A few kilometres down the road, one such service is opening its doors. The Bondi Prevention and Recovery Centre (PARC) is a rambling house, converted to provide intensive community support to help people with mental illness avoid hospital admission (known as step-up services), as well as residential places for people who have been in hospital, meaning they can be discharged sooner (step-down).
Operated by Independent Community Living Australia in partnership with the local health district, its eight bedrooms are modest but comfortable, individually decorated to create a home-like…
