Real solutions
for young people
living in nursing homes

Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance is…

…the national peak body for younger people living or at risk of being placed in residential aged care (RAC).

The Alliance is a leading contributor to policy development and practice change across the disability, health, housing and aged care sectors.

About Us

The Alliance:

Promotes the rights of younger people with disabilites
Assists people seeking information, referrals or support
Develops viable policy and service solutions
Facilitates collaborations across the health, rehabilitation, disability, aged care and housing sectors

Our Work

Find out more about our current initiatives

Younger People In Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC)

A joint initiative by Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments addressing the chronic issue of young people in nursing homes.

Advocacy

We work alongside people living with young onset dementia, their families and carers providing independent support

Joint Solutions - Young Onset Dementia Project

The Joint Solutions -Young Onset Dementia project is mapping services required by people living with YOD and their families

What's new - research, surveys and events

Want to know more about what's happening in the research world or take part in a survey? There's more information below

Research from across the global

Research can help us understand young onset dementia, discover new diagnoses and treatments, help us learn how to provide better support for people living with young onset dementia, and the people caring for them.

Current surveys

Dementia is usually associated with the elderly. But children can also suffer from dementia. Childhood Dementia is inviting participants in its 2024 survey

Conferences and events

Conference and events support learning, sharing and can inspire. They give people an opportunity to spark new ideas.

Popular Resources

Submissions

The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024

The Alliance has consulted with a range of individuals and organisations involved with young onset dementia about the NDIS and the reform outcomes they believe are needed for the scheme. The results of these discussions have informed this submission and its ten recommendations

Submissions

Pre budget submission January 2023

Our pre budget submission addressed the rapid rise in the number of people living with Young Onset Dementia (YOD); the significant and wide ranging lack of services for this group; and the very real risk that these younger people will be inappropriately placed in residential aged care services because the service options they require simply do not exist.

Uncategorised

YPINH - Speaking up about where I want to live

Speaking up about where I want to live - a future planning Guide. In 2020 The Alliance worked with a number of people with Down Syndrome at risk of being placed in a residential aged care. These people were either relinquished to hospital when a change in their functional capacity led to house staff admitting them to the emergency department; or when changed circumstances resulted in people being admitted to hospital from their family home. Both groups faced the same challenge of an unclear path home and the risk of aged care placement.

Submissions

The Productivity Commission’s Housing and Homelessness Agreement Review 2022

Our work with younger disabled Australians living or at risk of placement in residential aged care, revealed that the current housing offerings for NDIS participants is too narrow to accommodate the diversity of housing need and expectation that Australians with disability have.

Resources

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

Real solutions for young people living in nursing homes

Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance is…

The Alliance:

Our Work

Younger People In Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC)

Advocacy

Joint Solutions - Young Onset Dementia Project

What's new - research, surveys and events

Research from across the global

Current surveys

Conferences and events

Popular Resources

The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024

Pre budget submission January 2023

YPINH - Speaking up about where I want to live

The Productivity Commission’s Housing and Homelessness Agreement Review 2022

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Real solutions
for young people
living in nursing homes