Day 2 : Wed 2nd July 2025
Thank you to all Speakers, Sponsors and all who attended this event
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Join us for Day 2 of the Bridging Impact Housing Solutions, NDISDA and Community – Hospital to Home Session
This powerful morning session brings together leaders in health, housing, disability, and community support to tackle one of the most urgent challenges facing the sector: hospital discharge delays for NDIS participants with complex needs.
Through practical case studies, expert presentations, and cross-sector panels, we’ll explore innovative, person-led solutions that bridge the gap from hospital to home—and deliver better outcomes for participants, families, and services alike.
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What you will learn
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How person-led, data-informed models are transforming NDIS advocacy and support delivery
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Strategies for supporting participants with complex mental health and behavioural needs through discharge
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The OT’s role in functional assessments and SDA/NDIS housing reports
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How collaboration across health, housing, and support coordination reduces discharge delays
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Why proximity-based SDA is critical for timely and safe hospital exits
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How to build new connections and referral networks across sectors
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Topics Covered
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Integrated hospital-to-home care transitions
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Designing SDA for dignity and clinical complexity
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Addressing bottlenecks through hospital-linked SDA
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Transitional, crisis, and medium-term accommodation pathways
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Bariatric-specific SDA and SIL solutions
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Reducing hospital bed block through collaborative discharge planning
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Who should attend
This session is essential for:
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Hospital Discharge Planners & Care Teams
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NDIS Support Coordinators & Plan Managers
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SDA & SIL Providers and Developers
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Occupational Therapists & Allied Health Professionals
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Mental Health Services and Clinicians
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Government and Policy Stakeholders
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Crisis and Transitional Housing Services
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Designers, Builders & Architects in SDA
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Families, Advocates, and Participant Representatives
Continue the conversation and build connections across the disability, health, and housing sectors.
Don’t miss out – Book Now
Secure your place at this critical session and be part of the change.
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Agenda
Day 2
Wed 2nd July 25
9.00am - 9.25am
Registration and Arrival
9.30am - 9.40am
Welcome and Introductions
9.45am - 10.15pm
The Human Club: Person-Led, Data-Driven, and Changing Lives
This presentation from CSBS explores how a human-first, person-led approach to support can create life-changing outcomes — especially when combined with data-informed advocacy.
We’ll walk through the transition from hospital to home, showcasing how our integrated model supports people with complex needs through in-house clinical services, behavioural supports, and staff training.
Key to this is our use of data: how we capture it, how we build real-time dashboards, and how we use it to advocate for improved NDIS funding outcomes.
Through a series of powerful case studies, we’ll demonstrate how CSBS turns daily support data into evidence that drives decisions — and helps participants get the supports they need.
At the heart of it is the CSBS Human Club philosophy: seeing beyond labels, treating people as people, and building supports around the life they want to lead.
10.15am - 10.50am
Beyond the Ward: Collaborative Pathways for NDIS Participants with Complex Mental Health Need
Delayed hospital discharges for NDIS participants with complex mental health and behavioural needs are a growing concern across Australia. A lack of suitable housing—particularly Specialist Disability Accommodation or appropriate transitional models—creates a bottleneck in the system, impacting both individual recovery and hospital capacity.
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This panel brings together voices from occupational therapy, mental health services, housing and SDA providers, support coordination, and hospital discharge teams to explore how we can work together to create sustainable discharge pathways for this cohort.
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The discussion will unpack:
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The realities of discharging patients with psychosocial disability, dual diagnoses, or high behavioural needs
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The OT's role in functional assessments and SDA/NDIS housing reports
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Mental health recovery through housing stability: what works and what doesn’t
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What SDA providers need to know to support complex discharges
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How support coordinators and discharge planners can collaborate effectively
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The role of transitional and crisis housing models in bridging hospital to home
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Panellists will share case examples, funding strategies, and cross-sector solutions that are helping to reduce delayed discharges and improve outcomes for NDIS participants.​
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This session will also cover
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Seamless Hospital Transitions: A Collaborative, Step-by-Step Framework for Sustainable Discharge into SDA Care
and SIL
This session explores how collaboration between hospitals, allied health, NDIS professionals, and housing
providers can support smoother transitions from hospital into SDA or SIL.
By working together from the start, we can avoid common pitfalls, reduce delays, and ensure participants are
set up for success. This session focuses on practical steps and shared responsibilities to improve outcomes
10.55am - 11.05am
Morning Tea
Coffees, tea break
11.05am - 11.35am
Designing for Dignity: Bariatric Care in SDA and SIL – Bridging Hospital Discharge, Home Design, and Support Models
Theodore Kerlidis : K20Architecture
This session will explore the critical intersection between clinical care, home design, and support delivery for individuals with extreme obesity—particularly during hospital discharge and crisis transitions. Bariatric care within Specialist Disability Accommodation and Supported Independent Living presents unique challenges and growing urgency across the NDIS landscape.
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11.35am - 12.20pm
Designing for Complex Support Needs in SDA and SIL: Built Environments that enable Dignity, Safety, and Continuity of Care
Includes panel session and Q & A
As the complexity of participant needs continues to grow, designing Specialist Disability Accommodation ) and Supported Independent Living that meets a broader range of physical, clinical, and behavioural support requirements is critical—especially during transitions from hospital or acute care settings.
​Topics include adaptable housing design, assistive technology integration, safe manual handling, spatial and structural considerations in high physical support SDA, and cross-agency collaboration.
We'll also discuss strategies for effective hospital-to-home transitions, timely approvals, and staff training to ensure safe and dignified care delivery.
​Attendees will walk away with a deeper understanding of how to future-proof SDA design, align with NDIS funding categories, and enhance quality of life outcomes for participants with complex needs—without compromising operational sustainability.
12.30pm - 2.00pm
COLLABORATE AND CONNECT NETWORKING LUNCH
Join the Collobarate & Connect Networking Lunch
JOIN US FOR THE COLLABORATE AND CONNECT NETWORKING LUNCH FOLLOWING THE FORUM FROM 12.30PM - 2.00PM
Free for all Day 2 ticket holders
After a powerful morning of insights at the Innovative Solutions for Bridging Housing and Healthcare Forum, take the opportunity to relax, recharge, and build meaningful connections over a sumptuous lunch.
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Mingle with hospital social workers, SDA and SIL providers, community housing leaders, CEOs, and other key stakeholders driving change in housing and healthcare integration.
This is your chance to spark new ideas, share challenges, and explore collaborations that can lead to real-world solutions.
Let’s turn conversation into action – over great food and even greater company.
The program is intended as a guide only. SDA Conferences and Events will make every reasonable effort to adhere to the advertised schedule, speakers, and topics; however, we reserve the right to modify the program, substitute speakers, or adjust session content at any time without prior notice due to unforeseen circumstances.
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