"...Over 6,700 young people across Australia are forced to live in nursing homes because they have nowhere else to go..."

The Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance is Australia's first peak body for young Australians with disability and high and complex support needs. 

We promote the rights of young disabled Australians with high and complex support needs living in residential aged care facilities (or at risk of placement there), to have choice about where they live and how they are supported.  Our focus is the development of accommodation and support services in the community that enable young people with high and complex support needs to have 'lives worth living' of dignity and independence.

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YPIRAC2: The next steps. Report to FaHCSIA
In early 2011, the Alliance was asked to prepare a report for federal and state Disability Ministers that set out the essential next steps for the COAG Younger People In Residential Aged Care initiative (YPIRAC)...  >>read more

YPINH Submission to the Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Disability Care and Support 3.73 Mb

YPINH Draft Response to Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Disability Care and Support 800 Kb