- Title
- Unwrapping packages : An exploration of the implementation of community care policy in rural Victoria
- Creator
- Brown, Katrina
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/37389
- Identifier
- vital:1309
- Abstract
- This paper will discuss research being conducted into the implementation of community care for the aged in rural Victoria, by focusing on one program – Community Aged Care Packages (CACP). This program has expanded rapidly in the last 15 years to provide case management and service brokerage as a community based alternative to low level residential care. The research is being undertaken as part of a PhD thesis and utilises a multi-method qualitative design of semi-structured interviews, documentary analysis and case study analysis. This paper will focus on a discussion of the preliminary results of the study, utilising data from an initial series of exploratory semi-structured interviews. The data from these interviews suggests that although the program is delivering highly valued services, program implementation choices have had unintended consequences and do not take account of rural issues in service provision. This data has implications for the development of policy and delivery in the aged care area, however it also illustrates the way in which policy implementation choices can impact on the quality of life of those who need support services.; E1
- Publisher
- Brisbane, Australia : Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland
- Relation
- Paper presented at the 3rd National Conference for emerging researchers in Ageing, Brisbane, Australia : 2nd December, 2004 p. 80-83
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- Copyright Unknown
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Ageing; Rural; Victoria; Communities
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