From Hospital to Home with NDIS Funded Support: Examining Participant Pathway Timeframes Against Discharge Expectations

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Houston, Vivien
Foster, Michele
Borg, David N
Nolan, Meghan
Seymour-Jones, Amy
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2019
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For patients with disability who require funded supports to leave hospital, the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents opportunity and challenges. At a time of major reform, timely and supported discharge is reliant on overcoming interface complexities. The purpose of this study was to examine the NDIS participant pathway timeframes against discharge expectations for hospitalised adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) or acquired brain injury (ABI) and interrogate delays for the two groups. Administrative data on 54 participants (ABI = 18 and SCI = 36) were analysed. Both groups experienced delays to discharge and significant variability in timeframes between NDIS pathway processes and extent of delays. Group differences were identified regarding inefficiencies across the continuum, with type of support a factor to investigate further. This study has uncovered critical points in the NDIS pathway that could impact discharge of participants and where collaboration and adaptive strategies could be targeted to improve processes.

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Australian Social Work

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Specialist studies in education

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Social work

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Houston, V; Foster, M; Borg, DN; Nolan, M; Seymour-Jones, A, From Hospital to Home with NDIS Funded Support: Examining Participant Pathway Timeframes Against Discharge Expectations, Australian Social Work, pp. 1-16

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