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| name = Youngcare
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| founders = David Conry, Nick Bonifant, Matthew Lawson, Simon Lockyer
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'''Youngcare''' is an Australian non-government organisation founded in 2005 to assist people between the ages of 18 to 65 with high care needs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suncorp.com.au/corporate/community/partnerships/youngcare |title=Community Partnerships : Suncorp : Youngcare : Australia |publisher=Suncorp |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Youngcare's programs and projects focus on supporting young people with a [[disability]] by providing greater choice in housing and care options.<ref name="Cavallucci">{{cite press release|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/Speeches/spk2012/Robert%20Cavallucci%20spk%20Brisbane%20Central%202012_08_23_51.pdf |title=Speech by Robert Cavallucci, Member for Brisbane Central |publisher=[[Government of Queensland]]|date=2012-08-23 |accessdate=2014-04-05 |type=pdf}}</ref> Currently, there are over 7,000 young people with high care needs living in residential [[aged care]] facilities.<ref>{{cite manual|url=https://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/110088/disability-agreement-2009.pdf |title=National Agreement Performance Information 2009-10 |publisher=Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision |date=December 2010 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Common types of disability of those supported by Youngcare include [[Cerebral Palsy]], [[Multiple Sclerosis]] (MS) or an [[acquired brain injury]].
'''Youngcare''' is an Australian non-for-profit organisation founded in 2005 to assist people between the ages of 16 and 65 with high physical support needs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suncorp.com.au/corporate/community/partnerships/youngcare |title=Community Partnerships : Suncorp : Youngcare : Australia |publisher=Suncorp |access-date=2014-04-05}}</ref> Youngcare's programs and projects focus on supporting young people with a physical [[disability]] by providing greater choice in housing and care options.<ref name="Cavallucci">{{cite press release|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/Speeches/spk2012/Robert%20Cavallucci%20spk%20Brisbane%20Central%202012_08_23_51.pdf |title=Speech by Robert Cavallucci, Member for Brisbane Central |publisher=[[Government of Queensland]]|date=2012-08-23 |access-date=2014-04-05 |type=pdf}}</ref> Currently, there are over 3,340 young people with high physical support needs living in residential [[aged care]] facilities.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/110088/disability-agreement-2009.pdf |title=National Agreement Performance Information 2009-10 |publisher=Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision |date=December 2010 |access-date=2014-04-05}}</ref> Common types of disability of those supported by Youngcare include [[cerebral palsy]], [[multiple sclerosis]] or an [[acquired brain injury]].


==Mission==
==Mission==
Youngcare is fighting for freedom, dignity and choice for young people with high physical support needs to choose where they live, who they live with, and how they live their lives. To ensure every young Australian with disability is living a young life, Youngcare develops aspirational Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), advocates for much-needed policy change, delivers vital grants programs, and provides education, advice and pathways through a free support service.
Youngcare's mission is centred on the belief that every young person deserves to live a young life, regardless of their care needs. To ensure every young Australian is living their lives to the full, Youngcare provides accommodation, grants, undertakes research and offers support and information via the Youngcare Connect phone service.<ref name=acc2>{{cite web|title=Youngcare Ltd|url=https://www.acnc.gov.au/AIS?ID=AF137C7E-610A-40BB-9C4C-47FD12228B0B&noleft=1|work=Activities|publisher=Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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[[File:Shevaune Conry, David Conry, Nick Bonifant, Matt Lawson, Simon Lockyear.jpg|thumb|Youngcare inspiration Shevaune Conry and founders David Conry, Nick Bonifant, Matt Lawson and Simon Lockyer]]Founded in 2005, Youngcare was born out of a young man's battle to find relevant and dignified care for his wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youngcare.com.au/page.aspx?pid=35 |title=Helping to get young people out of aged care |publisher=Youngcare |date=2013-09-26 |access-date=2014-04-05}}</ref> Youngcare's inspiration, Shevaune Conry, was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 1998 aged 26.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the-long-goodbye/xrp6iis |title=60 Minutes: The long goodbye on MSN Video |publisher=Video.au.msn.com |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513053936/https://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the-long-goodbye/xrp6iis |archive-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By age 33, her husband and Youngcare founder, David Conry, could no longer provide the specialized medical care at home that Shevaune needed on a 24-hour basis. After searching for an age-appropriate care provider, Shevaune was presented no alternative other than to move into aged care.<ref name="Cavallucci"/> It was this experience of the disability system that drove David, with co-founders Nick Bonifant, Matthew Lawson and Simon Lockyer, to create Youngcare and provide choice to young people who require full-time care.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://qld.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors-program/david-conry/ |title=David Conry — Australia Day QLD |publisher=[[Government of Queensland]]|access-date=2014-04-05}}</ref> Shevaune died in August 2012 at age 40.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tony Moore |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/tributes-for-youngcare-founder-20120817-24dlv.html |title=Tributes for Youngcare founder |publisher=[[Brisbane Times]]|date=2012-02-29 |access-date=2014-04-05}}</ref>


