The Younger People with very High and Complex Care Needs Conference 2020 is dedicated to alternative options to residential aged care, including:
- Summer Foundation’s innovative housing & support model
- Consumer perspectives - Hunter & Barwon NDIS trial sites
- Access to rehabilitation & restoration of function in line with an NDIS framework
- Improving communication between health & disability
- Transition from childhood to adult services
- Better outcomes from hospital admissions
- FASD - Vicarious trauma & advocacy in complex & inflexible environments
- Person centred planning & support
- Practical strategies & organisational systems for supporting staff
- The push for integration across sectors, to improve life experiences
- Community-based, multi-disciplinary teams assisting individuals to achieve their goals & aspirations
- Age-appropriate living arrangements & activities to promote independence
- Caring demands & needs - Challenges of accessing appropriate respite
- Enhance quality of life including using assistive technology & high quality interaction
- The right to supported decision-making for those rarely heard
- Empower & enable people to raise their voice & have it heard in the NDIS world
- Delivering effective behaviour support
The Younger People with very High and Complex Care Needs Conference 2020 brings together:
- Care and accommodation providers
- State disability services and health representatives
- Key national bodies
- Consumers
- Researchers
