Disability and Ageing: lifelong planning for a better future Senate Committee's report

The NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) has published a useful summary of the recent Senate Affairs  Committee report: Disability and Ageing: lifelong planning for a better future

Key recommendations:

• Identifying people with disability as a special needs group, and lowering the age of eligibility for people with disability to access aged care services.
• Reviewing assessment tools used by Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) to assess people with disability.
• Giving specialised legal and financial support to people with disability and their loved ones.
• Making resources available to support life-long planning for people with disability, and regulation of particular types of planning.
• Research on the needs of disadvantaged people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people living in rural and remote areas.
• Better communication about and co-ordination of current disability services.

NCOSS summary and response:

www.ncoss.org.au/resources/110811-NCOSS-Summary-Disability_and_Ageing_report_July2011-Final.pdf  

Final report from the Senate Committee:

www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/planning_options_people_ageing_with_disability_43/report/index.htm