Inquiry into the provision and regulation of supported accommodation in Queensland
Submission No: 190
Submitted by: - (submitted by Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion)
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00:00:01 (QAI) Great. So, like we said, we the Parliament wants to hear what it's like
to live here. So, what’s the food like for example?
00:00:07 (QAI) Yucky.
00:00:08 (QAI) Yucky? What-- what do they give you?
00:00:14 Give us cold food, like chicken and potato. And all that but I don’t like the cold food, so I don’t need it that much.
00:00:29 (QAI) What do you eat?
00:00:30 I eat anything I like.
00:00:31 (QAI) Yeah? So do you have to buy that with your own money?
00:00:33 Yep.
00:00:34 Yeah. Do you go to the shops to get that?
00:00:38 Yep, and I’ve got my own fridge in my own room and I just want to be in my own area.
00:00:47 (QAI) Yeah? And is-- what kind of food do you buy? Do you buy microwave
meals or something?
00:00:50 Yeah. Just meat pies, for the fridge, and yeah… and all that.
00:00:56 (QAI) And do you have your own room here?
00:00:58 Yes.
00:00:59 (QAI) And is it, is it a good room? Is it like… Does it have air condiƟoning
and stuff or–?
00:01:05 Yes.
00:01:09 (QAI) That's good. And… What would you like to change if you could make
things beter?
00:01:14 I need a bigger room because my room is too small and I can’t fit anything else in there and it’s just a bit too small.
00:01:27 (QAI) Yeah? And is there room for when you have people visit?
00:01:30 Yeah.
00:01:32 (QAI) You you menƟoned before that you have a a boyfriend. Yeah. Does
he get to visit you here?
00:01:36 Yeah. Yeah. He only comes– he only comes Saturday and Sundays and he goes home Sundays aŌ– Sunday morning. And it’s not ———————
enough. I need him to come more and I need him to spend Ɵme with me. And—he uh—his house is geƫng fixed up so I dunno.
00:02:05 (QAI) Yeah. And so.What would-- if you could have any opƟon you'd you
could have. How would you like to live? Would you live here, and
your boyfriend live separately? Or would you do something - different?
00:02:17 No, I want him to live with me in my room and we will be a happy litle couple.
00:02:23 (QAI) Yeah, but would that be here, or would you get your own place
somewhere?
00:02:25 No it’s here.
00:02:28 (QAI) Here? Do you like living here?
00:02:30 Yeah. It’s good. I Love it.
00:02:32 (QAI) Why do you love it? What's good about it?
00:02:33 But someƟmes I can’t watch TV when I want to watch TV, and one person here doesn’t let me. So, I’ll go in my room and start crying
and being lonely and everything and she wouldn’t let me watch TV ------- so I just do my own thing.
00:02:55 (QAI) OK. And is that person, do they, are they another person who lives
here or is that a staff member or?
00:03:00 No.
00:03:03 (QAI) So it’s someone else who lives here?
00:03:05 Mmm.
00:03:06 (QAI) SomeƟmes you have problems with them?
00:03:08 Yeah, all the Ɵme.
00:03:09 (QAI) All the Ɵme, like every day?
00:03:11 Yep.
00:03:12 (QAI) And what kind of problems do you have?
00:03:15 Well, she… SomeƟmes she’s cranky with me. SomeƟmes she’s cranky with other people like the supervisors here, and she goes off
at and yeah, . And I talked to . told me the --------- other day that she's not allowed to do that. She's gota be a good
girl and be a good girl up here and not go off at people up here. - - --
00:03:43 (QAI) And when you tell that, do they say they'll do anything about
it or? Do you think it'll get beter?00:03:49 - Don't know. - -
00:03:52 (QAI) Don’t know? Don’t know what happens?
00:03:54 I can’t say too much about it because she’s like next to me.
00:03:58 (QAI) That's OK. So, this will-- you can make this confidenƟal so that no
one hears it, but in any case, we won’t tell her what you said today, OK?
00:04:07 Mhmm.
00:04:08 (QAI) OK. Is there anything else you want to tell them? You’ve got a
minute leŌ.
00:04:10 Nup.
00:04:13 (QAI) That’s it? You said it's—you-- you feel like it's affordable here. You
don’t have any problems with money staying here?
00:04:17 No.
00:04:22 (QAI) And you get it through the NDIS, did you say?
00:04:23 Yeah.
00:04:24 (QAI) NDIS pays… And who has your money?
00:04:28 Me.
00:04:29 (QAI) You-- you get your money?
00:04:31 Yeah I get my money, and put it in my wallet. And then I’m going down out in the Valley tomorrow and I’m gonna buy some sewing
for myself, and, yeah, I'm gonna sit in my room and do me sewing -------------- and and all that.
00:04:42 (QAI) Is there lots to do here? Do you do you do stuff every day or what
kind of stuff do you do when you’re at home?
00:04:49 I do colouring in by meself in my room and everything.
00:04:55 (QAI) Is everything you want to tell?
00:04:56 But I just lost my mom and dad the other Ɵme and that’s why I’m a q ` bit upset about it at all.
00:05:08 Yeah. I’m finished now.
00:05:11 (QAI) You're finished now.? I'll hit stop, OK? ------