DisabilityCare alone cannot resolve that issue. Unless the community begins to act now, we may find that when the scheme is fully implemented, young people in nursing homes and tens of thousands of other people with disability will have funding for support - but no housing. DisabilityCare, which was launched in July in specified sites across Australia, aims to address the problems of a disability system that the Productivity Commission has described as underfunded, unfair and fragmented. It will provide funding for support and equipment that young people in nursing homes desperately need in order to do things most of us take for granted. However, housing for people with disability is still the responsibility of public and community housing, and substantial change is required to ensure other systems such as housing, health, education and employment are also inclusive. DisabilityCare resources cannot be used to plug the many gaps in these sectors, otherwise the scheme will not be viable. In 2008, Australia ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These include the right of all people to choose their residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others, and not be obliged to live in particular living arrangements. Its time to turn this right into a reality. From the article Read more: smh.au/comment/why-housing-is-an-enormous-challenge-for-disabilitycare-20131023-2w1ko.html#ixzz2ihOT9pjN
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:58:41 +0000
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