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Consumer Advocacy and Support Groups
DELIVERING LOCAL SUPPORT
IN A NATIONAL FRAMEWORKto future generations of hearing impaired Australians
John Cook President Meniere’s Australia
National Structure & Policy
Structural reform #1
•CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS (focused on different hearing conditions) to adopt
•national structure
•national policy focus
•local service delivery capability
living with Meniere’s disease
Menieres Australia Case Study of establishing National Body.
Benefits
• Greater access to funding
• linkages with health professionals
• Strategic partnerships with other community groups
• provision of services across Australia
• National rollout of Member meetings
• More people becoming involved bringing new skills
• Service capacity increased, costs lowered
Structural reform #2
•CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS (focused on different hearing conditions)
•to be an integral part of clinical pathways
Deafness Forum could lobby Commonwealth to assist
hearing impaired australians through
•policy commitment to peer support & information at primary care level
•funded consumer & advocacy support
• “Accredited Consumer Information”
•National distribution
HOLISTIC MODEL-FUTURE GENERATIONS
a hearing impaired clinical pathway with no missing links
A. diagnosis and treatment ~ health professionals.
B. Hearing aids ~ OHS Scheme.
C. Living with hearing impairment ~ Consumer Organizations
D. funded pathways ~ a Medicare and OHS item
HOLISTIC MODEL-FUTURE GENERATIONS
a hearing impaired clinical pathway with no missing links
A. diagnosis and treatment ~ health professionals.
B. Hearing aids ~ OHS Scheme.
C. Living with hearing impairment ~ Consumer Organizations
D. funded pathways ~ a Medicare and OHS item
Menieres Australia Case Study of establishing National Body.
Benefits• One National Body/One Voice
• Members involved @ different levels
• Cost Savings
• High Quality Resource Materials
• National Profile
• National Strategies
• Services Templates with local delivery
• Top Quality Information.
• National funding.
• Cost effective service delivery.
• International links.
