As your voice in Federal Parliament, I am keen to ensure we have access to the best
care services for people with a disability and those living with mental illness
within our electorate.
To properly plan for care services for today and into the future, I need to hear
from members of my electorate who have a family member with a disability or mental
illness. If you or a family member can help by answering my survey questions and
returning your responses to my office, I can build a case for improved funding of
services in Bradfield.
This survey was devised by a panel of carers within the Bradfield electorate, who
assist Dr Nelson to ensure he can best represent the concerns of carers in his electorate.
If you require any assistance in answering this survey or you seek any further information
on access to local care services, don’t hesitate to contact me via my office.
Yours sincerely
DR BRENDAN NELSON MP
Federal Member for Bradfield
Survey Questions
Description
1) Do you or does a member of your family identify as having a disability or mental
illness. If so, can you describe your situation and the age group of the person
in question?
Description:
2) Age Group (please tick age group/s)
Services
3) Do you or does a member of your family currently use any of the below services
that offers (please tick as many as appropriate)?
If you have ticked yes to any of the above, are you satisfied with these services?
(Please provide reasons). How could they be improved?
4) If you, or a member of your family are aged, have a disability, or have a mental
illness, is there a care service you would like to see improved in our local area?
5) If you, or a member of your family, have a disability, or have a mental illness,
does access to transport cause problems? If yes, how could these problems be solved?
6) Do you face waiting lists for access to services such as respite, in home care,
long term care or supported accommodation? If yes, what type of service?
7) Where do you obtain information on local services? (eg GP, school, hospital,
council, Member of Parliament)? How can information on services be improved?
8) As your voice in Federal Parliament, what care service improvements should I
seek for our local area? Are you currently seeking a service for your family member
that is not available in our local area?
9) Is there any care service issue that I can help you with? (If yes, please provide
your contact details at the conclusion of this survey).
10) Is there anything else you would like to add?
Contact Details
This Survey is part of a comprehensive analysis my office is conducting with a view
to improving services to the aged, to people with a disability and to people with
mental illness. Your responses and contact details will remain confidential. I urge
you to reply because the data we compile through this process is essential to my
ability to affect change in these areas.