Residential care
Alternative labels
Institutional care
People with disabilities institutional care
Description
Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. [wikipedia]
Report
Safe, thriving and connected: generational change for children and families 2018 - 2023
One year on from the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory’s final report and six months into the reform journey, the Northern Territory government is making progress to improve support and services to families experiencing vulnerability and overhaul the child protection and youth justice systems.
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Why controversial child protection reforms in NSW could lead to another Stolen Generation
Children are already being removed from Indigenous communities at an unprecedented rate. Indigenous children make up 36.9% of children in out-of-home care in Australia, despite being just 3% of the population.
Report
Digital inclusion in health and care in Wales: summary report
This joint report from the Carnegie UK Trust and Wales Cooperative Centre examines the potential for digital inclusion to improve the health and wellbeing of older people in Wales with a limiting long-term condition.
Report
Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017
This report presents information on people aged 10–17 who were in the child protection system and under youth justice supervision from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017.
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From aspiration to opportunity: developing independence in out-of-home care
This research explored how the accredited Developing Independence program addressed gaps in out-of-home care by offering both an improved approach and a structure for engaging young people in education and future planning based on their aspirations.