Sailing on Troubled Waters: Diversional Therapy in Australia

Pegg, S; Darcy, SA

Sailing on Troubled Waters: Diversional Therapy in Australia

Pegg, S Darcy, SA

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Publisher:: National Recreation and Park Association
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2007, 2nd Quarter, 41 (2), pp. 132 - 140
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pegg, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Darcy, SA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2566	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2007, 2nd Quarter, 41 (2), pp. 132 - 140	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0040-5914	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/6399
dc.description.abstract	This paper seeks to explore the notion of Therapeutic Recreation (TR) in an Australian context. It does so through first reviewing the historical development of Diversional Therapy (DT) services in Australia and then examining the impact on service delivery of ongoing national reform in the health and community care sectors. The paper suggests that such reforms have created a somewhat fluid state of affairs whereby DT staff need decide whether or not they effectively embrace change and the challenges that such reforms have brought, or accept a substantially lesser role in the overall scheme of Australian health services in the not-too-distant future. With this need for positive (and immediate) action in mind, the paper concludes with a discussion of what it is that DT staff need do to establish a valued place in the Australian health care mainstream.	en_US
dc.publisher	National Recreation and Park Association	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Therapeutic Recreation Journal	en_US
dc.title	Sailing on Troubled Waters: Diversional Therapy in Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper seeks to explore the notion of Therapeutic Recreation (TR) in an Australian context. It does so through first reviewing the historical development of Diversional Therapy (DT) services in Australia and then examining the impact on service delivery of ongoing national reform in the health and community care sectors. The paper suggests that such reforms have created a somewhat fluid state of affairs whereby DT staff need decide whether or not they effectively embrace change and the challenges that such reforms have brought, or accept a substantially lesser role in the overall scheme of Australian health services in the not-too-distant future. With this need for positive (and immediate) action in mind, the paper concludes with a discussion of what it is that DT staff need do to establish a valued place in the Australian health care mainstream.

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