Disability and Carer Inclusive Practice

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Disability & Carers

• Disabilities in Australia: Multiple Disabilities and need for assistance - The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009). This report examines the frequency of multiple disabilities and their impact on the care needs of Australians.
• Impact Of Home Based Long Term Care On Informal Carers, Ranmuthugala et al, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (2009). This report highlights the price that family members pay for taking on long term care responsibilities at home.
• ‘Shut Out’ - Report on the experience of people with disabilities and their families in Australia, National People with Disabilities and carer council (2009). This report underlines the need for a national disability insurance scheme that entitles people with severe disability to support services, whatever the cause of their disability.
• The nature and impact of caring for family members with a disability in Australia (2009), Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA). This paper examines the impacts on primary carers providing care to a person because of old age or disability. It examines the effects of caring on family and social relationships; documents the social, emotional, physical and financial impact on families of those caring for a person with disability; and examines the effect of caring on labour force status.
• The geography of disability and economic disadvantage in Australian capital cities (2009), Dr Louise O'Rance - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. There is a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and severe disability in capital cities, according this report. But which causes what is unclear - whether disability contributes to economic disadvantage, or whether the reverse applies. The report focused on people aged under 65, thereby excluding much of the disability related to ageing. Dr O'Rance reports that the figures clearly showed that disability among people aged under 65 was more common in communities where residents had fewer economic resources. 
• Family Resilience where families have a child (0-8years) with a disability, Muir et al / Social Policy Research Centre. The Disability Policy and Research Working Group commissioned this study as part of the Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement. The results document risk and protective factors for family resilience and can be accessed via the Social Policy Research Centre website.
• Influencing workplace change: The New Zealand experience (2008), Heather McDonald, Sarah Young and Dairne Grant, New Zealand Government. The paper from the AIFS Conference 2008 provides a snapshot of initiatives implemented by the New Zealand Government to make workplaces attractive, innovative and productive, particularly in relation to families and people with caring responsibilities. Source: Australian Policy Online.
• The wellbeing of Australians: carer health and wellbeing (2007), by Robert A. Cummins, et al. A special report concerning the subjective wellbeing of carers in Australia. It is the product of a partnership between Carers Australia, Australian Unity and Deakin University. Carers have the lowest collective wellbeing of any group yet discovered.

Carers

• Impact Of Home Based Long Term Care On Informal Carers, Ranmuthugala et al, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (2009). This report highlights the price that family members pay for taking on long term care responsibilities at home.
• Beyond Blue Guide for Carers (2009). Based on the personal stories of carers, this guide offers tips about caring for others and for the carer.
• Influencing workplace change: The New Zealand experience (2008), Heather McDonald, Sarah Young and Dairne Grant, New Zealand Government. The paper from the AIFS Conference 2008 provides a snapshot of initiatives implemented by the New Zealand Government to make workplaces attractive, innovative and productive, particularly in relation to families and people with caring responsibilities. Source: Australian Policy Online.
• The wellbeing of Australians: carer health and wellbeing (2007), by Robert A. Cummins, et al. A special report concerning the subjective wellbeing of carers in Australia. It is the product of a partnership between Carers Australia, Australian Unity and Deakin University. Carers have the lowest collective wellbeing of any group yet discovered.

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