Submission No 83
INQUIRY INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME AND THE PROVISION OF DISABILITY SERVICES IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Name: Mrs Penelope Flowers Date Received: 16 July 2018
Partially Confidential
My daughter who is 34 years, being a Type 1 diabetic, and having cerebral palsy, confined to a wheelchair, has now been a patient in Hospital for 13 weeks, resulting from a group home in where she was residing before being admitted into hospital, does not want to take her back due to her complex medical needs.
is now deemed homeless.
Since started with NDIS her world has turned upside down, not providing her with a GOOD LIFE, but a life to be far more complex, and unachievable, with no one able to provide the care and support deserves.
In every case conference that is being held, there is mention of going to a nursing home. This is no situation for a 34 year old, mentally, socially, emotionally is inappropriate. deserves to be able to mix with her peers, as she does now by transitioning back to and College, , from hospital to college each day. This area of her life has been another home to her as has attended since leaving school.
The group home where was residing in before moving to has left her with a lot of permanent and significant trauma both physically and emotionally due to the way she was treated.