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Published 19th November 2019
By becoming familiar with the unique needs of various users, architects and designers can better design restrooms that satisfy ADA standards for toile...
Read more about "A Push for Savings"
Soon after Foster Lott and his wife, Katharine Alter, bought their two-story, 1945 house, they began talking about ways to improve it, and saving up t...
Read more about "Aging in place with attractive designs"
Providers who are considering building specialist disability accommodation (SDA) must consult new design standards which will become mandatory in 2021...
Read more about "New disability accommodation guidelines set to come into force"
More vulnerable people are experiencing difficulty accessing home care since the introduction two years ago of the Increasing Choice reforms, research...
Read more about "Home care reforms leaving most vulnerable behind"
Dates Thu 28 Nov 2019, Event
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will be hosting a webinar on How to get the most out of your NDIS plan. The webinar will feature a li...
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Published 14th November 2019
Minister for the NDIS, Stuart Robert, today released the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Design Standard - landmark guidelines that will spu...
Read more about "New design standard puts NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation on solid foundations"
The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Government Services, the Hon Stuart Robert MP, yesterday chaired the second forma...
Read more about "Disability Reform Council Update"
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safetys Interim Report has found the aged care system fails to meet the needs of its older, vulnerable...
Read more about "Media Release: Aged Care in Australia - A Shocking Tale of Neglect"
Published 12th November 2019
On Remembrance Day this year QAI releases the submission to the Disability Royal Commission Inquiry into the education of students with disability. Th...
Read more about "On Remembrance Day, remember students with disability"
Dates Thu 5 Dec 2019, Event
The Royal Commission into Aged Care has highlighted the need for skilled competent staff when looking after a consumer's health care.Maddocks legal fi...
Read more about "Clinical Care and Quality in Home Care Seminar"
In the lead up to the first royal commission hearing which commenced in Townsville on Monday (4 November) I wrote to the chair of our disability royal...
Read more about "Our royal commission is not yet a safe place for people with disability"
The Morrison government must create stronger targets for disability employment and ensure all people with disability are paid fairly in their jobs, ad...
Read more about "Advocates demand stronger targets for disability employment"
The aged care royal commissions interim report comprehensively addresses a range of system failures but it lacks reference to human rights, says a law...
Read more about "Call for RC to take human rights approach"
The aged care royal commission and its findings are brilliant because it will lead to a better system like it did in Britain, a conference on ageing h...
Read more about "Inquiry provides ‘series of lessons which we need’"
Published 11th November 2019
UNSW Liveability We have recently relaunched the UNSW Liveability App for Android devices. The updated app can run on the latest Android-based phones...
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The NSW Rural Fire Service has issued fire weather advice for Tuesday12November2019 with the following areas rated as at or above SEVERE: Far North...
Read more about "Breaking news: Dangerous fire conditions in NSW on Tuesday 12 November"
Published 7th November 2019
Published 5th November 2019
The chair of the disability royal commission has tried to assuage fears there will not be enough support for people giving evidence, as the first publ...
Read more about "Disability royal commission begins amid fears around support services"
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safetys Interim Report found that the aged care system does not deliver uniformly safe and quality car...
Read more about "Breaking news: Royal Commission releases damning report"
National Seniors Australia, the countrys peak member organisation for older Australians, has welcomed the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Ca...
Read more about "National Seniors welcomes Royal Commission interim report"
The aged care royal commissioners have rejected industry calls for a significant increase in government funding to aged care before the end of the inq...
Read more about "RC ‘committed to systemic reform’ of cruel, failing system"
The aged care royal commissions interim report has put the government, industry and community on notice for significant reform to come, says the aged ...
Read more about "Stakeholders say interim report signals areas for change"
Global standards can benefit ageing societies and the wellbeing of older citizens, an upcoming conference on ageing will hear. Global Community Resou...
Read more about "International standards linked to improving ageing"
Published 31st October 2019
There have been improvements in some education outcomes for people with disability along with a decline in the number of people with a disability, acc...
Read more about "Education outcomes improve for people with disability"
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