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Aged Care Concerns

Tony — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:38:07 +0000

Since 2006 more than 50 finance companies have collapsed or defaulted stripping thousands of Kiwis on the verge of retirement of their savings. A concern for the Government is that these New Zealanders will not be able to pay for their aged care.
Each district health board pays for its elderly to live in residential care such as a rest home if they require it. In the Waikato, about one third of residents pay for the care themselves, one third are subsidised and the other third are paid for by the DHB and patients’ superannuation.
In Hamilton, the daily cost of age-related residential care is: rest home, $105; dementia care, $142; residential hospital, $179; psychogeriatric, $199.
This costs the region’s health board $64 million a year. The board also spent $12.29 million on in-patient assessment, transition and rehabilitation services, $16.8 million on home and community support services and $1.57 million on respite care.
Of the total $102 million, $18.3 million worth of services were provided by Health Waikato, and the balance was provided by 65 non-government organisations.
The spending was 10.3 per cent of the total Waikato DHB . The over-65 population is projected to increase by more than 16,500 people, from 52,000 people .$102 million was spent annually in the Waikato region on aged care now to almost 69,000 people in 2021.
The over-85 population would increase by more than 2000 during the same time.l

AGED CARE COST
* Older people’s services cost Waikato DHB $102 million annually
* $64 million of this covers rest homes, hospitals, and dementia facilities.
* Over-65s predicted to be one in five in 10 to 20 years.

The dilemma we as a country now face is that there is not enough money available to provide services on a continual basis for this vulnerable sector of society. At Supercare4u.com we find that being able to offer non-medical emergency transportation at an affordable price compared to traditional ambulances is a positive step for future budgets. Although we are just a small boat in the ocean!

Bus company neglects Disablity Passengers

Tony — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:20:33 +0000

Ms Samson from Waitangirua, New Zealand requires a wheelchair due to a disability. They catch wheelchair-accessible buses near their home up to four times a week for return trips into the Porirua CBD. Trouble is, many of the bus drivers are not sympathetic to their plight.
“Nine out of 10 drivers sit there and I have to get the ramp out, some of them don’t know how to use it. A few won’t even take us, saying they have schedules to keep and drive away. It’s frustrating, they’re not providing the service they should and just don’t seem to care.”

For clients experiencing difficulty with Disability Transport Services, there is a method for getting the info in front of the right people. Ring the Disability commissioner or complain to Land Transport.

How to Join the Total Mobility Scheme-Nationwide

Tony — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:01:10 +0000

The Total Mobility (TM) scheme is a national scheme that assists people with mobility impairments to enhance their community participation by accessing appropriate transport. This assistance is provided to eligible, registered individuals in the form of subsidised door-to-door transport services wherever Total Mobility transport providers operate.

In the Auckland and Wellington regions, the TM scheme offers registered individuals a 50% discount (up to a maximum subsidy of$40.00) on fares charged by contracted transport providers. To receive the discount, the individual must present their TM Photo Identification (ID) Card to the driver at the start of the trip so the correct tariff is selected for fare calculation. The individual is then required to have their TM Photo ID Card swiped at the end of the trip, and pay their 50% portion of the fare to the transport provider.

New Zealand Total Mobility Contacts:

Auckland Total Mobility Scheme Auckland Transport Agency Private Bag 92250 Auckland 1142 09 366 6400

Bay of Plenty Environment Bay of Plenty PO Box 364 Whakatane 0800 368 267

Canterbury Environment Canterbury PO Box 345 Christchurch 03 365 3828

Gisborne Gisborne District Council PO Box 747 Gisborne 06 867 2049

Hawke’s Bay Hawke’s Bay Regional Council 159 Dalton Street Private Bag 6006 Napier 06 835 9200

Manawatu/Whanganui Horizons Regional Council Private Bag 11025 Palmerston North 06 952 2800 or 0508 800 800 (freephone)

Marlborough Marlborough District Council PO Box 443 Blenheim 03 578 5249

Nelson-Tasman Nelson City Council PO Box 645 Nelson 03 546 0200

Northland Northland Regional Council Private Bag 9021 Whangarei Mail Centre Whangarei 0148 09 438 4639

Otago Otago Regional Council Private Bag Dunedin 03 474 0827

Southland Invercargill City Council Private Bag 90 104 Invercargill 03 211 1606

Taranaki Taranaki Regional Council 47 Cloten Road Private Bag 713 Stratford 4352 0800 868 662

Waikato Environment Waikato (regional council) PO Box 4010 Hamilton 07 856 7184

Wellington Wellington Regional Council PO Box 11646 Wellington 04 802 0354

West Coast West Coast Regional Council PO Box 66 Greymouth 03 768 0466

Do New Zealanders drive Safe?

Tony — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:07:08 +0000

New Zealand drivers should be afraid;in fact they should be very afraid because new technology will be trialled by the Police and used if it offers benefits to safe driving habits.
The world’s most advanced speed camera – so accurate it can catch you using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt from 600m away – is being assessed for Victoria,Australia.
The $18,500 Concept II laser speed camera is being used by police in Dorset,England,as the latest tool in their zero-tolerance approach to driving offences.
As well as checking speed, the device’s camera resolution is reported to be sharp enough to pick out an unbuckled belt at a range of up to 600m.
The camera is able to record both a still image and video evidence to DVD.
What the Concept II laser speed camera can do:
* Detects speed, seatbelt and mobile phone offenses
* Sharp enough to detect an unbuckled seatbelt at 600m
* Can store up to 4000 incidents on video
So do you think that this technology will make an appearance on our roads? Damm right it will !

