❓ The Minister for Health provides an update on the progress of the new community housing accommodation for people with spinal cord injuries, including residents of the Quadriplegic Centre in Shenton Park, outlining plans for modernised care and individualised support.
AnsweredQoN 497Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
QUADRIPLEGIC
ACCOMMODATION — SHENTON PARK
497. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the 2016–17
midyear review and subsequent Labor budgets where an additional $43 million was
allocated for purpose-built community housing accommodation for people with
spinal cord injuries, including residents of the state Quadriplegic Centre in
Shenton Park. Can the minister update the house on the progress of the building
of the new 28-bed facility at Shenton Park?
ACCOMMODATION — SHENTON PARK
497. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the 2016–17
midyear review and subsequent Labor budgets where an additional $43 million was
allocated for purpose-built community housing accommodation for people with
spinal cord injuries, including residents of the state Quadriplegic Centre in
Shenton Park. Can the minister update the house on the progress of the building
of the new 28-bed facility at Shenton Park?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Churchlands
for the question. It is an important one, because I think, as all members on
either side of this place would agree, that the Quadriplegic Centre is a dilapidated
facility that has very much passed its use-by date. We are focused on moving
forward with that particular development, and that is why we have $43 million
in the budget in the forward estimates to ensure that we can more appropriately
accommodate those residents.
The most important aspect of this is
that we actually contemporise the treatments of those patients or residents in
a way that meets modern expectations in terms of the model of care and the
model of treatment that we provide. We are not going to build another
Quadriplegic Centre. That is not where the modern treatments for people with
these sorts of conditions is at. But it is true to say that there are some
residents who have been there for many years and for whom it is a home. So we
are going to have to make sure that we move forward in a way that is
appropriate for their experiences and their aspirations.
Last year we set up a consumers'
advisory committee to advise the government about the sorts of options
available in relation to the modern treatment regimes and to work out the best
way to care for people with spinal cord injuries. We are sitting down with each
of the residents and asking them what they need. We have engaged Western Australia's
Individualised Services, an independent organisation, which will be responsible
for putting together care plans for each resident so that they can talk to us
about what personal plan would work out for the long-term residents and how
they want to live, who they want to live with, where they might live, and what
supports they need. This will include personal care, therapy, equipment and
other supports. They will also be able to choose the service provider that they
would like to support them. So it is about moving from a traditional way of
delivering this sort of care, in a big hospital-like facility, to a modern
facility that is more akin to independent living. Some residents will want to
move closer to their families. Some will want to have a more independent living
arrangement. We are going to make that a reality for them and make sure that
they have a modern care environment. But for others, who have been there for decades,
the quad centre is their home and the other residents and patients are their
family. We will be doing everything we can to care for them to make sure that
they have the appropriate care.
We have put options on lots of land directly adjacent to the car
park that sits outside the Quadriplegic Centre, and, where it is requested to
do, will be establishing modern community living, group-dwelling facilities in
that area to make sure that those patients do not have the disruption to their
lives that would make them anxious and would make them concerned about the
future.
We are aiming to have this project completed by the end of
2020, but I want to assure everyone in the chamber, and particularly the
patients, their carers and their families, that we will not be pressuring
anyone to move out before they are ready. We will not be turfing anyone out of
the Quadriplegic Centre unless we have a care plan in place that meets their
expectations and their hopes for the future. We will move forward in a compassionate
way and in a way that provides a great future for these patients.
for the question. It is an important one, because I think, as all members on
either side of this place would agree, that the Quadriplegic Centre is a dilapidated
facility that has very much passed its use-by date. We are focused on moving
forward with that particular development, and that is why we have $43 million
in the budget in the forward estimates to ensure that we can more appropriately
accommodate those residents.
The most important aspect of this is
that we actually contemporise the treatments of those patients or residents in
a way that meets modern expectations in terms of the model of care and the
model of treatment that we provide. We are not going to build another
Quadriplegic Centre. That is not where the modern treatments for people with
these sorts of conditions is at. But it is true to say that there are some
residents who have been there for many years and for whom it is a home. So we
are going to have to make sure that we move forward in a way that is
appropriate for their experiences and their aspirations.
Last year we set up a consumers'
advisory committee to advise the government about the sorts of options
available in relation to the modern treatment regimes and to work out the best
way to care for people with spinal cord injuries. We are sitting down with each
of the residents and asking them what they need. We have engaged Western Australia's
Individualised Services, an independent organisation, which will be responsible
for putting together care plans for each resident so that they can talk to us
about what personal plan would work out for the long-term residents and how
they want to live, who they want to live with, where they might live, and what
supports they need. This will include personal care, therapy, equipment and
other supports. They will also be able to choose the service provider that they
would like to support them. So it is about moving from a traditional way of
delivering this sort of care, in a big hospital-like facility, to a modern
facility that is more akin to independent living. Some residents will want to
move closer to their families. Some will want to have a more independent living
arrangement. We are going to make that a reality for them and make sure that
they have a modern care environment. But for others, who have been there for decades,
the quad centre is their home and the other residents and patients are their
family. We will be doing everything we can to care for them to make sure that
they have the appropriate care.
We have put options on lots of land directly adjacent to the car
park that sits outside the Quadriplegic Centre, and, where it is requested to
do, will be establishing modern community living, group-dwelling facilities in
that area to make sure that those patients do not have the disruption to their
lives that would make them anxious and would make them concerned about the
future.
We are aiming to have this project completed by the end of
2020, but I want to assure everyone in the chamber, and particularly the
patients, their carers and their families, that we will not be pressuring
anyone to move out before they are ready. We will not be turfing anyone out of
the Quadriplegic Centre unless we have a care plan in place that meets their
expectations and their hopes for the future. We will move forward in a compassionate
way and in a way that provides a great future for these patients.
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