News & Information
TASC news and useful information
Changes to ACC purchasing of Home and Community Support Services latest news
Back On Track News & information
ACC Attendant Care & Equipment Guidelines 2009
ACC Contracted Auckland based Care Agencies directory
Back on Track meetings
TASC helps to run “Back on Track” meetings which are held every 2nd Thursday afternoon at the Spinal Unit. We have guest speakers , mainly ex-patients who come and talk with new patients about their experiences on a wide range of subjects. These meetings are for current and recently discharged patients their families and whanau.
Back on Track Handbook
'Back on Track' is an unique patient handbook and CD-ROM developed by the New Zealand Spinal Trust and the Burwood Spinal Unit. The handbook is designed to be used as the ‘Course Curriculum’ for patients in their early rehabilitation phase as well as for their carers, families and friends.
The Back on Track DVD is a basic introduction for those learning to live with spinal cord injury.
- To order the Back on Track DVD, please complete the order form.
Some of the topics we cover are:
Housing Modifications, Care giving Agencies for ACC or M.O.H.
Caregivers, Finding them and Keeping them, Caregivers, Their point
of view, Being out and being seen, Role changes, Outpatients and
Reassessment, Grief after Spinal Cord Injury, Sport and Recreation,
Health and Disability Advocacy/Citizens advice Bureau,
Technology,Employment,Working after a Spinal cord Injury, Health
and Well Being/Alternative Therapies, Travel Experiences, Teenagers
with Spinal cord Injury, Relationships and Sexuality After Spinal
Cord Injury, Tips and Pointers about ACC,Financial Planning and
Budgeting advice, Pain Management.
If anybody is interested in attending any of the above subjects you
are welcome to attend.
Back on Track and other events coming up
Art Classes
There is still room for new artists, come and try out your talents you might be surprised as how good you are. Tuesdays 1 - 3 pm at the Spinal Unit.
Back on Track Meetings
TASC helps to run Back on Track meetings which are held every 2nd Thursday afternoon at the Spinal Unit. We have guest speakers who come and talk with new patients about their experiences on a wide range of subjects. These afternoons are very well attended.
(BOT) meetings will be held:
3.30pm until 5pm in the Dining Room
Auckland Regional Spinal Unit.
30 Bairds Road, Otara.
See map for details
Our Phone No is (09) 270 9033 or 2709071
New Zealand Uphill
Vaughan Rowsel completed his ride the length of NZ in 2010 and raised money for TASC. You can see some great movies of him on youtube via his website - http://nzuphill.8degrees.co.nz/
Sex & Intimacy following Spinal Cord Injury
TASC & the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit invite you to an informative evening to discuss topics surrounding sex & intimacy following SCI. The evenings are open to both singles & couples.
Cost - No charge (For ACC claimants ACC will assist transport & or accommodation if needed - if you are a MOH patient please contact us and we may be able to help with funding)
Health Professionals/Caregivers Workshop
2.30-5.00 pm (same venue and date as evening workshop) there will be a workshop on sexuality & spinal cord injuries for caregivers, counsellors, physios, nurses, OT's etc. The cost of this workshop is $50.00 pp. A certificate issued at the end of the workshop.
Next Workshop
Rotorua - 6.30 - 9.00 pm on the 30th October at Parksyde Community Centre 7-9 Tarewa Road.
For more information or book for the evening workshop please
Email:info@tasc.org.nzz or phone TASC: (09) 270 9033 or (09) 270 9071.
(Please RSVP 2 weeks prior to the date of the workshop as we need a maximum number to run it.)
Information
We Provide information for people with spinal concerns, eventually we hope to create a menu of different categories for you to use.
ACC Attendant Care & Equipment Guidelines 2009
ACC has recently established a National Serious Injury Service. As part of the research that was completed to inform the establishment of the service, it was confirmed that there is significant variation in the levels of Attendant Care that are being recommended by assessors. This is largely because the assessment tool that is currently in use is subjective and consequently has a very heavy reliance on professional judgment, rather than objective evidence/information.
The Serious Injury Service has a strong commitment to transparency, and consistency in decision-making. To this end, they have liaised with the Motor Accident Authority (MAA) in NSW and have their agreement to use their recently developed guidelines for Attendant Care support levels.
Rather than spending a lot of money in reinventing the wheel and developing there own guidelines, they have put together a small group of 'expert informants' to review the MAA Guidelines, and using a consensus model, recommend whether the guidelines for support for each SCI level are applicable to NZ, or if not, why not, what the level should be and why.
The expert informant group are made up of clinicians and therapists from the two spinal units, 2 community assessors, 2 ACC staff members (one who is a wheelchair user), and they want to ensure that clients are also represented by way of a client representative from TASC and one from the Spinal Trust.
Download:ACC Attendant Care & Equipment Guidelines 2009 (825 KB PDF)
Support
Free Counseling Service
Auckland Conductive Education situated in Tui Glen Henderson is offering free counseling for disabled people and their families/whanau. We are pleased to announce that, as part of our Community Support Services we are now offering free counselling.The counseling services are available on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9.00am to 2.00pm, and on Saturday by special arrangement.
If you require counseling please call John or Rebekah on 836 6830 and we will be happy to confirm an appointment.
