Collaborative discharge approach – An overview

Tags: community, complex support, hospital resources, NDIS

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A Collaborative Discharge Approach (CDA) is a process to ensure that people under 65 with disability or complex support needs in hospital can achieve an effective and timely discharge back into the community with National Disability Insurance System (NDIS) supports. This overview provides a snapshot of how health can work with support coordinators to achieve this and includes links to resources that align with specific actions.

Meet Christie

Tags: community, housing, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)

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Christie talks about what SDA means to her.

Kirby’s SDA journey to her new home

Tags: community, disability support, independence, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)

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Kirby finally has her own space again, making her own choices. See how SDA has helped Kirby’s dream to live independently again in her own home.

The Community Integration Questionnaire – Revised (CIQ-R)

Tags: community

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The Community Integration Questionnaire is a tool used by researchers to gather information about how connected people are to their communities.

This paper revises the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ-R), an instrument for assessing outcomes of rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI), including the goals of people living with the effects of TBI.

The Summer Foundation has produced a video that explains how to use our CIQ-R. You can also download the scoring guidelines.

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Citation:

Callaway, L., Winkler, D., Tippett, A., Migliorini, C., Herd, N., & Willer, B. (2014). The Community Integration Questionnaire – Revised. Summer Foundation.