A residential disability and aged care facility in regional Victoria is closing due to financial pressures, leaving families scrambling to find solutions for their loved ones.
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Subscriber only Lismore mum Alicia refused to let disability get in the way of her ability to achieve more. Now thanks to Social Futures and NDIS, she is helping others participants work towards their dreams too. Mum of two Alicia has cerebral palsy which affects her physically, but not intellectually. Because of my disability, every day I am in pain. Something is sore every day and some days are worse than others, she said. I ll have random leg spasms or tightening of the muscle - some days it s hard just to get out of bed. And then if my whole back goes into spasm - that s just ⦠awful.
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Regional Queenslanders lacking specialist support are the focus of a new mental health support and suicide prevention provider in North Rockhampton.
Not-for-profit Selectability offers NDIS and clinical services, as well as certificate training and short courses.
At the official Rockhampton opening on Wednesday morning, attended by about 30 people, Selectability chair Tom Ryan said he was surprised at the demand for mental health support in the Beef Capital.
“The first thing we did was have a look and see, ‘Is there a need?” he said.
“We got a bit of a shock actually, to discover that there’s virtually no service.