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- Title
Identifying marginal housing for people with a mental illness living in rural and regional areas.
- Authors
Grigg, Margaret; Judd, Fiona; Ryan, Lisa; Komiti, Angela
- Abstract
Objective: Homelessness among people with a mental illness is a serious issue. Objective: The study aimed to identify the types of housing available for people with a mental illness in the region; to develop an audit tool to assess the housing of patients of the mental health service; and to pilot this audit tool. Method: Key informants were interviewed to obtain information about the type of housing options available in the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee Region. This information was used to develop a survey to audit the housing status of existing patients of the area mental health service. A pilot study using the survey was completed by case managers for 81 patients who were being case managed by the area mental health service. Results: There were a wide variety of housing options in the region, but housing availability was not evenly distributed. Although most patients lived in owned or rented accommodation, a substantial proportion of patients had difficulties with accessing the required services, the affordability of their housing, uncertainty of tenure or were at risk of violence within their housing. Conclusions: A substantial proportion of patients treated by a rural area mental health service had lived in impoverished housing.
- Subjects
HOUSING for people with intellectual disabilities; HOUSING; HOMELESSNESS; MENTAL health services; MENTAL illness; MENTAL health; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2005, Vol 39, Issue 11/12, p995
- ISSN
0004-8674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01703.x