​Care Corner was established with the aim to simplify the coordination of care for a loved one with a disability or chronic illness. Barbara, Mum of little Winston, has been primarily responsible to track Winston's care with his multidisciplinary team of nurses and support workers - it was achieved in the old fashioned way of pen and paper. Not only was this negatively impacting the environment through copious amounts of paper being used, but it was also very hard to observe trends and usually required hours of preparation looking through all notes prior to medical appointments or NDIS planning meeting. And then there were the trips to the Emergency department where hundreds of questions would be asked and the parents ending up having to recall the last few days or hours of the top of their heads, not to mention the medication chart outlining 40 doses of medications spread throughout the day.​

 

With years of lived experience in special needs parenting, many hours of research and a co-design approach that involved a variety of stakeholders, we created a digital platform that provides comprehensive information to medical consultants and supports carers in navigating the NDIS system.​

 

We understand that each care recipient is highly unique and it always takes a while to get to know them, particularly when communication is difficult. CareCorner acts as the buddy that knows all the details and is always by the side of support workers, nurses or allied health professionals.

 

​​Throughout our journey we have experienced invaluable support from many partners - including but not limited to those with lived (care) experience, medical and allied health professionals as well as our funding partners. ​Without this support we would not have been able to further our mission to making care for loved ones easier and more accessible. Now it is time to lift some weight of the shoulders of more carers and equip them to provide viable information to medical consultants as well as inform the NDIS system in determining reasonable and necessary care.​