Carmel Laragy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5822132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmel Laragy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmel |
| FAMILY NAME | Laragy |
| SIGNATURE | LARAGY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0476-7770 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Self‐managed aged home care in Australia – Insights from older people, family carers and service providers
This paper presents findings from the evaluation of an Australian trial of self-managed home aged care. The self-management model was codesigned by advocacy organisation COTA Australia, consumers and service providers. The primary aim of the evaluation was to examine whether self-management improved consumers' perceptions of their choice, control, and wellbeing. The secondary aim was to examine whether provider prior experience with self-managed …
Consumer expectations of self‐managing aged home care packages in Australia
This study investigated the expectations of older people who chose to participate in a self-management trial of home aged care packages conducted by COTA Australia. Empowerment theory is used to interpret the findings. All Australian home aged care support packages are delivered using a consumer directed care (CDC) model, and most are managed by an aged care provider. The COTA Australia trial gave older people the opportunity to self-manage their…
Australia's Individualised Disability Funding Packages
Australia's new National Disability Insurance Scheme ( NDIS ) uses individualised funding packages instead of traditional block‐funded disability services to support people with disability. The NDIS works with the person and their family to assess the person's needs and develop a plan that determines their funding allocation. Funding can be used to purchase support from a disability service or from the open market. People can purchase support tha…
Community Aged Care Case Managers Transitioning to Consumer Directed Care
Consumer directed care (CDC) is increasing in community aged care. However, limited information is available to successfully transition social workers and other case managers to their new role. This paper reports on a case study of six senior case managers who supervised staff in three Australian community-aged care agencies as they transitioned from agency directed care to consumer directed care. A change management framework was used to analyse…
Analysing Choice in Australian Individual Funding Disability Policies
The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will allocate funding packages to people with disability who are assessed as needing paid support. The NDIS is an example of individual funding, which is currently not the dominant way of organising disability support in Australia. Individual funding aims to increase opportunities for personal choice. We present a framework for understanding current individual funding policies in each Aus…
Australian Practice Standards nine years on
Nine years after their introduction, the Australian Social Work Practice Standards are reviewed against the five purposes of codes of practice proposed by Banks (2006). The review concludes that the Standards contributed to heightened professional identity and accountability by defining the national education curriculum and by providing a mechanism for accountability. Their utility for service users is still to be determined
Experiences of disability consumer-directed care users in Australia
The rapidly growing body of literature suggests that Consumer-directed Care (CDC) has the potential to empower consumers and improve the flexibility and quality of care. However, reports highlighting quality and risk concerns associated with CDC focusing on a longer time frame have been few. This paper presents the findings from a qualitative longitudinal evaluation of an Australian CDC programme. Focusing on the period between 2003 and 2008, it …
Snapshot of flexible funding outcomes in four countries
This article reviews social participation outcomes identified in discrete studies of flexible funding programmes across four countries. The outcomes of an Australian flexible funding support programme were studied in 2007; a study tour of independent living programmes was conducted in England and Scotland during 2005; Swedish co-operatives and government administrators providing personal assistance to live independently were visited in 2006 and A…
Asking the Customer
The present paper reports on the application of consumer participation principles in the development of social work practice standards. The Australian Association of Social Workers Practice Standards Committee consulted with 48 consumers of social work services from four different practice areas about aspects of social work practice. Participants were asked their expectations of social workers. Their responses emphasised the importance of the soc…
Integrating Human Service Law and Practice
Self‐determination within Australian school transition programmes for students with a disability
The concept of self‐determination has gained prominence over recent years in parallel with the recognition of the rights of people with a disability. Services are being pressured to make radical changes to the restrictive philosophies and practices of the past. This paper reviews seven Australian transition programmes for young people with disabilities as they moved from school to adult options. It examines the extent to which self‐determination …
Competition policies in human services - A review of employment services
This article reviews a study of the recently commercialised employment services within Australia. I t focuses on non-government organisations and examines how government competition policies have reshaped service structure and service delivery. Studying employment services provides an opportunity to understand the impact of policies that are being implemented across a wide range of human services. Community based services are under threat because…
