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Informational Requirements and Client-centred Disability Care: Issues, Problems and Prospects in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2014

Ian McLoughlin ,
Sanaz Bayati-Bojakhi ,
Karthyeni Purushothaman  and
Amrik Sohal
Ian McLoughlin
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Monash University E-mail: [email protected]
Sanaz Bayati-Bojakhi
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Monash University E-mail: [email protected]
Karthyeni Purushothaman
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Monash University E-mail: [email protected]
Amrik Sohal
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Monash University E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Client and patient-centred care have become watchwords in policies to transform social and health care systems in both Australia and the UK. In this article we argue that much of the success of moves towards client-centred social care will rest on the creation of appropriate informational environments to support new conversations between clients and those who commission and provide care services. We draw upon original research within an existing state-level insurance-based scheme covering citizens who acquire a disability in transport accidents to illustrate the problems faced by the absence of such a framework. We highlight some of the insights emerging from our work concerning the challenge of developing appropriate informational environments to support client-centred care and indicate the potential of co-design when focused on new conversations of care.

Keywords

Client-centred careco-designinformational requirementsdisability sector
Type
Themed Section on Hiding in plain sight or Disappearing in the rear view mirror?: Whatever happened to the revolution in information for Health and Social Care – Learning from England and Australia
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 2014 , pp. 609 - 621
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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