Meeting papers

Additional facilities are currently in approval and / or construction stage. Aged care facilities in the region are
generally well connected and resilient and have robust business continuity plans in place.
At the time of the 2016 Census, 110 people in the Noosa LGA were considered homeless.
Within all communities, for any number of reasons, members may be, or become, vulnerable for shorter or
longer terms. Such reasons include a reliance on mechanical life support systems (e.g. dialysis, ventilators), a
culturally or linguistically diverse background, isolation, little social support or high levels of socio-economic
disadvantage, visitors to the region, or chronic or acute health conditions. In 2017-2018 the Australian Bureau
of Statistics found just under half of Australians had one or more chronic health conditions and 1 in 5 reported
having a mental or behavioural condition (ABS, 2017-2018).




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