== Programs ==
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[[File:Shevaune Conry, David Conry, Nick Bonifant, Matt Lawson, Simon Lockyear.jpg|thumb|Youngcare inspiration Shevaune Conry and founders David Conry, Nick Bonifant, Matt Lawson and Simon Lockyer]]Founded in 2005, Youngcare was born out of a woman's battle to find relevant and dignified care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youngcare.com.au/page.aspx?pid=35 |title=Helping to get young people out of aged care |publisher=Youngcare |date=2013-09-26 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Youngcare's inspiration, Shevaune Conry, was diagnosed with [[Multiple Sclerosis]] in 1998 aged 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the-long-goodbye/xrp6iis |title=60 Minutes: The long goodbye on MSN Video |publisher=Video.au.msn.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> By age 33, her husband and Youngcare founder, David Conry, could no longer provide the care that Shevaune needed on a 24-hour basis. After searching for an age-appropriate care provider, Shevaune was forced to move into aged care.<ref name="Cavallucci"/> It was this experience of the disability system that drove David, with co-founders Nick Bonifant, Matthew Lawson and Simon Lockyer, to create Youngcare and provide choice to young people who require full-time care.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://qld.australiaday.org.au/ambassadors-program/david-conry/ |title=David Conry — Australia Day QLD |publisher=[[Government of Queensland]]|date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Shevaune died in August 2012 at age 40.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tony Moore |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/tributes-for-youngcare-founder-20120817-24dlv.html |title=Tributes for Youngcare founder |publisher=[[Brisbane Times]]|date=2012-02-29 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>
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== Projects ==
===Youngcare Housing===
Youngcare housing supports young people's choice to live young lives in quality, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). From investment and procurement, to design and development to final delivery and ongoing tenancy management, Youngcare offers premium residential options for young people with high physical support needs. Since the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), Youngcare are able to provide more choice and control to people living with physical disabilities through various housing options nationally.


===Apartments===
=== Youngcare Grants ===
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At Home Care Grants


Youngcare's At Home Care Grants program began in 2009 and is critical in keeping young people at home with their families, and preventing new admissions to inappropriate housing. The grants provide one-off funding up to $10,000 for equipment, home modifications and essential support/respite that is unable to be funded through other means (e.g.. NDIS) and goes beyond items that are considered ‘reasonable and necessary’, instead focusing on increasing support and quality of life. Youngcare has facilitated over $8,000,000 of funding, with successful applications for items such as essential home modifications, equipment and in-home support.
The first major project completed by Youngcare was a building of 14 individual apartments for people with significant physical disabilities. This project was in response to the number of people with disability living in residential aged care due to the lack of alternative housing options.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/profile-david-and-shevaune-conry/story-fn6ck8la-1226100404615 |title=YOUNGCARE was established in 2005, inspired by David and Shevaune Conry's search for relevant and dignified care for young people with high needs |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|date=2011-07-24 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>
With community and corporate support, the Youngcare Apartments in Sinnamon Park opened its doors in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youngcare.com.au/jindalee |title=Jindalee |publisher=Youngcare |date=2007-12-08 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Along with housing young people with high care needs, the aim of the apartments was to provide a replicable model of care as an alternative to institutionalised care. This model of care is supported and enhanced through research conducted in partnership with [[Griffith University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research-hub.griffith.edu.au/display/nc6558e625b09f5c57715847494962752 |title=Evaluation of 'Youngcare', A purpose built accommodation option for younger people with high support and high health needs: Towards a framework for best-practice |publisher=[[Griffith University]] |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> [[File:Youngcare Apartments Sinnamon Park.jpg|thumb|Youngcare Apartments Sinnamon Park]]


