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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 89

Finniss Crescent Respite Care Facility

MS SZUTY - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

(1) What guidelines and procedures are in place for respite care?

(2) What input do parents have in the adoption of the guidelines and procedures other than through their Committee of Management representatives?

(3) Are the grievance procedures in place for people in residential care?

(4) How and when will parents be ,informed about grievance procedures available to them?

(5) What arrangements are made for residents when they become ill?

(6) Whose responsibility is it to attend to the needs of ill residents?

(7) What back up arrangements are there for remaining residents on the occasions when other residents are away on camps and excursions?

(8) Do all residents have separate bedrooms?

(9) If residents do not have separate bedrooms and instead share bedrooms, how is this justified?

(10) Is there any difference in rates of care for residents who share bedrooms as opposed to residents who have separate bedrooms?

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