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I spoke with the staff at Kanangra today they said they have told Katelynd that Sue is not ready to be moved. That Sue has an active life, a peer group and she has activities to do each, that she walks each day and is settled there. That it is not in her best interest to be moved. That a move would only disrupt her and trigger off her behaviour disorder. They said that Katelynd didn't seem to have answers to how Sue's activities needs would be meet, that she said she was just an underling and she didn't know or have answers to these concerns.

These are concerns I also voiced to Katelynd. Kanangra told me they also said to Katelynd that they were concerned what will happen to Sue if the move fails.

They told me that Katelynd could not answer the issue of housing Sue if they move her and it fails.

They told me to point out to Katelynd that two staff is not enough to deal with Sue that they need a pool of staff cause when she erupts it takes four staff to deal with her.

When Katelynd rang me today I told I did not understand why Sue was even being considered to be moved when the staff that deal with her everyday including her psychiatrist say it is not in Sue's best interest. I was told that it is part of the consultation process. I said that that did not answer the question. It's tokenism. That's all it really is. I told Katelynd that what is really happening is that Sue is a number, it's all a numbers game and for the house/funding to occur they have to have people and Sue was just a number. She said no she wasn't but she would not tell me why the move is still on the table when every person who is involved with Sue objects to the move.

So I have contact emails for not only Katelynd but for the higher up staff. I've got a long list of questions and they better have answers not just dismissive "I don't know."

tell me this isn't just a numbers game, tell me i'm wrong, tell me DADHC isn't going to set her up to fail again. My alarm bells are screaming and they are screaming because the concerns of family and staff in consultation phase are not being listened to.