Project Background
Our mission
Our focus
Our key task
Project background
Our Advisory Committee
Our Specialist Review Panels
Our principles in relation to research
What we cannot do
To develop a leading edge Home Modification information clearing project designed with the assistance of and accessible to the full range of industry and consumer target groups.
Our focus (top)
The focus will be on developing and disseminating home maintenance and modification knowledge in order to improve outcomes in direct service provision as well as improving outcomes for the general community through capacity building activities.
Our key task (top)
Collection and critical review of relevant national and international literature.
Project background (top)
The Home Modification and Maintenance (HMM) program delivers an important service to support frail older people, people with a disability and their carers to remain at home. Under this program, there are approximately ninety Home Maintenance and Modification service outlets in NSW.
Our Advisory Committee (top)
We currently have a sixteen-member committee representing a wide cross-section of stakeholders, including government, consumers and disability peaks.
Our Advisory Committee meetings are held at the Faculty of Health Sciences (Lidcombe Campus map) at the University of Sydney.
Membership as at February 2007 includes:
Name | Organisation |
Anne Reeve | South Coast HMMS |
Nicholas Loder | NSW Department of Housing |
Annette Keay | Lifetime Care and Support Authority |
Ian Maxwell | Wesley HMMS |
Robyn Chapman | Independent Living Centre of NSW |
Amelia Starr (Acting) | Disability Council of NSW |
Lisa Langley | Council on the Ageing |
Claudia Kennedy | NSW Dept of Ageing Disability & Home Care |
Colin James | Faculty of Architecture |
Christine Regan | N.S.W Council of Social Service |
Susan Dinley | Department of Veteran Affairs NSW State Office |
Ruth Robinson | Physical Disability Council of NSW |
Stacey Sheppard-Smith | NSW Home Modification and Maintenance State Council |
Steve Malvern | NSW Statewide Home Modification Service |
Sandy Lightfoot Collins | NSW Health Department |
Our Specialist Review Panels (top)
There are sixteen members on our Specialist Review Panels. Each member participates in the Research, Industry or Consumer Panel depending on their expertise. The Specialist Review Panels provide advice on the Evidence Based Practice Reviews produced by the HMinfo Clearinghouse team. These reviews, located in the Resource Library, include systematic reviews, industry fact sheets and checklists, and consumer fact sheets.
The review process ensures that documents prepared by the HMinfo Clearinghouse team and published on the HMinfo website are technically accurate while maintaining the documents readability and relevance for the target audience.
Specialist panels click here to obtain the electronic form for emailing systematic review feedback.
Members of our Review Panels as at April 2006 include:
Research Panel (top)
Name | Organisation |
Desleigh DeJonge | University of Queensland |
Karen Roberts | Caulfield General Medical Centre |
Lindy Clemson | University of Sydney |
Lisel O' Dwyer | Flinders University |
Stephen Harfield | University of Technology Sydney |
Industry Panel (top)
Name | Organisation |
Beverley Garlick | Royal Australian Institute of Architects, NSW |
Jean Halcrow | Australian Association of Occupational Therapists |
Keith Stevenson | Auburn, Holroyd, Parramatta HMM Service |
Peter Meredith | Master Builder's Association, NSW |
Sandra Lightfoot-Collins | Macarthur HMMS |
Consumer Panel (top)
Name | Organisation |
Glen Redmayne | Marrickville Council |
Greg Killeen | Spinal Cord Injuries Australia |
Janne Bidenko | DeafBlind Association NSW |
Irene Truscott | Deafness Forum of Australia |
Ross Smith | Central Sydney Regional Public Tenants Association |
Jamila Howarth | MS Society Ltd |
Sarah Fogg | The Benevolent Society |
Sue Egan | Physical Disability Council of Australia |
Our principles in relation to research (top)
- Data collection procedures will be reviewed by a suitably knowledgeable and representative external project Advisory committee
- Data gathering undertaken by the clearinghouse will be subject to Human Ethics Clearance at the University of Sydney
- Information collection will not identify individuals or services without prior permission and information about individual schemes will not be passed on to the funding body
- Publication of research results
- We have no powers to investigate complaints about home modification services in NSW - However, information about any such issues may be helpful for us in providing information about best practice.
- We cannot make or enforce policy - It is the responsibility of the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care in conjunction with stakeholder bodies such as the NSW Home Modification State Council to develop and monitor policy implementation.
- We are not a disability rights or advocacy organisation - Our role is to give the Home Modification Service Providers in NSW timely and credible advice which takes account of the broad views of all relevant stakeholders.
