Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Disabled now have to commit crime, be insane or in crisis to access residential care
Mōrena. Long stories short; here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, August 29:
* A quietly-administered and arbitrary freeze on funding ordered by Social Development Minister Louise Upston effectively means disabled people currently living with carers will only have a chance of getting into residential care if they’ve committed a crime, are leaving mental health care or hospital and have no appropriate place to go, or have escalating needs that can only be meet by hospital-level care.
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