Ngurra! (on Country)
Sarah Brown AM, Chief Executive Officer, Purple House
As we meet in the Northern Territory for the RSA conference in 2022, what better place and time to explore the model of care that started in the desert in Central Australia, led by dialysis patients and their families and led to the creation of a new way of dialysis provision in remote Australia and a medicare item number to support it.
With cultural priorities up front, Being on country with family central to everything, Purple house now offers community controlled dialysis in 18 remote communities, 2 mobile trucks as well as a bush balm business, Aged and disability services, a language app, cultural mentoring and support. When patients and their families are engaged and in control, magic happens!
Come for a wild ride to some beautiful parts of this vast country while we explore the last 21 years of the Purple house and our plans for the future.