On Monday 22 March at Burwood RSL a most enlightening forum set out to explain... "What Self Directed Planning, Funding and support mean for people with high and complex needs - a forum that unpacks what is required by governments, services, people with a disability and families to turn rhetoric into practice".
Di Cook and Chris Howells attended.
Details of the agenda can be found here and if you want to read more on Self Managed Funding read In Control's comments here. See also links in PLACES YOU MIGHT LIKE TO VISIT (bottom left side of this Blog) to web site for Family Advocacy NSW, Queensland's Homes West, South Australia's Julia Farr Organisation and Queensland's Mamre Association. All of these organisations are promoting self managed funding and it would seem that the state of NSW is badly lagging the best practices of other states in strongly supporting and expanding the role of families in the management of funding granted to their disabled family members.
Those of you who watched the Breaking Point ABC 4-Corners program will envy the independence and improvements offered by the modern enlightenment of Self Managed Care in the UK.
PowerPoint copies of the presentations will be available shortly and will be notified by a new posting or a comment on this posting.
If you want to support moves by Sunnyfield's Members to get SMF going in NSW - please add your comments here now.
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