Caring - useful website links

Listed below are other websites you may find useful:

General links

• Aged Care Australia - everything you need to know about aged care.
• Association for Children with a Disability - information, support and advocacy for children with a disability and their families in Victoria.
• Australian Sports Commission - information on participating in sport for people with a disability.
• Better Health Channel - provides free health and medical information and links to support.
• Carers Australia - information and support for carers of family members and friends.
• Commonwealth Rehabilitation Services Australia - provides vocational rehabilitation and assessment services to people with a disability, injury or health condition.
• Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres - information centres for older Australians and their families, people with special care needs and carers.
• Community portal - information, resources and support for carers.
• HEALTHInsite - information and links on important health topics.
• Helping Children with Autism - information about services and support available for children with Autism. On this website, refer to the 'Helping Children with Autism' link in 'Popular Topics'.
• Medicare - delivering health and payment programs to Australians.
• Mychild - information on early learning and care, children's health, and support for special needs.
• National Ethnic Disability Alliance - for people from non-English speaking background (NESB) with disability, their families and carers.
• Understanding money - find information that helps you to increase your financial knowledge and better manage your money.

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Hearing impairment

• Australian Hearing - helps people with their hearing impairment and quality of life.
• Better Hearing Australia Inc - free, independent and professional information and advice on hearing loss and concerns.
• Deaf Sports Australia - access for deaf and hard of hearing people to sporting opportunities.

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Mental health

• Auseinet - Australian network for promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health.
• Community portal - information on depression, mental illness and support and care.
• Department of Health and Ageing - information on health and support services for mental health.
• Mental health & wellbeing - useful information on mental health with support for carers.
• Mental Health Council of Australia - promoting better mental health for all Australians.
• Mind Matters - a national mental health initiative for secondary schools.

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Visual impairment

• Community portal - information, resources and support for people with vision disabilities or blindness and their carers.

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