Preferred future service provision for the residents of Kimberley Centre

Executive summary|Recommendations|Background|Current planning|Description of Kimberley Centre|The national scene|The rationale for change|Needs of Kimberley residents|Options considered|The consultation process October 2000
Project working group recommendations|Risk analysis and management|Implementation|Other issues|National initiatives|Identifying the full cost to Government of the programme|Reporting financial results - how financed|Communications plan|Midcentral Health DHB comment|Identifying future uses of the site|Fiscal implications of not proceeding with deinstitutionalisation|Appendices

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"This report addresses the redevelopment of services currently provided to 379 people with an intellectual disability at the Kimberley Centre in Levin. Kimberley Centre is the last major institutional centre of its kind in New Zealand... There has been extensive consultation with relatives, during which a process was agreed for identifying the direction for the Kimberley deinstitutionalisation as a whole, together with a process for making decisions about changes to services for individuals... The approach proposed in this report is to improve the quality and range of services available to people living at Kimberley Centre by purchasing accommodation, support and specialist services more appropriate for meeting individually assessed needs. The deinstitutionalisation of Kimberley Centre will take into account where people have originated from, and where their relatives prefer them to live, in accordance with each individual's support needs. It also aims to position services so that they not only meet the needs of the present Kimberley residents, but are also appropriately located to meet future needs of people with intellectual disability currently domiciled in community settings." - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY