The Australian Government launched the National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability

The roadmap aims to:

• improve support for people with intellectual disability, their families and carers
• develop better models of care for people with intellectual disability
• support health professionals to deliver quality care for people with intellectual disability
• improve the oral health of people with intellectual disability
• improve monitoring of the health of people with intellectual disability
• ensure emergency plans and responses meet the needs of people with intellectual disability.

EdHealth Director, Jayne Lehmann is a member of the Roadmap Implementation Governance Group and Disability and Health Sector Consultation Committee, appointed due to her professional and personal expertise in disability health.

The Australian Government is investing $43.3 million to fund the following priorities of the roadmap:

• Primary Care Enhancement Program for people with intellectual disability (PCEP)
• Improving the implementation of annual health assessments for people with intellectual disability
• Curriculum development in intellectual disability health
• National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health.

EdHealth Director inspires better healthcare for people with cognitive disability

EdHealth Australia Director, Jayne Lehmann is a popular presenter of education sessions at seminars, conferences and in university courses across Australia. Focused on the needs of people with a cognitive disability and diabetes, Jayne provides presentations on diabetes and disability health care and support. Weaved throughout her presentations are stories and clinical vignettes to bring the information to life, creating informed, entertaining and highly evaluated education opportunities for the health and disability sectors across Australia.

Click! to find out about the presentations by Jayne, available online for you to watch.