Supports for people living in rural and remote areas

People living in rural and remote areas
Farm house

Country areas are sometimes called rural and remote areas.

Person working on a computer

For more information about people living in rural and remote areas go to

 

https://www.idmhconnect.health/
people-living-rural-and-remote-areas/
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Person using the internet

Below are services and supports for people who live in rural and remote communities.

Mental health words

There is a lot of information.

 

Some words can be hard to understand.

Talking to someone you trust

You can ask someone to read this information with you.

Health worker

Specialist Intellectual Disability Health Teams have mental health workers who know how to work with people with intellectual disability.

Two people sitting on different sides of a desk. One is a doctor and the other is a patient. Both look happy.

Mental health workers are people who work to help you with your mental health.

Video call

The mental health workers can have appointments with you using teleconferencing.

 

Teleconferencing allows you to see and communicate with people online.

 

You can use programs like Zoom to teleconference.

Appointment

The mental health workers may also come to your area.

Doctor on the phone

Specialist Intellectual Disability Health Teams can give advice to your doctor or mental health worker.

Person working on a computer

For more information about specialist services go to

 

https://idmhconnect.health/mental-health-services-services/ER

Screen capture of the Wordlist on the Intellectual Disability Mental Health Connect website.

There are some tricky words on this Easy Read page.

 

For more information about these words go to

https://www.idmhconnect.health/word-list