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.

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.

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:

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.