Opportunities to enhance relational wellbeing through the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Implications from research on relationships and a content analysis of NDIS documentation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11960333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Meltzer (0000-0002-8738-0469, Centre for Social Impact UNSW Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia, corresponding author), Laura Davy (0000-0003-0240-3586, Public Service Research Group UNSW Canberra Canberra Australia Capital Territory Australia) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 250-264 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8500.12373 |
| OpenAlex | W2921708586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 32 |
Interpersonal relationships are critically important to ensuring that people with disability can access the benefits of individual funding models such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The NDIS aims to enhance participants’ self‐determination of supports and social and economic participation, but the emerging evidence indicates that achieving these policy outcomes requires stronger recognition of participants’ relational context, even in a system focused on individual choice and control. This paper reports on a content analysis of the NDIS Act, NDIS Rules, Operational Guidelines, and Price Guide to examine the extent to which the scheme's conceptual foundations and funded supports in individual plans enable it to support relationships. Implications are drawn from this analysis and theory and evidence about the importance of relationships for disability policy and practice. The paper outlines three areas where the approach of the NDIS to relationships is limited and can be improved: first, by conceptualizing relationships as relationships rather than simply sources of informal support; second, through provisions to actively support relationships; and third, by considering the relational appropriateness of support provided by family, carers, and friends. It concludes with suggestions for how relational considerations can be enhanced, including implications for government in administering the scheme
Business · Content analysis · Context (archaeology · Documentation · Government (linguistics · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Political science · Public relations · Scheme (mathematics · Sociology · Computer Science · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 1.83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |