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- Title
Measuring the Effectiveness of New Approaches to Housing Support Policy for Persons with Disabilities.
- Authors
Fisher, Karen R.; Parker, Sarah; Purcal, Christiane
- Abstract
Housing support policy for persons with disabilities who require access to 24-hour formal or informal support is changing throughout Australia. This is consistent with international trends including: independent living in generic housing; facilitating choices about where and with whom people live; individualised home-based support; and community integration. Are these trends leading to policies that are effective in the Australian context? This article presents a framework for analysing the effectiveness of new approaches to housing support using a rights perspective. The framework consists of four domains: client outcomes; administrative systems; service viability; and coordination between formal and informal carers. Applying the framework to six case studies found that they all aim to foster independence, while providing effective individualised, holistic housing support.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; HOUSING for people with disabilities; PEOPLE with disabilities -- Home care; LEGAL assistance to people with disabilities; EFFECTIVENESS &; validity of law; PUBLIC administration
- Publication
Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2009, Vol 68, Issue 3, p319
- ISSN
0313-6647
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00642.x