Please find attached PPV Bulletin Board Issue 2.
We hope you enjoy.
Alex
Psychiatric Approaches and Outcomes
Please see below link to article by Stephanie T. Machell PsyD that was published on ScienceDirect website:
The Age Article and PPV Response
Please see link to below article that was published in The Age newspaper on 3rd May 2021 – Falling off the ‘magical cliff’: Call for review of NDIS age limit:
As Polio survivors, we at Post Polio Victoria (PPV), thank you Bill Moss for raising this issue, we are acutely aware of the age discrimination against over 65’s in the NDIS. We call for immediate inclusion for fair and equal service for all PWD who are 65+. This would enable PWD and their families to live a full and happy productive, dignified life.
Please see below private Letters To The Editor that were published in The Age from:
Shirley Glance OAM – president of Post Polio Victoria
Dr Peter Freckleton – board member
Liz Telford OAM – past president of Post Polio Victoria
The Age Letters To The Editor May 2021
PHI Spark Issue Number 8
Please find below link to PHI Spark Issue Number 8 dated 8th May 2021 from Post Polio Health in St Louis, USA:
https://post-polio.org/networking/post-polio-support-groups/phi-spark-no-8/
PHI Spark Issue Number 7
Please find below link to PHI Spark Issue Number 7 dated 3rd April 2021 from Post Polio Health in St Louis, USA:
https://post-polio.org/networking/post-polio-support-groups/phi-spark-no-7/
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout – Phase 1b
Please see below link about phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. To check your eligibility and find your local service, use the eligibility checker or consult your GP or Specialist:
ABC Radio Interview – Peter Freckleton with Virginia Trioli – Friday 5th March 2021
If you missed the interview on Friday 5th March with Peter Freckleton on #ABC #VirginiaTrioli
Thank you Peter for sharing your story so publicly.
Here it is:
Polio Australia – Attachments
Please see attached PDFs from Polio Australia
PHI Spark Issue Number 6
Please find below link to PHI Spark Issue Number 6 dated 5th March 2021 from Post Polio Health in St Louis, USA:
https://post-polio.org/networking/post-polio-support-groups/phi-spark-no-6/
Bulletin Board Issue 1
COVID-19 Vaccines Update – Accredited Vaccination Training Program
Please see below links for updates on the COVID-19 vaccines:
https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-safety-monitoring-and-reporting
COVID-19 Vaccines Update
Please see below links for updates on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out:
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccine-aged-care-stakeholder-kit
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccine-aged-care-stakeholder-kit
Post Polio Victoria Statement Opposing The ‘Independent Assessment’ For Access To National Disability Insurance Scheme
Post Polio Victoria (PPV) opposes the mooted introduction of “independent assessments” for access to the NDIS.
A change from the current assessment model to the mooted “independent assessment funded outsourced model” is unnecessary and potentially deleterious, in that it threatens current and potential participants with reduced assistance or even exclusion from access altogether. There is strong potential to re-traumatise polio sufferers, who need trusted health care providers who are essential to safe continuity of care.
It is undesirable to divert funding from resources for polio sufferers to an additional layer of bureaucracy, regressing from a human rights best practice model to a Dickensian welfare model.
The health and well-being of polio and wider disability communities must not be compromised by interference with the NDIS for reasons of cost-cutting or on any grounds whatsoever.”
Post Polio Victoria Inc.
T: 0431 702 137
Red Cross RediPlan Program
Please read attached information from the Australian Red Cross about the Extreme Heat Response Program.
There are a limited number of registrations still available for HeatREDi this summer. If you or anyone you know may benefit from receiving calls from the HeatREDi program, please register here.
COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Polio Survivors
This information is provided from our Post Polio Health International. We are aware that the possibility of the COVID-19 vaccine coming to Australia in March 2021. This information has come from America but please click on the link for more information: