Issues for Regional and Rural Carers Question Title * 1. What is your residential post code Question Title * 2. Does the person you care for have good insight into their condition? Yes No Question Title * 3. Is this insight affected by their illness from time to time? Yes No Question Title * 4. Have they required transportation to hospital for treatment on occasion in the last 12 months? Yes No (Skip to Question 6) Question Title * 5. Was this provided by Police or Ambulance or otherwise? Police Ambulance Carer provided transport Other Transport not available – could not get them to treatment Question Title * 6. How serious is this issue of transport to you? Not serious Serious Quite serious Very Serious Question Title * 7. Have you every incurred significant personal expenses associated with transporting consumers to a mental health facility? Yes No Question Title * 8. Were you able to access any rebate system (such as patient transport/ travel assistance schemes) to help pay for these costs? Yes No Question Title * 9. Have you every incurred significant personal expenses associated with visiting consumers in a mental health facility? Yes No Question Title * 10. Were you able to access any rebate system (such as patient transport/ travel assistance schemes) to help pay for these costs? Yes No Question Title * 11. Access to mental health professionalsAre you able to access sufficient mental health services and advice from you current place of residence? Yes No Question Title * 12. How far do you need to travel to physically see a mental health professional? ___________ kms Question Title * 13. Does the main treating clinician (psychiatrist, psychologist, mental health nurse etc) who looks after your family member or friend change frequently? Very stable – infrequent changes Every couple of years Less frequently than once a year Every year at least More frequently than every year Question Title * 14. Does this cause issues with their continuity of care, and if so what? No Yes If yes, please specify Question Title * 15. Have changes in clinical staff resulted in changes of (tick as many as apply): Diagnoses Treatment Medication, Attitudes to family involvement; and / or Attitudes to information sharing? Question Title * 16. Do the staff who look after your family member or friend seem to have a good knowledge of their patient’s their clinical situation and needs? Yes No Question Title * 17. Communication IssuesHave you every struggled to be understood by professionals whose first language is not English? Never Infrequently Sometimes Often Usually Question Title * 18. How is it best to provide detailed information about mental health issues and mental health services to people in your location and situation? (tick as many that apply) Mail Flyers Radio Newspapers State-wide telephone information services Locally based telephone information services The Internet Question Title * 19. At home are you able to access: A local radio station A local newspaper The Internet Question Title * 20. RespiteAre sufficient respite services are available in your local area? Yes No – insufficient No – none at all within 300kms Question Title * 21. What type of respite services would be most helpful for you? Centre based consumer education / recreation service (which gives the carer respite by finding meaningful, supervised activities for the consumer) Community based respite service (where the consumer is simply looked after by others in another location for a while) Home visit system (staff visit home to look after consumer for a spell) Done