Home Support Grants (HSG)
In 2012, the second Youngcare Apartments were opened on the Gold Coast, housing seven residents in separate units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youngcare.com.au/page.aspx?pid=483 |title=Gold Coast |publisher=Youngcare |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Work is currently underway for further apartments in Western [[Sydney]],<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Simon McInnes]] |url=https://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/news/state-news/15-million-youngcare-auburn |title=$1.5 million to youngcare in auburn &#124; Liberal Party of Australia &#124; NSW Division |publisher=[[List of leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|New South Wales division of the Liberal Party]] |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> as well as a share house in Wooloowin, [[Brisbane]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Amy Remeikis |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-government-donates-land-to-youngcare-charity-20130813-2rtsr.html |title=Queensland government donates land to Youngcare charity |publisher=[[Brisbane Times]]|date=2013-01-17 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> and a joint partnership with [https://msqld.org.au/ MS Queensland] in Albany Creek, Brisbane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/8/30/land-gift-boosts-disability-housing |title=Land gift boosts disability housing|publisher=[[Government of Queensland]]|date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>


The Youngcare Home Support Grants provide essential funding that is critical for people to either remain living at home with some more help, or to return to the community from inappropriate housing such as aged care. Up to $20,000 is available in extreme situations for essential equipment, home modifications and services, household items and utilities to ensure an increase in the individuals quality of life. This grant aims to bridge the gap in essential services where there is clear evidence of need, or during the transitional period while individuals gain access to the NDIS.
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=== At Home Care Grants ===

The Youngcare At Home Care Grants program began in 2009 and provides grants between $2000 and $10,000 for young people with high care needs that are deemed to be at high risk of entering an aged care facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://community.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news/funding-youngcare-home-care-grants |title=SCC CommunityHub - Funding - Youngcare At Home Care Grants |publisher=Community.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/events/2013/05/youngcare-home-care-grants-new-south-wales |title=Youngcare At Home Care Grants New South Wales |publisher=Pro Bono Australia |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite manual|url=https://www.youngcare.com.au/document.doc?id=152 |title=Information booklet |publisher=YoungCare |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Youngcare has facilitated over $1,000,000 of funding, with successful applications for items such as essential home modifications, equipment and in-home support.<ref name="Home Care Grants">{{cite web|url=https://www.youngcare.com.au/grants |title=Home Care Grants |publisher=Youngcare |date= |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>
By 2013 the Youngcare At Home Care Grants program had grown to include application rounds for [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] Residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLGeJ4PKFaE |title=GIO Youngcare At Home Care Grants NSW Scott's Story |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=2014-01-02 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> The program is constantly oversubscribed, with $1,902,000 of applications received in the 2012-2013 Financial Year.<ref name="Home Care Grants"/>


=== Youngcare Connect ===
=== Youngcare Connect ===
The Youngcare Connect Support Service supports families and individuals to navigate the often-complicated health, housing and disability systems. From providing expert NDIS and SDA advice, linking people with appropriate services to identifying funding or housing opportunities Youngcare Connect is run by a dedicated, compassionate and qualified team of friendly specialists, clinicians and outreach staff.

The Youngcare Connect phone line aims to connect young people with high care needs and their families and carers to relevant support from the Government and the wider health care services sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/legalinformation/Pages/Organisations.aspx?index=9270&redirect=organisations_details.asp |title=Organisations |publisher=[[Government of Queensland]]|date=2014-03-12 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Information provided can include appropriate accommodation options, respite, local service providers, funding options, and social and recreational support.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marshall |first=Candice |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/07/07/2947305.htm |title=Youngcare calls community to arms|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=2010-07-07 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIxJwxhtu2s |title=Youngcare Connect |publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=2013-08-16 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>

