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February 2024
Collaborative Support Approach: Working together to help young people leave aged care
Tags: health professional, residential aged care (RAC), support coordinator
Description:
The Collaborative Support Approach Tool outlines the cooperation between Residential Aged Care staff, Support Coordinators, Allied Health Professionals and other stakeholders, working together to assist a younger person leave aged care.
This tool details the tasks and responsibilities – the “who does what” when assisting a younger person to leave RAC and live in the community.
This resource will be useful to RAC, NDIS providers and other stakeholders working at this interface. Download this resource from the Housing Hub below.
August 2023
Housing Needs and Preferences to Support Discharge
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, housing
Citation:
The Housing Needs and Preferences to Support Discharge Guide and Template are for health professionals to support a person with disability to describe the housing and support they want and need so that they can be discharged to suitable housing.
June 2023
Discharge planning toolkit
Tags: health professional, health system, hospital discharge, rehabilitation, training
Description:
This toolkit provides targeted information for hospital discharge staff, and staff in acute and rehabilitation hospital settings, relating to the discharge of people aged under 65 years who have acquired a disability:
June 2023
NDIS readiness – a toolkit for hospitals
Tags: community, health professional, health system, hospital discharge, NDIS plan, training
Description:
This toolkit includes tailored resources for health practitioners that cover the entire hospital journey for people with disabilities, from admission to discharge back into the community.
First published: July 2018
Last updated: June 2023
July 2020
Capacity building framework training manual
Tags: health professional, health system, hospital discharge, NDIS participant, training
Description:
In striving for best practice outcomes for NDIS participants, a health service may use this resource to provide a framework in the provision of information, training and mentoring to staff for practice change.
June 2020
NDIS foundations training videos
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, NDIS, training
Description:
These videos for health services are part of the NDIS Capacity building framework training manual.
- Embedding Practice Change: Health Services and the NDIS
- Introduction to the NDIS (Webinars 1–4)
- NDIS Foundations (Modules 1–3)
- Streamlining Health & NDIS for Better Discharge Outcomes
March 2020
Health service FAQs
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, training
Description:
All health services are building their capacity in working with the NDIS and people with disability aged under 65. This resource contains health’ frequently asked questions (FAQs), and answers relating to a number of different topics.
Health services may choose to download the Word version of this resource and add their own FAQs to maximise local relevance.
October 2019
Introduction to the NDIS for health professionals
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, NDIS, training
Description:
This is a series of 4 webinars which cover the Introduction to the NDIS for health professionals.
July 2018
THE NDIS: A new landscape for people who acquire a disability
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, NDIS
Description:
The NDIS is creating new possibilities for people with disability, but is a whole new world for health care professionals.