Carmel Laragy

Choice, Control and Individual Funding: The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

Carmel Laragy, Karen R Fisher

Book Chapter  |  2020

The book concludes with implications for policy and practice. Topics featured in this book include: Supported decision making for ..

Consumer expectations of self‐managing aged home care packages in Australia

Carmel Laragy, Sophie D Vasiliadis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health & Social Care in the Community

This study investigated the expectations of older people who chose to participate in a self‐management trial of home aged care pac..

Australia’s NDIS Program: A Vision for Individual Choice and Control in Supports

Carmel Laragy

Journal article  |  2019  |  Impact

“When Grace finished school a few years ago, all she wanted to do was move out of home, crank up the music and live her own life. ..

Individual Funding for People With Mental Health Issues: Opportunities, Tensions, and Outcomes

Christina David, Carmel Laragy, Elizabeth Hudson

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter outlines the key features of individual funding programs and examines their suitability for people with mental illnes..

Flexible person-centred funding models

Carmel Laragy

Report  |  2018

Person-centred services

Carmel Laragy

Report  |  2018

Working Together Well: A Guide to Building a Stronger Working Relationship

J Hepburn, L Despott, L Davy, K Fisher, Sally Robinson, J Speeding, S Poredos, K Neale, R West, Carmel Laragy

Report  |  2018

Ageing in Community: Consumer-directed Support

Carmel Laragy, Bonnie Simons, Helen Kimberley

Book Chapter  |  2016

This chapter provides detail of consumer directed care (CDC), which is also referenced in other chapters. This aged care funding a..

A framework for providing information in individualised funding programmes

Carmel Laragy, Christina David, Nicola Moran

Journal article  |  2016  |  Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice

The need for all people with disability to have access to reliable information before they can make informed choices in individual..

Community Aged Care Case Managers Transitioning to Consumer Directed Care: More Than Procedural Change Required

Carmel Laragy, Jacqueline Allen

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian Social Work

Consumer directed care (CDC) is increasing in community aged care. However, limited information is available to successfully trans..