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Looking at the Pitch 6 th World Summit Mediation with Age-Related Issues University of South Australia 29 April – 1 May 2013 Margaret Pitcher – Social Worker Domiciliary Care Department of Communities and Social Inclusion South Australia margie.pitcher@dcsi.sa.gov.au. Domiciliary Care.
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Looking at the Pitch 6th World Summit Mediation with Age-Related Issues University of South Australia 29 April – 1 May 2013 Margaret Pitcher – Social Worker Domiciliary Care Department of Communities and Social Inclusion South Australia margie.pitcher@dcsi.sa.gov.au
Domiciliary Care • Domiciliary Care is a state government agency in South Australia supporting people in need of services to remain living in their homes • approximately 6000 clients • 8 metropolitan service delivery teams • 2 palliative care teams • Multi-disciplinary, team-based, case management model
the numbers 91.2% of our active clients are over 65 • 15.2 % 65 – 74 914 • 39.4 % 75 – 84 2368 • 36.6% 85 + 2199
the worry “the current arguing that is happening is proving very hurtful and seems to be getting worse and it has me wanting to curl up and go to sleep. It has and is causing me and others a lot of pain”
complexity • alcohol abuse • mental health problems • family breakdown • step families • financial hardship • homelessness • gambling • and more …