Organisation

Summer Foundation

Briefing paper

Reimagining group housing and living: workshop findings and recommendations

In October to November 2022, the Housing Hub ran a series of workshops designed to gather collective knowledge about SDA-funded group homes from providers and stakeholders. This report provides background to the workshops and discusses the main findings and recommendations.
Fact sheet

Younger people in residential aged care: progress towards government targets - December 2022

This fact sheets shows there are 2,934 Australians with disability under 65 living in aged care. They are referred to as younger people in residential aged care (YPIRAC).
Survey

Getting the NDIS back on track: a survey of people with disability

Nearly half a million people in Australia with disability are participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The findings of this recent survey reveal a conundrum at the heart of the NDIS participant experience - while many individuals see the real benefits of the...
Report

Providing an evidence base for Home and Living decisions

The Summer Foundation and Occupational Therapy Australia conducted a survey in July 2022 to explore the role of occupational therapists (OTs) in helping NDIS participants request SDA funding. The aim was to understand the functional assessment and report-writing process from the OT perspective, and provide...
Report

Specialist Disability Accommodation supply in Australia: October 2022

This report is the fifth iteration of a national survey of SDA providers that aims to help inform stakeholders in the market.

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