Older Australians face long wait to be assessed for aged care

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Aged Care Employee Day.

#agedcare #ndis #homecare #agedcareaustralia #healthcare #eldercare #elderlycare #seniorcare #independentliving #inhomecare #elderly #health #seniorliving #disability #dementia #australia #disabilityawareness #nursing #caregiver #disabilitysupport #ndisprovider #nurse #mobility #seniors #care #homecareagency #myagedcare #brisbane #mentalhealth #caregiversupport Today's Aged Care Employee day is celebrated to honor all those people who take care…

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Today I had a meaningful and wide-ranging meeting with Alice Jordan-Baird MP (member for Gorton).

We discussed at length the need for legislative change to better support people with disability, focusing on systemic reform that removes barriers, ensures equitable access, and centres lived experience in policymaking.

We also explored ways to expand access to the NDIS so that more people with disability can receive the support they need, and how we can improve the NDIS and MyAgedCare systems by simplifying application and review processes. Reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and streamlining staffing structures are key steps to cutting costs without compromising support quality.

We spoke about the importance of increasing locally delivered support through councils to better meet community needs and providing necessary funding through greater State Government support.

The conversation also touched on environmental concerns, including the urgent need to end fossil fuel subsidies and stop new gas expansions, which threaten our future and disproportionately impact marginalised communities.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to raise these issues and look forward to our continued collaboration toward lasting, inclusive change.

If you're a person with disability and would like to join a future meeting with Alice and me to contribute your voice to ongoing discussions around disability inclusion and access, feel free to send me a DM. Your insights are valued and needed.

#DisabilityRights #NDISReform #MyAgedCare #InclusionMatters #LegislativeChange #LocalSupports #ClimateJustice #NoNewGas #FossilFreeFuture #AccessibleAustralia #DisabilityAdvocacy

Crazy.

1. There's a My Aged Care application creating user records that doesn't sanitise leading spaces, so any surname can be entered as ' Surname' without error.

2. Meanwhile the My Aged Care wizard allowing you to link the service to MyGov—provided you can confirm your identifying data—refuses to match 'Surname' with ' Surname'.

3. If you call the national My Aged Care helpdesk, they transfer you to the development team and manually update the record.

#MyGov #MyAgedCare

New blog post on the federal government and UX design ...

https://honningbi67.posthaven.com/my-aged-care-portal-shows-the-federal-government-digital-transformation-agency-has-a-lot-of-work-to-do

#auspol #MyAgedCare #UX #technology

Well. Bugger. Today was the last gardening shift before thumb surgery, and she didn't show.

That particular care agency has really lost my trust. I'll be listing their assorted fuck ups for my case manager. #Disability #MECFS #MyAgedCare

I'll say one thing about being in the #MyAgedCare system instead of the #NDIS: when your case manager learns you've had a downturn, they actually ask if you need additional help.

#MECFS

I'm already at the upper limit of what the #MyAgedCare system provides. I'm hardly likely to be *less* disabled in 10 years.

But the #NDIS process had me feeling like there was so little for me, and so little *of* me, that things got...not good.

When they rejected my claim and I appealed, the NDIA set a lawyer on me. I had no chance.

But I really need to try again.

Oh FFS, apparently I can expect a phone call from my new case manager at some point which would be great except they know I have a strong preference for email. I've just reminded them of this, let's see if it has any effect.

But *they* think the telephone is somehow more, I dunno, personable? Professional? I don't know and I don't understand.

No wait! I don't care to understand. This is an accessibility issue.

#Care #Disability #MyAgedCare

#Today I had a surprise home carer! I'd been told she wouldn't be working Easter Tuesday. Extremely lucky timing, because I'd actually been pootling about on my mobility scooter and literally got home as she arrived, to the surprise of us both because I literally never go anywhere.

And extra cool because the place really needed tidying up and now it's lovely.

This makes up for the carer that didn't arrive yesterday on the public holiday, because she was unwell but her care agency doesn't have an after hours number, so she couldn't get a message to me. (Very good thing it was not a critical shift, hey? Social support and messing about with plants, not actual personal or domestic or transport help.)

#Care #MECFS #Disability #MyAgedCare