Staying Safe: Now You Are Home
Published: 2023 Local
This guide has information to help you when you are back at home after your hospital stay.Staying Safe: In Hospital
Published: 2023 Local
This guide is designed to make your stay in hospital as smooth and comfortable as possible.Staying Safe: Going to Hospital
Published: 2023 Local
This guide is designed to help you prepare for your hospital stay.Submission to ACT Government’s 2023-24 ACT Budget Consultation
Published: 2023 Local
HCCA wants to see the 2023-24 ACT Budget address priorities in three key areas of health: • improving consumer access to specific support and health services, • improving the integration of care within the health system. • Support for the community sector to meet increasing demand for services. Supporting information…Submission to Inquiry into Abortion and Reproductive Choice in the ACT
Published: 2022 Local
HCCA views reproductive justice as including both the right not to have a child, through access to abortion and contraception, and the right to have a child without fear of violence or discrimination. It is vital that that the principles of reproductive justice are central in any fulsome review of…It’s a Choice: Consumer views on VAD for the ACT
Published: 2023 Local
HCCA sought feedback from members on the discussion paper on Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD). We facilitated three focus groups consisting of 4 to 6 consumers and ten in-depth conversations with individuals. The questions asked during these discussions were based on those provided in the ACT Health VAD Discussion Paper. Consumers…Submission to Northside Hospital Planning and Design Consultation
Published: 2022 Local
The Northside Hospital is a welcome opportunity to address the distinctive health needs of ACT residents living in the area. This submission has been prepared in consultation with our members and community organisations to ensure the planning and design of the hospital adequately addresses the specific health needs of ACT…Looking after your health with a long-term condition: Perspectives from international students living in the ACT
Published: 2022 Local
This report shares the findings from community-centered research that investigates how international students undertaking tertiary education in the ACT look after their health when they have a long-term health condition. The report explores the everyday strategies that international students use to look after their health, and some of the difficulties…“I try not to see a doctor unless I really have to”: Perspectives of older Chinese migrants to the ACT about long-term conditions self-management
Published: 2022 Local
This report explores how Chinese migrants to the ACT, who are 55 or older, look after their health when they have one or more long-term condition. It reports on learning from in-depth semi-structured conversations with 21 participants, and shares the findings.Looking after your health with a long-term condition: Perspectives from Vietnamese seniors in the ACT
Published: 2022 Local
This report shares the findings from a research project that asks how Vietnamese-speaking seniors (aged 60 or over) in the ACT look after their health when they have one or more long-term health conditions. The report also explores some of the difficulties that people in this demographic may experience when…