Targeted Community Care (Mental Health) Program - Summary Data 2011-12

Targeted Community Care (Mental Health) Program - Summary Data 2011-12

Targeted Community Care Program

Table 1: Targeted Community Care Program participants, 2011-12

Targeted Community Care Program / Number of Participants / Indigenous / Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Personal Helpers and Mentors
(PHaMs) / 13,219 / 12% / 15%
Mental Health Respite: Carer Support
(MHR: CS) / 28,745 / 6% / 13%
Family Mental Health Support Services (FMHSS) / 82,104 / 8% / 24%
Total / 124,068 / 8% / 20%

Table 2: Targeted Community Care Program performance, 2011-12

Program Performance
Participants maintaining progress against relevant goals / 91%
Participants who report they are satisfied that the service they received was appropriate to their needs / 98%

Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMs)

Table 3: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by State/Territory,2011-12

State / Territory
New South Wales / 3,886
Victoria / 2,918
Queensland / 2,677
Western Australia / 1,316
South Australia / 1,508
Tasmania / 351
Australian Capital Territory / 247
Northern Territory / 316
Total / 13,219

Table 4: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by age group at the time of entry to the service, 2011-12

Age group
16–24 years / 1,613
25–45 years / 6,684
46–59 years / 3,695
60 years and over / 953
Unknown / 274
Total / 13,219

Table 5: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by gender, 2011-12

Gender
Female / 7,382
Male / 5,563
Unknown / 274
Total / 13,219

Table 6: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by country of birth, 2011-12

Country of birth
Australia / 10,766
Overseas / 2,179
Unknown / 274
Total / 13,219

Table 7: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by remoteness area of usual residence, 2011-12

Remoteness area of usual residence(a)
Major cities / 8,057
Inner regional / 2,864
Outer regional / 1,788
Remote/very remote / 510
Total / 13,219

Notes:

((a) Australian Statistical Geographical Standard 2011)

Table 8: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by key characteristics at the time of entry to the service, 2011-12

Participant characteristics (a)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander / 1,578
Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) / 2,006
Homeless or at risk of homelessness / 1,637
Institutionalised for three months or more in the last two years / 1,707
Previously incarcerated / 412
Drug and/or alcohol misuse / 3,458
Humanitarian Entrants / 359

Notes:

(a)Participants may be counted in more than one category.

Table 9: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by whether they had a formal mental illness diagnosis at the time of entry to the service, 2011-12

Mental illness diagnosis
Participants with a formal diagnosis / 12,020
Participants without a formal diagnosis / 925
Unknown / 274
Total / 13,219

Table 10: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by diagnosis at the time of entry to the service, 2011-12

Diagnosis (a)
Mood disorders(b) / 8,407
Anxiety disorders / 4,613
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders / 3,631
Personality and behavioural disorders / 1,394
Other / 544
Eating disorders / 219
Unknown / 274

Notes:

(a)Participants may be counted in more than one diagnosis category.

(b)Mood disorders e.g. depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder

Table 11: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by functional limitation at the time of entry to the service, 2011-12

Participants by functional limitation (a)
Learning, applying knowledge and general demands / 12,600
Social and community activities / 12,581
Interpersonal relationships / 12,433
Working and employment / 12,164
Education / 11,522
Communication / 11,110
Domestic activities / 10,965
Self care / 9,926
Transportation and mobility / 9,323

Notes:

(a)Participants may be counted in more than area of functional limitation.

Table 12: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, with comorbid disabilities, 2011-12

Comorbid disability (a)(b)
Physical / 2,578
Intellectual (including Down syndrome) / 545
Specific learning/Attention Deficit Disorder (other than intellectual) / 548
Acquired Brain Injury / 509
Neurological (including epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease) / 440
Autism (including Asperger’s syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Delay) / 294
Other / 681

Notes:

(a)Participants may be counted in more than one disability group.

(b)Comorbid disability refers to participants with a mental illness and another significant disability

Table 13: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by usual residential setting and living arrangement, 2011-12

Usual residential setting and living arrangement
Usual residential setting
Private residence / 11,168
Public place/temporary shelter/homeless/couch surfing / 692
Supported accommodation facility / 495
Boarding house/private hotel / 270
Caravan / 153
Domestic-scale supported living facility / 87
Other (a) / 354
Total / 13,219
Living arrangement
Lives with family (b) / 6,571
Lives alone / 5,041
Lives with others / 1,232
Other (c) / 375
Total / 13,219

Notes:

(a) Includes unknown, not recorded, or where the usual residential setting was not otherwise able to be classified.
(b) Includes living with parent(s), living with partner/spouse and/or children, living alone with children, and living with other related persons.
(c) Includes unknown,not recorded, or where the living arrangement was not otherwise able to be classified.

Table 14: Personal Helpers and Mentors participants, by source of referral to the service, 2011-12

Source of referral to the service
Specialist mental health care service / 3,957
Self / 2,256
Community health centre / 1,102
Housing/homelessness support service / 822
Employment services / 677
Family member, friend, carer / 702
Hospital / 463
Disability support services / 383
General Practitioner / 322
Personal support program / 364
Psychologist in private practice / 324
Centrelink / 224
Alcohol and drug treatment services / 211
Psychiatrist in private practice / 146
Police, courts or corrective services / 168
Other / 851
Unknown / 247
Total / 13,219

Table 15: Participants exiting a Personal Helpers and Mentors service, by reason for exit, 2011-12

Reasons for exiting
Participants goals were reached / 1,386
Participant chose to leave / 802
Participant did not return to the service after a period of 6 months / 481
Other (a) / 1,355
Total / 4,024

Notes:

(a) Includes reasons such as participant became incarcerated,moved into long term psychiatric accommodation, or participant moved out of area.

Mental Health Respite: Carer Support (MHR:CS)

Table 16: Mental Health Respite: Carer Support participants, by carer age group, 2011-12

Carer age group
Proportion of carers aged 24 years and under (young carers) / 9%
Proportion of carers aged 25 to 54 years / 52%
Proportion of carers aged 55 years and over (older carers) / 39%

Table 17: Mental Health Respite: Carer Support participants, by carer gender, 2011-12

Carer gender
Proportion female / 76%
Proportion male / 24%

Table 18: Mental Health Respite: Carer Support participants, by key carer characteristics, 2011-12

Carer characteristics
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander / 1,846
Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) / 3,649

Family Mental Health Support Services (FMHSS)

Table 19: Family Mental Health Support Services participants, by age group, 2011-12

Age group
Under 16 years / 37,091
16-24 years / 15,262
25 years and over / 22,307
Unknown / 7,444
Total / 82,104

Table 20: Family Mental Health Support Services participants, by key characteristics, 201112

Participant characteristics
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander / 6,497
Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) / 19,377