Our Aged Care to Home service team will be at the 2024 National Aged Care Provider Conference next week.

Be sure to drop by and say hi!

📅 When: Tuesday 23 April - Wednesday 24 April
📍 Where: Adelaide Convention Centre, Stall 12

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The Summer Foundation CEO Dr Di Winkler and @LaTrobe's Prof Jacinta Douglas ask questions around the #NDISReview recommendations in their latest article for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand.

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On this episode of Reasonable & Necessary, Dr George meets with disability lawyers Mitchell Skipsey, and Dr Darren O'Donovan to understand the changes to the NDIS Act.

Watch the episode here: pulse.ly/2qguc73a35

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Summer Foundation's Dr Megan Topping has called for the #NDIS to take people with lived experience seriously.

@ABCNews reported on Will Golding, who runs Ignition Gamers in Canberra for young neurodiverse adults.

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Lee-Anne Mackey suffered abuse at the hands of her carers in a group home managed by a #disability provider. Lee-Anne’s experience shows that reforms suggested in the #DRC final report must be actioned immediately.

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A scoping review by La Trobe University and Summer Foundation integrated studies on hospital discharge outcomes for people with acquired disability and complex support needs.

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#RAC #PWD #disability #YPIRAC

Simone waited for over 109 days to get #SDA into her #NDIS plan. It was an extremely emotional time, with a lot of uncertainty.

'Now I am finally living in my SDA home, and I couldn’t be happier.'

Learn more about Simone's story: downto10days.org.au/our-stories/si…

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Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has confirmed that aged care reforms planned for 1 July 2024 will be delayed. This follows leaked internal documents suggesting that reforms will be pushed back to Jan or July next year.

@9NewsAus broke the news: pulse.ly/lb69ubvunx

Our Aged Care to Home service is featured in the latest issue of Aged Care Today, the official magazine of Aged & Community Care Providers Association

The Autumn 2024 issue is available to download now: pulse.ly/wnhy5e7bhz

Learn more about our FREE Aged Care to Home program: pulse.ly/yx302cchlj

On this NEW episode of Reasonable & Necessary, Dr George meets with the #NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce to understand the role of the taskforce.

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A study by Summer Foundation and La Trobe University presents the perspectives of people with acquired neurological disability, #disability support workers, and close others of people with complex needs to construct a holistic model of quality support.

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Draft legislation unveiled by federal government today addresses priority recommendations from the #NDIS Review and represents the first of the policy and system amendments to improve NDIS participant experience.

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Do you know the 7 key features of a Livable Housing Australia Silver Level #accessible home?

Creating homes with greater accessibility is a goal within reach. Help us show #NSW that adoption of the Livable Housing Design Standard is critical.

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A research study into the National Disability Insurance Scheme revealed that Australians across all cohorts exhibited “a remarkable degree of emotional engagement with the NDIS” and “the plight of Australians with disabilities”.

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Homes Victoria has created the 'Considerations for use of Supported Residential Services' (SRS) guidance document, which can be used by services that interact with #SRS to better consider when, and when not to refer people into SRS.
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Catch #UNSWPSRG researcher Helen Dickinson on Part 2 of the Deep Dive into the NDIS Review podcast!

On #InternationalWomensDay the Summer Foundation would like to recognise all the extraordinary female-identifying people with #disability : from staff members to contributors, and those who work to inspire others to make a difference every day.

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Samar is an independent woman with cerebral palsy who works as a disability support trainer and is also a Lived Experience Partner at Summer Foundation.

Today we celebrate Samar, and all of our contributors who share their experiences to help others.

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In a joint media statement, Federal, state and territory Disability Ministers confirmed they will not publish their formal responses to the #DisabilityRoyalCommission (DRC) final report by 31 March, as recommended by the #DRC .

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