Reports
This page contains reports and updates about current Chronic Illness Alliance Inc. campaigns and activities.
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Multiple Conditions Working Group Report
Fixing the Healthcare System
Helping people on the Mornington Peninsula manage their chronic conditions effectively.
Consumer Perspectives of chronic disease management and self-management in City of Knox.
Policy and epilepsy in Australia
Researching the personal impact of epilepsy
Costs of Chronic Illness in Rural and Regional Victoria
Developing a Shared Definition of Chronic
Illness
Superannuation and Standards
of Living in Retirement
Annual Report 2011
"Findings" Report - Concession Card for People
with Chronic Illness
Multiple Conditions Working Group Report
In August 2007, the Committee of Management of the Chronic Illness Alliance in Australia recognised that many people have more than one chronic illness; that when a person has one chronic illness they may be at greater risk of developing other chronic illnesses. Additionally people with chronic illnesses are more likely to suffer adverse events and medical errors because they have greater contact with the health system than others requiring acute care. The possibility of error and adverse events increases if a person has more than one condition.
Fixing the healthcare system
Authored by Dr Alexandra Wyke, CEO of PatientView, Fixing the Healthcare System, is an Economist Intelligence Unit white paper, developed for Philips and its new Inside Health website. The white paper’s findings are drawn from a global survey of health professionals.
Helping people on the Mornington Peninsula manage their chronic conditions effectively
An indepth exploration of consumer needs by the Chronic Illness Alliance on behalf of Peninsula Health 2009.
Policy and epilepsy in Australia
This report was undertaken by the Chronic Illness Alliance on behalf of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria. The report discusses the absence of epilepsy in government policies and the implications for people with epilepsy, including the areas of discrimination, employment, welfare and education. The report contains recommendations to redress the imbalance this absence in government policies has created.
Researching the personal impact of epilepsy
This report was undertaken by the Chronic Illness Alliance and the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria. It is the result of a consultation with people with epilepsy, their families and carers on how research could improve their lives. People with epilepsy argued they would like research undertaken to inform community awareness programs since community ignorance was a major impediment to their full participation in their communities. The report discusses the social exclusion of people with epilepsy in Australian communities.
Costs of Chronic Illness in Rural and Regional Victoria
This report covers a survey of the health-related costs for households in rural and regional Victoria in 2003. It's findings suggest that many households where there are members with chronic illnesses live in chronic poverty.
Developing a Shared Definition of Chronic Illness
The aim of this project was to develop a consistent definition of chronic illness among stakeholders in the health system. The resulting report "Developing a shared definition of Chronic Illness", was prepared by the Chronic Illness Alliance and Melbourne University's Department of General Practice.
Superannuation and Standards of Living in Retirement
The Chronic Illness Alliance and the Neurological Alliance in conjunction with Maurice Blackburn Cashman have made a "submission to the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation and Financial Services", arguing the need for a review of superannuation laws in regard to people with disabilities and chronic illness.
Annual Report 2011
"Findings" Report
Concession Card for People with Chronic Illness
The "FINDINGS" report published here in Acrobat (pdf) format summarises the Chronic Illness Alliance's report entitled "A Concession Card For People With Chronic Illness". This report contains case studies on how people with chronic illness cope on limited incomes. It argues that if people with chronic illness had timely help, that was not income-based, but based on their needs, they would be better able to participate in their communities.
The Chronic Illness Alliance thanks the Stegley Foundation for its support for people with chronic illness in this campaign.
