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 ProgramNumber of

ParticipantsIndigenous

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

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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

Comorbid disability (a) (b)

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

Source of referral to the service

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, 2011-12

Participant characteristics

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 6,497

Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) 19,377