to wait in hospital beds due to NDIS delays
The state government has revealed that more than 200 Victorians with a disability were stuck in hospital for an average of 160 days after they were well enough to be discharged, and blamed the hold-up on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
NDIS participants like Alicia stuck in hospitals waiting for homes as specialist housing sits vacant, advocacy groups say
Alicia Appleby is 38 years old but she’s been living in a geriatric ward in a Melbourne hospital for more than 260 days. Ms Appleby has had two strokes, has a mild intellectual disability and needs constant care.
Younger people in aged care is a problem: will the government keep its stated commitment?
Australia has over 3,400 younger people living in aged care, due to a lack of timely funding for viable alternatives. Younger people living in aged care lose skills, social connection and hope. The federal government has committed to getting them out – but its targets will be difficult to achieve.
‘It’s shown me how independent I can be’ – housing designed for people with disabilities reduces the help needed
The federal government has been warning that the rising cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is unsustainable.
‘I wanted my independence’: How Connor took on the NDIS and won
Connor Brookhouse didn’t want to live in a group disability home. So he appealed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and won.
Summer Foundation announces new Chairman and our response to NDIS Changes to Home and Living Supports
We are pleased to announce the new chair of Summer Foundation, Chris Leptos AM as Chairman Elect for the Summer Foundation. Chris is an experienced Director with a wealth of international corporate roles.
Hopes Federal Budget will recognise importance of funding for people with disability
The Federal Budget is due to be delivered tomorrow night and many people with disability could benefit from funding if advocates’ demands are met.
Campaign aims to bring long wait for NDIS housing down to ten days
Thousands of people with disability are waiting far too long for approval for the housing they need, causing stress and impacting their health, the members of a new campaign say.
NDIA under pressure to end delays and get participants out of hospitals and aged care homes
The Morrison government is under pressure to end the bureaucratic delays being blamed for confining NDIS participants to hospital beds or forcing them into aged care homes.
Federal budget 2022: $54 million plan to get NDIS participants out of hospital pitched to Morrison government
The pre-election federal budget should include an extra $50 million to help get NDIS participants out of hospital and into suitable housing, according to a leading advocacy group.
Despite Govt claims, the number of younger people living in aged care has barely dropped
As Aged Care News reported in November, utilising RACFs as accommodation for younger people, most of whom have a physical or intellectual disability, has come at a terrible cost to their wellbeing.
Hundreds of younger people with disability still living in nursing homes as deadlines approach
– Anna Christian
A newly released report shows the Government is still short of its target to have no one younger than 45 living in nursing homes, and no one younger than 65 entering aged care, by 2022.
People with disability break free from aged care
Source: ABC News | Author: Nas Campanella
Almost 4,000 young Australians with disability live in aged care too, and advocates say a broken system is preventing any progress on finding them somewhere else to live.Impact investors in disability housing call for stronger market stewardship by the NDIA
Source: Pro Bono | Author: Sabina Curatolo & Di Winkler
A new industry report on investment funds in the specialist disability accommodation market highlights the need for greater government oversight to increase investor confidence, write Di Winkler and Sabina Curatolo.$2.5b disability housing sector set to explode in size
Source: Australian Financial Review | Author: Michael Bleby
Specialist housing for disabled people, which has grown from nothing into a $2.5 billion asset class in just five years, is poised to expand a further fivefold in response to demand for housing that meets the needs of an estimated 28,000 young people, a new industry report shows.Construction Code Changes Can Future-Proof Homes
Source: The Urban Developer | Author: Di Winkler
Australia’s building ministers at their meeting on April 30 decided to include minimum accessibility standards in the 2022 National Construction Code (NCC).
Accessibility becomes the new standard
Source: Probono Australia | Author: Di Winkler & Peter Mulherin
Australia’s building ministers have decided to include accessible design features in the National Construction Code. Di Winkler and Peter Mulherin look at what that means.
Only accessible housing will meet the needs of an ageing population
Source: Probono Australia | Author: Di Winkler & Peter Mulherin
This Friday, Australia’s Building Ministers will choose whether accessibility standards will be voluntary or mandatory in the 2022 National Construction Code.
The Aged Care Royal Commission wants younger people out of aged care but what are their accommodation options?
Source: ABC Radio National with Fran Kelly | Reporter: Eleni Psaltis | Image: James Hancock
Mandatory building standards would ensure senior housing needs are met
Source: Australian Ageing Agenda | Author: Di Winkler
Our ageing population demands more accessible housing, writes Dr Di Winkler.
Time to future proof Australian housing
Source: Probono Australia | Author: Di Winkler and Peter Mulherin
Only a mandatory approach to accessibility standards will future-proof Australia’s housing…
Specialist disability accommodation – Pipeline of supply
Source: ProBono | Author: Dr Di Winkler and Alecia Rathbone
People with high or complex disability support needs have traditionally had extremely…
At home, marks from my father’s wheelchair were everywhere. We must improve accessible housing.
Source: The Guardian | Author: Caro Llewellyn
My childhood was spent navigating my father’s disability. Then I was told I was facing…
Emerging disability housing market meeting appetite for impact investment at scale
Source: Pro Bono | Author: Dr Di Winker & Dr Peter Mulherin
A new era begins for younger people in aged care
Source: Australian Ageing Agenda | Author: Amelia Condi
There’s support for aged care providers as they transition to NDIS and start providing more choice and control for people with disability, writes Amelia Condi.
