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Young people with chronic Illness: the approach to transitionﾠby Andrew Kennedy, Felicity Sloman, Jo Douglass and Susan Sawyer. An article from The Internal Medicine Journal, August 2007.
- DVD UK Dept of Health, 2006 Transition Getting it Rightﾠ(highly recommended)
- RCH Cardiology Transition Information
- Transition Information Network
A UK website on Transition, featuring quarterly Getting A Life newsletter (available to download) for everyone working with and for disabled young people in transition to adulthood/
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Young adults in childrens hospitals: why are they there?
An article from The Medical Journal of Australia, by Pei-Yoong Lam, Bronwyn Fitzgerald and Susan M Sawyer, based on a ten-year audit (1992-2001) of admissions of young adults aged 18ﾠyears and over to The Royal Childrens Hospital. - Smoothing the transition to adult care
From The Medical Journal of Australia, by David L Bennett, Susan J Towns and Kate S Steinbeck, this article outlines transition plan for young people and their families. - Transition from paediatric to adult care. Bridging the gaps or passing the buck?
An article by Russell Viner ofﾠUniversity College London Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, from the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Outlines 'The key elements for an effective transition programme' and 'Models for transition programmes'. - A Consensus Statement on Health Care Transitions for Young Adults With Special Health Care Needs From Pediatrics, Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, this 'consensus document has now been approved as policy by the boards of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine'.
- Transition: Getting it Right For Young Peopleﾠ(PDF 300 KB)
A highly commended document with guidelines on Transition has recently been publishedﾠby theﾠUK Department of Health. DVD follows below. - Good 2 Go Transition Program, Toronto Sickkids, Canada
An innovative program features 'Transition Interventions Menu' to assist young people with transition. MyHealth Passport accessible and many other resources available. - NSW Department of Health: GMCT Transition careﾠ
It's up and running, highly recommended! - Better Health Channel
Health and medical information, quality assured by Victorian Government. Includes a collection of disability related fact sheets. - Expert Patients online Developing skills for self managing a chronic illness.
- Health Care Transition Initiative at the University of Floridaﾠ
Sponsored by Florida Developmental Disabilities Council. Includes interactive transition training, a great resource for young people who are either in transition, or about to be. - D.O.O.R 2 Adulthoodﾠ
Canadian resource on transition. Includes a collection of transition-related personal stories shared by Canadian young people on everything from love to independence and challenges of adulthood. - Referencesﾠ(PDF)ﾠ
A list of references to journal articles and websites related to transition. References cover the following categories: brain injury, cardiac, cystic fibrosis, diabetes/other endocrine, epilepsy/complex neurology, gastroenterology, haematology, HIV/AIDS, inborn errors of metabolism, intellectual disability, renal, rheumatology, spina bifida and spinal. Thanks to Lynne Brodie and her Transition Team in NSW for her generosity with this list of references. - What's Health got to do with Transition?ﾠ(PDF)
Extensive yet user friendly American resource exploring 10 steps to successful Transition. Plenty of guidelines and practical tips for both clinician and patient.ﾠ -
Work Welfare Willsﾠ
New resource available for people whose illness affects their ability to work.ﾠWork, welfare, willsﾠis a plain English guide to legal issues around health and life changes. It provides people whose illness affects their ability to work with up to date information about Centrelink entitlements, health privacy, powers of attorney, superannuation, insurance and wills. Read this information before you make important life-changing decisions. -
Creation of Young Adult Complex Disabilities Clinics in Victoria
June 2005 report writtenﾠwithﾠDepartment of Human Services, Victoria, Australia andﾠThe Royal Children's HospitalﾠTransition Project Coordinator.