Service networks
can include the following types of services. The specific examples
listed are services available in New South Wales. Similar services
are available in other states.
State
peak brain injury consumer or advocacy organisations
Brain Injury Association of NSW
Carers Association of NSW.
Rehabilitation services
Department of Health in each state; NSW
BIRP;
local/private hospital rehabilitation departments; private therapists.
Vocational
rehabilitation
Commonwealth Rehabilitation
Service (CRS);
BTP Employment Solutions; Head 2 Work.
Community support/case management
Home Care of
NSW; NSW BIRP
community case managers; private case management services;
Community
options programs.
Avocational, day activity, community access, clubhouse
programs
Headway – Adult Development Program; Liverpool Brain
Injury Respite Program; North West Disability
Services Inc (NWDS); Attendant Care Agencies (for individual paid worker support).
Respite programs
Hunter Brain Injury Respite Options;
Gemhill Cottage (NWDS).
Support
groups, Self-help groups
BIA of NSW support groups.
Counselling services
Lifeline; private therapists; NSW
BIRP therapists; Drug and Alcohol Counselling Services.
Accommodation services
Aged care facilities (nursing
homes); ABI Services.
Other services (eg. crisis, legal, financial etc)
NSW Office of the Public Guardian; NSW Office of the
Protective Commission; Centrelink; Commonwealth carer
respite centres.
Services in NSW
In 2010 the Pathways and Protocols Working Group, a sub-group of the Steering Committee for the Interagency Agreement on the Care and Support Pathways for People with an ABI prepared:
"Care and Support Pathways for People with an Acquired Brain Injury, 
Referral and Service Options in NSW". May 2011 (3.1 Meg)
This document includes both sample pathways and lists of services.
The lists of services include:
1 Information and service directory for people with an ABI
2: Rehabilitation in NSW health for adults
3: ADHC program options for adults with an ABI
4: Home and Community Care Program (HACC) options
5: ABI rehabilitation assessments and interventions
6: Housing NSW product options
7: Mental health program options
8: Drug and alcohol referral options
9: Lifetime Care and Support Scheme
10: Corrective Services NSW
11: Other services
