Publications Ngā whakaputanga kōrero

This report summarises the views from families and care organisations on options to improve Funded Family Care.

This publication outlines the characteristics of the disability respite market in each region and gives information for providers on areas of expected demand for new respite options.

The Ministry of Health’s community residential strategy, Where I live; How I Live, guides disability support services to deliver good quality care and living options for people with a disability

The Ministry of Health’s disability respite strategy, Transforming Respite, will make it easier for carers of disabled people to have a break from their caring responsibilities.

This report presents the findings the Disability Support Services surveys that informed the development of a Disability Respite Strategy.

The Ministry of Health is engaging with the disability sector on a draft Respite Strategy to improve the way we support families to continue caring for disabled family members in their homes.

This guide outlines how providers can ensure that both staff and disabled people understand people’s right to be safe from abuse, to recognise signs that may indicate abuse and ensure that where abuse occurs, the person is supported and incidents are reported.

This publication reports on the Ministry’s first survey of people with disabilities living in Ministry-funded residential services

This publication presents aggregated demographic information about the people with disabilities who have been allocated Ministry of Health funded disability supports. The report presents demographics that relate to specific service types, for example, respite, residential, and specific disability types, for example, physical, intellectual, autism spectrum disorder.

This report provides an independent synthesis of the evaluation findings of the Demonstration of the New Model for Supporting Disabled People (the New Model) undertaken between 2012 and 2014

This publication is an independent evaluation of the implementation of the Funded Family Care scheme in its first year.

This report is an independent evaluation of the demonstration of changes to disability support, covering the new supports of: Local Area Coordination, Enhanced Individualised Funding, Choice in Community Living, and Supported Self Assessment as a new approach to collecting information from disabled people and whānau.

This report is an independent evaluation of the first 12 months of the Choice in Community Living demonstration in the Auckland and Waikato regions, New Zealand.

This report provides an independent evaluation of Local Area Coordination in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, for the Ministry of Health.

This guide enables the safety and skill development of Māori subject to the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003.