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Respite North and West

Welcome to Respite North and West: This site aims to improve communication and access to information for all people with an interest in disability respite issues living in the North & West Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.

This includes people with a disability, families/carers of children and adults with a disability, service providers, and other people interested in respite issues. Read more

Featured news

2012 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport

Melbourne—9.30am Friday 31 May 2013—Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Level 3 Meeting Rooms—Casselden Place, 2 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

Please register interest to attend by Friday 24 May.

Is this what you need to know? BPSD, Depression and dementia, Activities for late stage dementia and Palliative Care

Dementia is fatal. It is the third leading cause of death in Australia after heart disease and stroke. It is not yet curable, and knows no differentiation – this disease can happen to anyone. It could happen to you or someone you love. Researchers are looking for ways to detect Alzheimer’s disease in the earliest stages.

Artist Mentor Program

North and West

Wild@heART Community Arts presents a new Artist Mentoring Program aimed at emerging musicians and performing artists with disability or mental illness. This is a fortnightly workshop program workingwith industry mentors, and peer exchange of skills, ideas and experiences, to achieve artistic and career goals. This program starts in July, held at the North Melbourne Town Hall.

DisabilityCare Australia to be rolled out in Victoria

The Gillard Government and Victorian Coalition Government have reached a historic agreement that will allow for the full roll out of DisabilityCare Australia, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in Victoria by July 2019.

Budget impacts on disability sector forum

National Disability Services Victoria in partnership with Carers Victoria will hold a forum with Professor David Hayward of RMIT University to discuss the impacts of the State and Federal budgets on our sector.