Ru Rua Nursing Home opened in North Adelaide in 1978. It provided accommodation for children and young adults with severe and multiple disabilities. In 1981, Estcourt House at Grange was renovated, and Ru Rua Nursing Home moved to these upgraded premesis. In 1982, it became part of the newly created Intellectual Disability Services Council. Ru…
Ashford House was established by the Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia (CCA) at Ashford in 1952. It replaced the Spastic Centre at Kermode Street, North Adelaide, and provided day schooling and respite care for children with Cerebral Palsy. Ashford House closed in 1976, at the same time as the Somerton Crippled Children’s Home and…
The Spastic Centre at Kermode Street, North Adelaide, was established in late 1949 by the Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia (CCA). It provided a day school and training centre for children suffering from Cerebral Palsy. In 1951 the Spastic Centre closed and the children were moved to the new centre, Ashford House. The Spastic…
The Woodville Spastic Centre was the new name given to the Woodville Spastic Children’s Home around 1960. Run by the South Australian Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association it provided day training and respite accommodation for children with disabilities. Services began to be decentralised from the Woodville site in the 1980s. The residential Nursing Home at the…
The Woodville Spastic Children’s Home was established by the South Australian Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association (SASPWA) at Woodville in 1952 to provide care and respite accommodation for children with disabilities. It also provided accommodation for children from country areas attending the school at Ashford House. In 1953 it had accommodation for 4. This had doubled…
The Loxton Hostel was established by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in 1977 in Loxton. The Hostel provided single rooms for more than 20 people. The majority of residents came from the Riverland area and lived at the Hostel in order to attend the Loxton Workshop which had been established in 1974. The Loxton Hostel…
The Port Pirie Hostel was opened by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in 1974 on Balmoral Road in Pot Pirie. It provided accommodation for people with intellectual disabilities who were attending the Port Pirie Workshop. The Workshop provided training and employment for residents. Port Pirie Hostel was one of a number of Hostels established by…
Carinya Hostel was established by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in 1973 in Murray Bridge. It provided week day hostel accommodation for school aged children from country areas who were attending the Murray Bridge Special School. The children in the hostel were cared for by house parents. In 1990 the Hostel moved to a smaller…
Birralee Hostel was established as a purpose-built residential care facility by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in Berri in 1971. It provided week day accommodation for children from surrounding areas attending the Berri Special School. In 1998, as a result of the decline in demand for accommodation for children, Birralee Hostel changed its purpose and…
Cooinda Hostel was established by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in Derrington street, Mount Gambier in 1969. It provided hostel style accommodation on week days for school aged children from country areas who were attending the Mount Gambier Special School. It was the first Hostel to be established in a country region. During the 1990s…
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