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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
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Moving beyond Occupational Health: Lessons from Implementing Integrated Worker Health Programs among Informal Workers in Thailand

Journal of Health Research
Background: This paper aims to present practical experiences and lessons learned from applying an integrated worker health approach among informal workers in Thailand.
Orrapan Untimanon
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Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald, Lee Cubis, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +3 more
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Informal Settlements Extraction and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Habitat Environment Quality Based on Multi-Source Data

Land
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.1 emphasizes improving well-being, ensuring housing security, and promoting social equity.
Zanxian Yang, Fei Yang, Yuanjing Xiang, Haiyi Yang, Chunnuan Deng, Liang Hong, Zhongchang Sun   +6 more
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Australian Practitioners' Beliefs, Confidence, and Training Needs for Delivering Behaviour Support to Children and Young People in Out‐of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough, Kelly‐Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Mikaela Stanborough, Erin Leif   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informed consent for capacity assessment

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
In this paper we examine the role of informed consent to capacity assessment, focussing primarily on the two jurisdictions of England and Wales, and Ireland. We argue that in both jurisdictions, a capacity assessment should be regarded as a distinct intervention, separate from the 'original' intervention at issue, and that specific informed consent to ...
O'Keeffe, Shaun T., Donnelly, Mary
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
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Research progress on fear of disease assessment tools for informal caregivers

Huli yanjiu
This article reviewed the contents,characteristics,and applications of fear of disease assessment tools for informal caregivers.The aim was to provide references for developing localized assessment tools,and to offer guidance for implementing fear of ...
YUAN Yuqian, KANG Fengying
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Unmet care needs of advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers: a systematic review

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background This systematic review aimed to identify the unmet care needs and their associated variables in patients with advanced cancer and informal caregivers, alongside summarizing the tools used for needs assessment.
Tao Wang, Alex Molassiotis, Betty Pui Man Chung, Jing-Yu Tan   +3 more
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Synergistic Advanced Oxidation and Physicochemical Treatment Strategies for Antibiotic Removal and Resistance Mitigation in Water

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The presence of antibiotics in water not only causes environmental pollution but also increases the growth of antibiotic‐resistant bacterial genes, which pose serious threats to human beings and other water residents. Large numbers of people are reportedly affected by the resistant bacterial genes, as many broad‐spectrum antibiotics are not ...
Amir Zada, Shohreh Azizi
wiley   +1 more source