YPIRAC is a wicked problem that can only be solved by working across sectors
Source: Probono Australia | Author: Di Winkler
NDIS purpose-built home for Ipswich Jets fan the ‘ultimate goal’ for independent living
Source: ABC News | Author: Baz Ruddick/strong>
It sounds like a simple thing for most of us — an independent life, living in a house that is set up for our purpose.This woman is concerned people living with disabilities will be left behind after COVID-19
Source: SBS News
Sam Petersen is one of many Australians living with disability who has difficulties accessing personal protective equipment, such as face masks.Calls for Australia’s disability carers to get the same coronavirus protections as aged care workers
Source: SBS News | Author: Maani Truu
Days after a disability worker in Victoria died after contracting COVID-19, advocates are calling for urgent action.Private sector flocks to specialist disability accommodation
Source: Australian Financial Review | Author: Michael Bleby
The pipeline of new homes developed with National Disability Insurance Scheme funding has jumped by 50 per cent over the past 12 months, the latest report by the Summer Foundation and Social Ventures Australia…‘Progress’ made to get younger people out of nursing homes
Source: Sydney Morning Herald | Author: Judith Ireland
Why Not-For-Profits need to look beyond successful pilot programs
Not-for-profits need more than just a successful pilot program to influence government and achieve systemic…
First look at state-of-the-art Mt Colah disability housing
Source: The Daily Telegraph | Author: Madelaine Wong
New artist impressions have been released, depicting the final product of a multimillion-dollar development supporting disability needs in Mt Colah.
Five times Australian charities made a difference through advocacy in 2019
Plea to help people in disability homes
Colin Hiscoe has a simple request for the disability royal commission – please help.
Housing for people with disabilities: what needs to happen
Ahead of giving evidence to the Disability Royal Commission hearing in Melbourne…
‘I’ve got a new life’: what it means to leave aged care for a younger person
After spending three years and eight months in an aged care facility, Mario Amato…
Government vows to remove young people with disability from aged care
The Morrison government has pledged there will be no young people with disability living in residential aged care by 2022.
New initiatives to stop younger people going into aged care by 2022
Government response to interim report from the Aged Care Royal Commission handed down
PM promises “last change for a new generation” in Australia’s aged care sector, but experts warn there’s much more to be done
new targets to stop young people with disabilities being placed into aged care
NDIS training held at Broadmeadows
Northern Health has partnered with the Summer Foundation to up skill our staff in how we work with the NDIS…
The Housing Hub is helping fill the void in disability housing
New website makes it easier for people with disabilities to find suitable accommodation.
Younger people with disability need to be removed from aged care
REPORT ON THE AGED CARE SYSTEM UNVEILS NEGLECT OF RESIDENTS
Where to next for royal commissions? Try social issues.
ROYAL COMMISSION: Government repeating the same mistakes as in 2006
accommodation shortfall for young people in aged care royal commission hears
‘No leadership’ on aged care
Get All young out of aged care: commission
A federal government plan will not do enough to stop the pipeline of younger people ending up in aged care and help those already “lost” in nursing homes, a royal commission…
Stop The Pipeline Of Young People Into Aged Care
There is a “pipeline” of young people moving from hospital to residential aged care, and often other options are not even…
Bureaucrat faces grilling over young people in aged care
Young should not be in aged care: inquiry
Aged care for young people ‘a human rights issue’
Aged care a sentence for 21-year-old man
Aged Care Inquiry
Aged care a sentence for 21-year-old man
ROYAL COMMISSION: People not covered by NDIS aren’t eligible for YPIRAC initiative
MP Pat Conroy cites local case studies in federal parliament to highlight problems in aged and home care
Aged care is ‘punishment’ for the young
aged care forum to focus on young people
Neale Radley speaks at Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Aged care system a ‘national disgrace’, commissioner Lynelle Briggs says
Aged Care Royal Commission – Younger residents testify
Those stuck in the system continue to share their stories
‘My nightmare’: Wife reveals late husband’s harrowing aged care experience aged 56
‘Every day I felt like killing myself’: the young in aged care speak at the royal commission
ROYAL COMMISSION: Aged care isn’t appropriate for young people with disability
‘It felt like a prison’: Young people in aged care facilities
The Aged Care Royal Commission is an opportunity to permanently eliminate the need for young people to enter residential aged care
“My Number One Goal Is To Get The F*#@ Out Of The Nursing Home”
Young in aged care a ‘national disgrace’
Aged care system dubbed a ‘national disgrace’ in royal commission inquest
Young people neglected in aged care ‘hell’
Why 6000 younger Australians are living in aged care
‘Prison sentence’: 6000 young Australians stranded in nursing homes
Royal Commission hearings shed light on experiences of young people with disability in aged care
‘My one goal is to get out’ disabled woman tells Aged Care Royal Commission
Six young Australians a day forced into nursing homes
Royal commission slams governments for ‘shocking’ life endured by young in aged care
Royal Commission Into Aged Care Turns Attention To Young People
Aged care royal commission hears young people with disabilities are ‘hidden’ by system
Younger people with a disability should not be forced to live in nursing homes…
Young stuck in aged care in rural areas
Woman, 43, living in nursing home wants out
Lisa Corcoran desperately wants to be able to hug her children again – and to get the hell out of a nursing home.