Published 5th November 2018
The difficulties for people with complex and challenging support needs to obtain adequate supports under the NDIS is identified inthe report by Colleen Pearce, Public Advocate and released in September by the Victoria Office of the Public Advocate.
The purpose of this report is to tell the stories of some of OPA’s clients who have complex and challenging support needs, and who are not seeing the benefits that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is intended to deliver. The human impact and harm experienced by clients when they receive inadequate supports under the NDIS is significant and the costs to them for this failure, and to all of us, have been enormous.
The conclusion carries with it a warning; that these issues will remain and potentially escalate in scale and impact as full NDIS rollout is achieved unless significant and effective actions are taken immediately to ensure the NDIS delivers the intended transformational benefits for all people with disability.
This report makes fifteen recommendations to improve system, service and operational issues to ensure the scheme delivers the intended transformational benefits for all people with disability. Some of these are:-
Download the report here.
Source:Vol 12 No 72, 2018, Global Gazette Disability (http://globalcarestaff.com/)
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