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
)
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