Social Workers in the Year 2000
This paper examines current trends in workplace dynamics in Australia and considers what the future will hold for social workers in the year 2000. Agencies vary greatly in their expectations of workers, with some expecting a limited task focus and others wanting workers to become part of management teams. To hold their place in the workforce, workers will have to understand the widening expectations of employers and show they can contribute to ag…
Analysing Choice in Australian Individual Funding Disability Policies
The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will allocate funding packages to people with disability who are assessed as needing paid support. The NDIS is an example of individual funding, which is currently not the dominant way of organising disability support in Australia. Individual funding aims to increase opportunities for personal choice. We present a framework for understanding current individual funding policies in each Aus…
Australia's Individualised Disability Funding Packages
Australia's new National Disability Insurance Scheme ( NDIS ) uses individualised funding packages instead of traditional block‐funded disability services to support people with disability. The NDIS works with the person and their family to assess the person's needs and develop a plan that determines their funding allocation. Funding can be used to purchase support from a disability service or from the open market. People can purchase support tha…
Community Aged Care Case Managers Transitioning to Consumer Directed Care
Consumer directed care (CDC) is increasing in community aged care. However, limited information is available to successfully transition social workers and other case managers to their new role. This paper reports on a case study of six senior case managers who supervised staff in three Australian community-aged care agencies as they transitioned from agency directed care to consumer directed care. A change management framework was used to analyse…
Experiences of disability consumer-directed care users in Australia
The rapidly growing body of literature suggests that Consumer-directed Care (CDC) has the potential to empower consumers and improve the flexibility and quality of care. However, reports highlighting quality and risk concerns associated with CDC focusing on a longer time frame have been few. This paper presents the findings from a qualitative longitudinal evaluation of an Australian CDC programme. Focusing on the period between 2003 and 2008, it …
Snapshot of flexible funding outcomes in four countries
This article reviews social participation outcomes identified in discrete studies of flexible funding programmes across four countries. The outcomes of an Australian flexible funding support programme were studied in 2007; a study tour of independent living programmes was conducted in England and Scotland during 2005; Swedish co-operatives and government administrators providing personal assistance to live independently were visited in 2006 and A…
Integrating Human Service Law and Practice
Self‐managed aged home care in Australia – Insights from older people, family carers and service providers
This paper presents findings from the evaluation of an Australian trial of self-managed home aged care. The self-management model was codesigned by advocacy organisation COTA Australia, consumers and service providers. The primary aim of the evaluation was to examine whether self-management improved consumers' perceptions of their choice, control, and wellbeing. The secondary aim was to examine whether provider prior experience with self-managed …
Consumer expectations of self‐managing aged home care packages in Australia
This study investigated the expectations of older people who chose to participate in a self-management trial of home aged care packages conducted by COTA Australia. Empowerment theory is used to interpret the findings. All Australian home aged care support packages are delivered using a consumer directed care (CDC) model, and most are managed by an aged care provider. The COTA Australia trial gave older people the opportunity to self-manage their…
Asking the Customer
The present paper reports on the application of consumer participation principles in the development of social work practice standards. The Australian Association of Social Workers Practice Standards Committee consulted with 48 consumers of social work services from four different practice areas about aspects of social work practice. Participants were asked their expectations of social workers. Their responses emphasised the importance of the soc…
Australian Practice Standards nine years on
Nine years after their introduction, the Australian Social Work Practice Standards are reviewed against the five purposes of codes of practice proposed by Banks (2006). The review concludes that the Standards contributed to heightened professional identity and accountability by defining the national education curriculum and by providing a mechanism for accountability. Their utility for service users is still to be determined
Social Workers in the Year 2000
This paper examines current trends in workplace dynamics in Australia and considers what the future will hold for social workers in the year 2000. Agencies vary greatly in their expectations of workers, with some expecting a limited task focus and others wanting workers to become part of management teams. To hold their place in the workforce, workers will have to understand the widening expectations of employers and show they can contribute to ag…
Social Workers in the Year 2000
This paper examines current trends in workplace dynamics in Australia and considers what the future will hold for social workers in the year 2000. Agencies vary greatly in their expectations of workers, with some expecting a limited task focus and others wanting workers to become part of management teams. To hold their place in the workforce, workers will have to understand the widening expectations of employers and show they can contribute to ag…
