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  • Housing for People with an Acquired Brain or Spinal Injury: Mapping the Australian Funding Landscape.

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    Wright, Courtney J
    Colley, Jacinta
    Knudsen, Kate
    Kendall, Elizabeth
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    Kendall, Elizabeth
    Wright, Courtney J.
    Colley, Jacinta M.
    Knudsen, Kate B.
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    This research aimed to synthesize housing supports funded by 20 major insurance-based schemes for Australians with an acquired brain injury (ABI) or spinal cord injury (SCI). Publicly available grey literature (i.e., primary information from respective scheme websites) was systematically reviewed and compared. There were notable differences between the different scheme types (disability vs. workers compensation schemes) and across different States. Collectively, scheme funding was more likely to be focused on housing infrastructure and service delivery, than on tenancy support. Australians who are least likely to benefit ...
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    This research aimed to synthesize housing supports funded by 20 major insurance-based schemes for Australians with an acquired brain injury (ABI) or spinal cord injury (SCI). Publicly available grey literature (i.e., primary information from respective scheme websites) was systematically reviewed and compared. There were notable differences between the different scheme types (disability vs. workers compensation schemes) and across different States. Collectively, scheme funding was more likely to be focused on housing infrastructure and service delivery, than on tenancy support. Australians who are least likely to benefit from the current funding context are those whose home cannot be reasonably modified, are wanting to build or purchase a new home, do not have suitable, alternative short- or long-term housing options if their current home is not feasible, require support to maintain occupancy of their home or financial assistance to move into a new home, may benefit from case management services, family supports, and assistance animals, and/or cannot afford their rent or home loan repayments. Several interactions, inconsistencies, contradictions, and gaps that warrant further attention were also revealed. This review has highlighted the need for policy makers to provide transparent information about housing entitlements for individuals with ABI or SCI, and their families. A unified, evidence-based framework to guide the funding of housing and housing support services may increase the consistency of interventions available to people with ABI or SCI and, therefore, improve outcomes.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    Volume
    16
    Issue
    16
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162822
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Health and Community Services
    National Disability Insurance Scheme
    National Injury Insurance Scheme
    brain injury
    disability
    housing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386593
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