Patricia O’Brien

This research examines Individual Supported Living (ISL) arrangements, which have been developed to provide appropriate and preferred homes for persons with intellectual disabilities and high support needs.

Report

“It’s different in the country” supporting ageing-in-place for people with developmental disability: an exploration of rural and metropolitan perspectives

31 Dec 2014

Rafat Hussain,

Trevor Parmenter,

Patricia O’Brien,

Matthew Janicki,

Marie Knox,

Chez Leggatt-Cook,

Stuart Wark

University of Sydney,

University of New England

This report assesses the gaps that exist in current disability and aged care sectors, including generic and specialist levels of care, that are required for successful ageing of people with developmental disabilities in both rural and urban regions of NSW and Queensland.