ACC CONTRACTED HOME BASE REHABILITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
These are just the ACC Northland based contracted service providers and reasons why ACC have concerns for the use of non contracted service providers. We will be providing more providers for the rest of the North Island soon.
These are the concerns that ACC might have with a non contracted provider:
ACC can not guarantee that the non-contracted agency has:
• Back-up staff in case of carer sickness or unavailability
• The required safety equipment and protective clothing
• Provision of services after hours, weekends and on public
holidays
• Arrangements for clinical supervision of the attendant care
provider
• A quality management system (for instance, accreditation)
• Appropriately skilled staff.
Changes to ACC purchasing of Home and Community Support Services
ACC is changing the way it contracts for Home and Community Support Services (HCSS). ACC will contract with a limited number of suppliers for this service, which will enable closer working relationships between ACC and the suppliers and lead to improved outcomes for ACC clients.
ACC will expect future suppliers to be able to provide an integrated range of services, delivered by personnel with the right skills and experience over a designated geographical area.
The structure of the services will change from the current three streams (Serious Injury, Non Serious Injury and Childcare) to two new streams (Return to Independence and Maximise Independence). The two new streams will be covered under a single contract.
The Return to Independence Service is for clients with a time limited need for support whilst they recover from their injury, with the objective of achieving pre-injury levels of independence.
The Maximise Independence Service is for clients with a long term need for support, due to the enduring nature of their injury. Key features are a partnership approach to goal setting and service planning; and flexible service that promotes maximum independence and supports client participation in all aspects of their everyday lives.
ACC will purchase these services in nine distinct regions as follows: Northland; Auckland; Waikato and Bay of Plenty; Gisborne and Hawkes Bay; Taranaki, Whanganui & Manawatu; Wider Wellington Region & Wairarapa; Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast; Canterbury; Otago & Southland.
Suppliers will be expected to cover all aspects of the new contract and be able to provide services to one or more regions. The number of successful suppliers will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the need for regional coverage. The Tender process will be public and begins on 20th February. Watch this space!
ACC Auckland based contracted service providers:
ABC Active- Sara Mayall
17-19 Port Road, Whangarei
(09) 430 6414
Access Homehealth- Sandy Knight, Service Manager
21 Okara Drive, Whangarei
09 430 4794
Care Group Ltd, Disability and Injury NZ
Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Thames/Coromandel
0800 111 078 – Key contact Jurka Vuletic (pronounced Yolka)
info@caregroup.co.nz
www.caregroup.co.nz
Geneva Health International Ltd- Melinda McLaren
Geneva Health International, Level 2, Hewlett Packard Building, 137-147 Quay Street, Auckland
(09) 916 0200 or 0508 466 322
HealthCare NZ- Shirley Baxter
183 Montreal Street, Christchurch
(03) 364 7800
Healthvision (New Zealand) Ltd
P O Box 109 638, Newmarket, Auckland 1149
Suite 1D, 95 Ascot Ave, Greenlane, Auckland 1051
Email: tracey.sanders@healthvision.co.nz
Website:
healthvision.co.nz
Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust- Lynn
Parnell Street, Kaikohe
(09) 405 7322
Home Instead Senior Care- Gail McDuff
35 St Johns Road, Meadowbank
(09) 528 4476
Home Support North Charitable Trust- Leanne McLiver
Home Support North Charitable Trust, 19 Homestead Road, Kerikeri
(09) 402 6657
McIsaac Care giving Agency Limited- David Wafer
2/2B William Pickering Drive, Albany, North Shore City
(09) 414 4530
Website: www.mclsaac.co.nz
Nightingale Homecare
43d Apollo Drive, Albany, Auckland
P.O.Box 305-228, Triton Plaza, Auckland 0757
Ph. 09 477 3534 Louise Dawson or
0800 314 314 nationwide
E-mail care@nightingale.org.nz
Website www.nightingale.org.nz
Northlink- Cathie Smith
20 Auckland Road, Warkworth, Auckland
(09) 425 9999
Access Homehealth Limited- Fiona Ludlow (Whangarei)
Access Homehealth, 21 Okara Drive, Whangarei
(09) 430 4794
Panacea Healthcare, Jan Hilder
37 Taharoto Road, Takapuna
PO Box 33750, 0740
Phone: 09 486 1456
Unit 21, 16 Lambie Drive, Manukau
PO Box 768, Manukau, 2241
Phone: 09 262 0131
Email: janh@panaceahealthcare.co.nz
Website: www.panaceahealthcare.co.nz
Presbyterian Support Services (Northern)- Judith Ford - Service Development Manager
(09) 520 8680
Renaissance 2001 Limited- Robert Skeen
41 Nesdale Avenue, Manukau, Auckland
(09) 250 4346
Rodney Districts Home Care Ltd t/a Home Instead Senior Care - Rodney- Peter & Diane Lane
Shop 6, Hilary House, 1 Alice Ave, Orewa
(09) 426 9911
Supported Living Serrvices Ltd t/a SLS Ltd- Lisa Tawhai
250 Ngunguru Road, Glenbervie, Whangarei
021 920075
WOW.maori.nz Limited T/a What Ever it Takes Home Based Rehabilitation and Support Services- Charmeyne Te Nana-Williams or Ime Tavite
11a Westward Ho Road, Kelston, Waitakere, Auckland,
(09) 818 3070
Updated 26 July 2011
If you require any further information contact your ACC case manager.
