research outputs

In October 2017, the Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) proposed to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) that a national assessment be undertaken to consider applying a minimum accessibility standard for private dwellings in Australia through the National Construction Code... Read More

Impact investment is gaining considerable momentum in Australia and is starting to engage mainstream investors, investment banks and super funds. Impact investments generate a positive and measurable social and/or environmental impact as well as a financial return for investors.... Read More

Theoretically, individualised funding schemes empower people with disability (PWD) to choose high quality support services in line with their needs and preferences. Given the importance of support, the aim of this scoping review was to understand the factors that... Read More

The links between disability, activity limitation and participation restriction are well established. Recent and continued advancement of technology, particularly smart home and communication technologies, presents new ways in which some of the limitations and restrictions experienced by people with... Read More

In Australia, over 6,000 adults younger than 65 have been inappropriately placed in nursing homes designed to accommodate older adults. The primary aim of this review was to map the literature on the experiences and outcomes of young people... Read More

Over the past decade, various programs and reforms have targeted the issue of people aged <65 years living in ‘permanent’ residential aged care (PRAC). As context for ongoing policy discourse, the aim of this study was to evaluate trends... Read More

Worldwide, disability systems are moving away from congregated living towards individualized models of housing. Individualized housing aims to provide choice regarding living arrangements and the option to live in houses in the community, just like people without disability. The... Read More

In order to change the current systems that lead to younger people entering and remaining in aged care, we need to understand as much as we can about this population. This report analysed the 2018-2019 administrative data available for... Read More

Summer Foundation Researchers worked with Professor Barry Willer, author of the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ), to extend the original tool to include a measure of the use of electronic social networking for social integration. Read More

People with a newly acquired disability typically start their journey through the health system within acute services, progressing to subacute services for a period of rehabilitation, before being discharged into the community. Transitional services that bridge the gap between... Read More