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A National Measure of Functional Dependency for Home and Community Care Services in Australia -2001 — The HACC dependency data items project was established to recommend for national use, validated and reliable instruments for measuring the dependency of people eligible for Home and Community Care (HACC services).
Completed research (Several useful reports) — These research projects have been undertaken with assistance from Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC), Department of Family and Community Services NSW.
deinstitutionalisation and housing futures: positioning paper prepared by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute -2000 — Whilst there remain a significant number of people who could be deinstitutionalised, the rate of deinstitutionalisation is slowing across most jurisdictions in Australia, with the exception of New South Wales and Victoria. In New South Wales, almost 2,500 people are planned to move into community based housing over the next ten years. Another 900 people, according to reports from other states, will make this move by 2011. Current projects by The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) at http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects.asp?Status=New
Disability in Australia: intellectual disability -2008 — This bulletin analyses the patterns of transitions by people with intellectual disability into and out of school education and their needs for services and assistance. It also presents an overview of prevalence of intellectual disability, associated disabilities and conditions, causes and age at onset of main disabling conditions, and geographic location in Australia.
Disability in Australia: multiple disabilities and need for assistance -2009 — The number and type of disabilities a person has is highly related to the severity of disability and need for assistance. This report examines the severity of disability and complex support needs of people with multiple disabilities in Australia.
Final report of the National Inquiry into Employment and Disability (2005) — People with disability represent 16.6% of Australia's working age population (15-64 years of age). However, they are much less likely to be employed than people without disability. People with disability have a comparatively lower labour force participation rate (53.2% compared to 80.1%) and a higher unemployment rate (8.6% compared to 5%) than those without a disability. The National Inquiry into Employment and Disability (the Inquiry) was launched by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission on 4 March 2005 in order to address this well known inequity.
Framework for Assessment in the Home and Community Care Program in Victoria 2007 — The HACC Program enables people with basic care needs to remain living independently at home with relatively low levels of formal service provision. Assessment is a critical factor in managing client pathways in and out of HACC services as well as the broader health and community care system.
Housing and care for older and younger adults with disabilities -2000 — Currently older people with a disability are more likely to live in cared accommodation than in the community. Ageing in place strategies, plus the fact that younger people with a disability are more likely to live in the community, add to the complexity of integrating housing and support services.
Housing assistance, social inclusion and people with a disability -2009 — This project sought to understand how housing assistance affects social inclusion for persons with a disability.
The impact of the global financial crisis on social services in Australia -2008 — The demand for social services is already rising and will rise substantially in the short-term. In many areas — examples include residential aged care, housing, homelessness and family relationship services — demand already outstrips the capacity of agencies to offer assistance. The services most immediately affected by deteriorating economic conditions are in employment, housing, financial and general counselling and emergency relief.
Towards a National. Measure of Functional. Dependency for Home and Community Care. Services in Australia -2001 — this Stage 1 report: · reviews the suitability of existing instruments and scales to measure the dependency levels of the HACC target group and · makes recommendations on whether one or more existing measures should be selected or whether a new measure is required.