Competition policies in human services - A review of employment services
This article reviews a study of the recently commercialised employment services within Australia. I t focuses on non-government organisations and examines how government competition policies have reshaped service structure and service delivery. Studying employment services provides an opportunity to understand the impact of policies that are being implemented across a wide range of human services. Community based services are under threat because…
Self‐determination within Australian school transition programmes for students with a disability
The concept of self‐determination has gained prominence over recent years in parallel with the recognition of the rights of people with a disability. Services are being pressured to make radical changes to the restrictive philosophies and practices of the past. This paper reviews seven Australian transition programmes for young people with disabilities as they moved from school to adult options. It examines the extent to which self‐determination …
Integrating Human Service Law and Practice
Asking the Customer
The present paper reports on the application of consumer participation principles in the development of social work practice standards. The Australian Association of Social Workers Practice Standards Committee consulted with 48 consumers of social work services from four different practice areas about aspects of social work practice. Participants were asked their expectations of social workers. Their responses emphasised the importance of the soc…
Experiences of disability consumer-directed care users in Australia
The rapidly growing body of literature suggests that Consumer-directed Care (CDC) has the potential to empower consumers and improve the flexibility and quality of care. However, reports highlighting quality and risk concerns associated with CDC focusing on a longer time frame have been few. This paper presents the findings from a qualitative longitudinal evaluation of an Australian CDC programme. Focusing on the period between 2003 and 2008, it …
Snapshot of flexible funding outcomes in four countries
This article reviews social participation outcomes identified in discrete studies of flexible funding programmes across four countries. The outcomes of an Australian flexible funding support programme were studied in 2007; a study tour of independent living programmes was conducted in England and Scotland during 2005; Swedish co-operatives and government administrators providing personal assistance to live independently were visited in 2006 and A…
Australian Practice Standards nine years on
Nine years after their introduction, the Australian Social Work Practice Standards are reviewed against the five purposes of codes of practice proposed by Banks (2006). The review concludes that the Standards contributed to heightened professional identity and accountability by defining the national education curriculum and by providing a mechanism for accountability. Their utility for service users is still to be determined
Analysing Choice in Australian Individual Funding Disability Policies
The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will allocate funding packages to people with disability who are assessed as needing paid support. The NDIS is an example of individual funding, which is currently not the dominant way of organising disability support in Australia. Individual funding aims to increase opportunities for personal choice. We present a framework for understanding current individual funding policies in each Aus…
Australia's Individualised Disability Funding Packages
Australia's new National Disability Insurance Scheme ( NDIS ) uses individualised funding packages instead of traditional block‐funded disability services to support people with disability. The NDIS works with the person and their family to assess the person's needs and develop a plan that determines their funding allocation. Funding can be used to purchase support from a disability service or from the open market. People can purchase support tha…
Community Aged Care Case Managers Transitioning to Consumer Directed Care
Consumer directed care (CDC) is increasing in community aged care. However, limited information is available to successfully transition social workers and other case managers to their new role. This paper reports on a case study of six senior case managers who supervised staff in three Australian community-aged care agencies as they transitioned from agency directed care to consumer directed care. A change management framework was used to analyse…
Consumer expectations of self‐managing aged home care packages in Australia
This study investigated the expectations of older people who chose to participate in a self-management trial of home aged care packages conducted by COTA Australia. Empowerment theory is used to interpret the findings. All Australian home aged care support packages are delivered using a consumer directed care (CDC) model, and most are managed by an aged care provider. The COTA Australia trial gave older people the opportunity to self-manage their…
Self‐managed aged home care in Australia – Insights from older people, family carers and service providers
This paper presents findings from the evaluation of an Australian trial of self-managed home aged care. The self-management model was codesigned by advocacy organisation COTA Australia, consumers and service providers. The primary aim of the evaluation was to examine whether self-management improved consumers' perceptions of their choice, control, and wellbeing. The secondary aim was to examine whether provider prior experience with self-managed …
Business (11 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Marketing (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Service (business (7 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (5 works)