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Consumer-Directed Care: A way to empower consumers
Seminars & worshops conducted by Dr Jane Tilly, Director, Quality Care Advocacy, Alzheimer's Association (Washington, DC)
 Dr Jane Tilly, PhD.
Director, Quality Care Advocacy, Alzheimer's Association (Washington DC)
Consumer Directed Care (CDC) is a concept that has attractions for those consumers who want greater choice in terms of either the services they receive or the providers they choose to deliver services. CDC is not one model of care but a spectrum of options ranging from agency services and case management at one extreme to cash vouchers at the other. International experience suggests that CDC can involve the consumer/surrogate decision-maker hiring, managing, and firing their own individual worker, with the state contracting out the payroll function or handling that itself. In between there are the familiar models we see in Australia around community options. The question is, should consumer directed care be piloted in Australia to see if it is a way to empower consumer choice?
Dr Jane Tilly, PhD, Director, Quality Care Advocacy, Alzheimer's Association (Washington DC) conducted a number of seminars and workshops around Australia. Details as follows:
ACT:
Seminar : Consumer-Directed Care - A way to Empower the Consumer
28 June 2007, 1.30pm
Canberra Southern Cross Club
Furzer Street, Woden, ACT
SA:
Seminar : Consumer-Directed Care - A way to Empower the Consumer
3 July 2007, 2-4pm
Alzheimer's Australia Adelaide Office
27 Conyngham Street, Glenside, SA
Tas:
Seminar : Consumer-Directed Care - A way to Empower the Consumer
4 July 2007, 1.30-4.30pm
Alzheimer's Australia Tasmania Office
119 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tas.
Vic:
Seminar : Consumer-Directed Care - A way to Empower the Consumer
5 July 2007, 4.30pm
Alzheimer's Australia Vic. Office
98-104 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, Vic.
QLD:
Workshop : Contemporary Community Care
9 July 2007, 11am - 2pm
Rydges Esplanade Resort, Cairns, QLD
Workshop: Contemporary Community Care
13 July 2007, 9am - 12pm
Royal on the Park Hotel, Cnr Albert & Alice Sts., Brisbane, QLD
WA:
Seminar / Cocktail : Dementia Master Class 1 - Consumer Directed Care
17 July 2007, 4.30-6pm
Subiaco Clinic Conference Centre, Off McCourt Street, St Johns Hospital, Subiaco, WA
NT:
Seminar : Consumer-Directed Care - A way to Empower the Consumer
18 July 2007, 3-5pm
Holiday Inn Esplanade, Darwin, NT
tel: (08) 8981 5388
NSW:
Seminar : Consumer-Directed Care - A way to Empower the Consumer
20 July 2007, 10am -2pm
Northern Sydney Education Centre, Macquarie Hospital Campus, Wicks Road, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW
For more information, please contact your local State or Territory's office.
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