=== Research ===

Youngcare has a knowledge partnership with [[Griffith University]] to develop the appropriate care and support for people with high care needs.<ref>[https://www.youngcare.com.au/research ]</ref><ref>[https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/39321/Evaluation-of-Youngcare.pdf ]</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 31 December 2023

Youngcare
Founded2005
Founders
  • David Conry
  • Nick Bonifant
  • Matthew Lawson
  • Simon Lockyer
Location
  • Australia
Key people
Shevaune Conry
Websitehttps://youngcare.com.au

Youngcare is an Australian non-for-profit organisation founded in 2005 to assist people between the ages of 16 and 65 with high physical support needs.[1] Youngcare's programs and projects focus on supporting young people with a physical disability by providing greater choice in housing and care options.[2] Currently, there are over 3,340 young people with high physical support needs living in residential aged care facilities.[3] Common types of disability of those supported by Youngcare include cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis or an acquired brain injury.

Mission

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Youngcare is fighting for freedom, dignity and choice for young people with high physical support needs to choose where they live, who they live with, and how they live their lives. To ensure every young Australian with disability is living a young life, Youngcare develops aspirational Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), advocates for much-needed policy change, delivers vital grants programs, and provides education, advice and pathways through a free support service.

History

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Youngcare inspiration Shevaune Conry and founders David Conry, Nick Bonifant, Matt Lawson and Simon Lockyer

Founded in 2005, Youngcare was born out of a young man's battle to find relevant and dignified care for his wife.[4] Youngcare's inspiration, Shevaune Conry, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 aged 26.[5] By age 33, her husband and Youngcare founder, David Conry, could no longer provide the specialized medical care at home that Shevaune needed on a 24-hour basis. After searching for an age-appropriate care provider, Shevaune was presented no alternative other than to move into aged care.[2] It was this experience of the disability system that drove David, with co-founders Nick Bonifant, Matthew Lawson and Simon Lockyer, to create Youngcare and provide choice to young people who require full-time care.[6] Shevaune died in August 2012 at age 40.[7]

Programs

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Youngcare Housing

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Youngcare housing supports young people's choice to live young lives in quality, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). From investment and procurement, to design and development to final delivery and ongoing tenancy management, Youngcare offers premium residential options for young people with high physical support needs. Since the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), Youngcare are able to provide more choice and control to people living with physical disabilities through various housing options nationally.

Youngcare Grants

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At Home Care Grants

Youngcare's At Home Care Grants program began in 2009 and is critical in keeping young people at home with their families, and preventing new admissions to inappropriate housing. The grants provide one-off funding up to $10,000 for equipment, home modifications and essential support/respite that is unable to be funded through other means (e.g.. NDIS) and goes beyond items that are considered ‘reasonable and necessary’, instead focusing on increasing support and quality of life. Youngcare has facilitated over $8,000,000 of funding, with successful applications for items such as essential home modifications, equipment and in-home support.

Home Support Grants (HSG)

The Youngcare Home Support Grants provide essential funding that is critical for people to either remain living at home with some more help, or to return to the community from inappropriate housing such as aged care. Up to $20,000 is available in extreme situations for essential equipment, home modifications and services, household items and utilities to ensure an increase in the individuals quality of life. This grant aims to bridge the gap in essential services where there is clear evidence of need, or during the transitional period while individuals gain access to the NDIS.

Youngcare Connect

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The Youngcare Connect Support Service supports families and individuals to navigate the often-complicated health, housing and disability systems. From providing expert NDIS and SDA advice, linking people with appropriate services to identifying funding or housing opportunities Youngcare Connect is run by a dedicated, compassionate and qualified team of friendly specialists, clinicians and outreach staff.

References

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  1. ^ "Community Partnerships : Suncorp : Youngcare : Australia". Suncorp. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Speech by Robert Cavallucci, Member for Brisbane Central" (PDF) (pdf). Government of Queensland. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ National Agreement Performance Information 2009-10 (PDF). Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision. December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Helping to get young people out of aged care". Youngcare. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ^ "60 Minutes: The long goodbye on MSN Video". Video.au.msn.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ "David Conry — Australia Day QLD". Government of Queensland. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  7. ^ Tony Moore (29 February 2012). "Tributes for Youngcare founder". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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