TasCOSS report: The Intersection of Emergency Food Relief and Food Security (February 2011)
TasCOSS report: Rural Energy Consumers Consultation Project report
Independence: Support for the elderly in their communities.Home and Community Care Consumer Consultation Project Report (2009)
The project explored independence and how it is reflected in the daily lives of older people in their communities - including those living with a disability. It was undertaken in order to inform Home and Community Care policy and programs to better help elderly people to remain at home as they become frail. To download click here.
Just Scraping By? Conversations with Tasmanians livng on low incomes
TasCOSS researchers spoke with 148 Tasmanians across the State about what it’s like to live on a low income. We found that many Tasmanians are indeed ‘just scraping by’ and are doing so often at the expense of their health and well-being and by going without. The voices of low income Tasmanians are reproduced in this report talking in their own words about the daily struggle to make ends meet on inadequate incomes and with limited access to health care and other services, to education, employment and training opportunities, to affordable housing, and to social and recreational activities. They also tell us about their resourcefulness and resilience and the factors that they think contribute to a good quality of life. To download Just Scraping By? Conversations with Tasmanians living on low incomes click here. To download a report summary click here.
The Financial Crisis and the Community Services Industry in Tasmania: Forum Report and Overview
February 2009
Over the past year the global credit crisis has flowed into what economists call the ‘real economy’, bringing with it slow-down in most major economies. This is having, and will continue to have, an inevitable impact on the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of society and the community and welfare services they access. This document provides an overview of the current impact of the financial crisis on the community services industry in Tasmania. It includes a report from the recent TasCOSS Members’ Forums on the effects of the economic slow-down on their organisations and their clients, key messages from the Access Economics Report, TasCOSS summaries of the Commonwealth and State Government responses to the global economic crisis, as well as the advocacy positions of TasCOSS and ACOSS. To read the report click here.
Creating a Healthy Tasmania: Would a health promotion foundation be beneficial for Tasmanians? Forum Report
The Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS) and the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) came together to organise and host a public forum which was held at Glenorchy Civic Centre on May 15, 2008. The forum explored the possibility of establishing a health promotion foundation in Tasmania to address the State’s very poor health outcomes. The forum, Creating a Healthy Tasmania, generated a great deal of interest and was attended by about 70 people, including several who travelled to Hobart from the North and North West to attend. This report outlines the background to the forum, provides a short definition of health promotion action, an overview of the proceedings and goes on to present the issues raised in discussion at the forum. It concludes with some ideas for further action on strengthening health promotion in Tasmania. Click here to download the report.
Enhancing Quality of Life: Addressing poverty and disadvantage through the HACC program
Home and Community Care Consumer Consultation Project Report (2008)
This year's HACC project aims to:explore more fully the nature of poverty and social disadvantage amongst Tasmanian HACC consumers by hearing their experiences of living on a low income; and inform the Tasmanian HACC Program of opportunities to improve the capacity of the HACC Program to prevent and minimise poverty and social disadvantage amongst the target population, and enhance people’s quality of life. Click here to download the report.
Our Lives, Our Future: the Forum Report (2007)
The Our Lives, Our Future forum was held in September 2007 and was attended by over 160 people, who met and discussed their living and social situations and shared ideas on how to ensure the future is one that enables positive ageing experiences for the whole community.
This report captures those discussions, and the ideas and suggestions to create a positive future. It is a useful resource to help understand the current issues facing many older Tasmanians and to assist in ageing planning or policy work at community or Government level. Click here to download the report.
Safe as Houses: Home and Community Care Consumer Consultation Project Report (2007)
Elderly HACC clients describe experiences of vulnerability. Home and Community Care Consumer Consultation Project Report 2007. Click here to download the report.
HACC Project Officer Pauline Marsh presented a paper at the Social Policy Research Centre conference in Sydney titled "Myth Busting Frail Aged: Exploring Age-Related Vulnerability in Elderly Community Care Clients". Click here to download the paper.
Vulnerability in Elderly Community Care Clients (2007)
University of Tasmania Faculty of Health Science literature review into Vulnerability in Elderly Community Care Clients. Click here to download.
Pre Payment Meters in Tasmania: Consumer Views and Issues (2006)
A research project carried out for the Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS) by Urbis Keys Young. Click here to download the report.
Finding Ways to Stay at Home: Home and Community Care Consumer Consultation Project Report (2006)
Consumers' experiences of intake, assessment and referral processes of the Home and Community Care Program in Tasmania. Click here to download the report.
Home and Community Care Consumer Consultation Project Report (2005)
The Home and Community CareConsumer Consultation (HACC) Project in 2005 focused on the needs of frail aged people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Click here to download the report.