What services do LGBT carers, older people and younger people with disabilities need to enable them to stay at home rather than going into residential care facilities?
The Home and Community Care (HACC) program jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments have funded three Non-Government Organisations – Carers Queensland, Council on the Ageing Queensland (COTAQ) and Queensland Aged & Disability Advocacy (QADA) - to meet with people and their carers to find the answers to this question.
A forum will be held at the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities at 30 Helen St Newstead on March 12 from 11am-1pm, to enable older people, younger people with disabilities and their carers, who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, to confidentially discuss the services they currently receive and the additional services they feel would enable them to stay living in the community longer.
“The HACC program includes nursing care, domestic assistance, respite care, home modification and maintenance, services which support people to be more independent at home and in the community, thereby enhancing their quality of life and/or preventing inappropriate admission to long term residential care,” said Mark Tucker-Evans, Executive Director of COTA Queensland.
“Information we obtain through the forums we will hold throughout Queensland this year will contribute to planning and help to identify new areas that will support and better meet the needs of people currently receiving HACC services.” he said.
Further details are available from COTA Queensland on 3316 2999.
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