Lack of financial support for carers of disabled adult children

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Submission No 23

INQUIRY INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME AND THE PROVISION OF DISABILITY SERVICES IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Name: Name suppressed Date Received: 9 July 2018

Partially Confidential

The Failure of the NDIS is to provide financial support to pensioners who have all the after hours day to day responsibilities of caring for there disabled adult retts girls who can’t be left in aged care institutions because of such high needs. And can’t go on a respite holiday unless they take a carer with them which doesn’t provide any real respite care for people like us. When it was state disability we used to get a support package. Not Fair now. What about fighting for the committed family members who also need help