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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency and Scheduled Respite Care for Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: A Model [PDF]

, 2010
Background: As the population of elderly citizens in the U.S. continues to expand paralleled by an increase in the prevalence of dementia, the role of respite care within the healthcare system will increase in importance.
Gupta, Piyush, King, Benjamin, Martinez, Linda, McBride, Katherine, Pendlebury, William, Rejaei, Damoon, Springer, Jennifer, Stewart, Tyler, Swett, Diana   +8 more
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Adults With Intellectual Disability Moving out of the Family Home Using the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Family Members' Planning Experiences

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For adults with intellectual disability and their families, future planning and moving out of the family home in Australia will increasingly occur within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As a market‐based, individualised funding system its impact on this transition remains largely unknown. This paper reports on a
I. Belperio, R. Walker, C. Bigby, I. Wiesel, F. Rillotta, C. Hutchinson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Claims data-based analysis of the influence of individual and regional characteristics on the utilisation of long-term care by people with dementia in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Challenges of future dementia care include increasing shortage of qualified healthcare providers and decreasing potential of informal care by relatives. In order to meet those challenges, changes in dementia care are needed.
Johanna Forstner, Michel Wensing, Jan Koetsenruijter, Pamela Wronski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complexities in the Provision of Respite Care to Family Carers of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development, 2011
PurposeRespite care is generally thought to benefit family carers of persons with intellectual disabilities and is regarded as an important component of family-centred services.
Frieda Finlay, Anne Lawlor, Ray McConkey, Patricia O'Brien, Hasheem Mannan, Gerry Harrington   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Redefining respite for family caregivers: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Health Services
IntroductionRespite care is provided to caregivers through in-home respite providers, drop-off day centers, and institutional or overnight facilities, where the caregiver can take a break or get time-away, while the care-recipient is provided with ...
Rebecca L. Utz, Hannah L. Mundinger, Amber Thompson, Gail L. Towsley, Gail L. Towsley, Kara B. Dassel, Kara B. Dassel, Alex Terrill, Alycia A. Bristol   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impacts of short break provision on disabled children and families: an international literature review [PDF]

, 2010
For over 30 years, short breaks have been part of the landscape of support provision for families with a disabled child. Historically, the term ‘respite care’ has been used in much of the research literature concerning short breaks for families with a ...
Collins, Michelle, Emerson, Eric, Hatton, Chris, Langer, Susanne, Robertson, Janet, Welch, Victoria, Wells, Emma   +6 more
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Educational pathways and outcomes for care‐experienced children: A 16‐year longitudinal study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children who are removed from their birth families during childhood—termed care‐experienced—can be at risk for lower educational attainment and poorer school experiences, often linked to deprivation and behavioural factors. However, research often uses aggregated measures that obscure the complexities of care (e.g.
Emily Lowthian, Stuart Bedston, Olivia Deavall, Tom Crick, Lucy J. Griffiths, Ashley Akbari, Alex Lee, Gemma Hammerton, Jon Heron, Donald Forrester   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health impacts experienced by caregivers of people with Dravet syndrome: A systematic literature review

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Graphical abstract for the systematic literature review. Abstract Objective Dravet syndrome (DS) places tremendous burden on caregivers owing to the extent of required assistance and impact on daily living, as well as the risk to the individual with DS of premature mortality from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and morbidity associated with ...
Adam Strzelczyk, Mary Anne Meskis, Galia Wilson, Bobby Jacob, Christoph Helmstaedter, Jane von Gaudecker, Veronica Hood, Ceri Hughes, Michael Scott Perry   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source