Mental Health Cost expanding for New Zealand

Tony — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:22:34 +0000

Mental health is a major cost for for New Zealand.
Not only is there the immense personal cost to people with experience of mental illness and their families, there is also a cost to employers and the Government
Research in Britain, published in 2007, estimates the cost to employers of mental health problems among staff in Britain at 1035 (NZ$2000) for every employee a year. The business costs are made up of sickness absence, reduced productivity at work and replacing staff who leave their jobs because of mental ill health.
Just under 50 per cent of New Zealanders will experience mental illness or addiction at some time in their lives, with one in five people affected within one year. (source: Health Ministry.)
About 40 per cent of people off work nationwide are absent because of a mental health condition, including people on sickness benefits and income replacement insurance. (Workwise).
Mental illness accounts for 15 per cent of the total disease burden in the developed world, with depression set to become the second leading cause of disability worldwide by 2020. (World Health Organisation).
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Tony — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:12:43 +0000

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What is the Total Mobility Scheme – Nationwide

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:44:13 +0000

New Zealand Total Mobility Contacts:

Auckland
Total Mobility Scheme
Auckland Transport Agency
Private Bag 92250
Auckland 1142
09 366 6400

Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty
PO Box 364
Whakatane
0800 368 267

Canterbury
Environment Canterbury
PO Box 345
Christchurch
03 365 3828

Gisborne
Gisborne District Council
PO Box 747
Gisborne
06 867 2049

Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
159 Dalton Street
Private Bag 6006
Napier
06 835 9200

Manawatu/Whanganui
Horizons Regional Council
Private Bag 11025
Palmerston North
06 952 2800 or 0508 800 800 (freephone)

Marlborough
Marlborough District Council
PO Box 443
Blenheim
03 578 5249

Nelson-Tasman
Nelson City Council
PO Box 645
Nelson
03 546 0200

Northland
Northland Regional Council
Private Bag 9021
Whangarei Mail Centre
Whangarei 0148
09 438 4639

Otago
Otago Regional Council
Private Bag
Dunedin
03 474 0827

Southland
Invercargill City Council
Private Bag 90 104
Invercargill
03 211 1606

Taranaki
Taranaki Regional Council
47 Cloten Road
Private Bag 713
Stratford 4352
0800 868 662

Waikato
Environment Waikato (regional council)
PO Box 4010
Hamilton
07 856 7184

Wellington
Wellington Regional Council
PO Box 11646
Wellington
04 802 0354

West Coast
West Coast Regional Council
PO Box 66
Greymouth
03 768 0466

What is the Total Mobility Scheme – Auckland

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:34:56 +0000

The Total Mobility (TM) scheme is a national scheme that assists people with impairments to enhance their community participation by accessing appropriate transport. This assistance is provided to eligible, registered individuals in the form of subsidised door-to-door transport services wherever TM transport providers operate.

The TM scheme offers registered individuals a 50% discount (up to a maximum subsidy of $40.00 in the Auckland Region) on fares charged by contracted transport providers. To receive the discount, the individual must present their TM Photo Identification (ID) Card to the driver at the start of the trip so the correct tariff is selected for fare calculation. The individual is then required to have their TM Photo ID Card swiped at the end of the trip, and pay their 50% portion of the fare to the transport provider. In the Auckland region, Auckland Transport administers the scheme, with partial funding provided by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA)

Joining Total Mobility and using Transport Services:
For more information about the TM scheme in the Auckland Region and authorised TM agents, please phone the MAXX Contact Centre on (09) 366 6400.
SuperCare4u.com is a personalised Total Mobility Passenger Transportation System registered with Auckland Transport and offers a door-to-door, on-demand, pickup/drop-off service, 7 days a week, 365 days a year utilising vans fitted with wheelchair hoists. For reservations: 09 6302060

Eligibility
Basically, you’re eligible if physical, sensory, intellectual or psychological disability means that you can’t proceed to and from a public transport stop; or board, ride and disembark from the public transport unaided.
More information
To register and receive a TM Photo ID Card, please follow the steps below:

Step 1 – Contacting a TM disability agency to discuss eligibility and to arrange an eligibility assessment
The disability agency will ask the applicant a series of questions about their impairment to determine their eligibility, and if they consider that the applicant is likely to be eligible, an appointment with a trained Assessment Facilitator will be made for the assessment to take place.

Step 2 – Completing the eligibility assessment and the registration forms
The assessment must take place face to face with the applicant and Assessment Facilitator filling out the registration forms together. If the Assessment Facilitator determines that the applicant is eligible, the assessment form must be signed by both the Assessment Facilitator and the applicant, and the Photo ID Card form must be signed by the applicant.

Step 3 – Submitting the registration forms, photo and card issue fee
The assessment form and Photo ID Card form should be returned to the disability agency with the appropriate payment. This may include a disability agency membership fee and an assessment fee, although some agencies do not charge these. The payment will always include a card issue fee of $7.00 to cover the administration and production costs of the Photo ID Card (payable to Auckland Transport).The disability agency will review the registration forms and forward them to Auckland Transport with the card issue fee. Once the registration has been approved and processed by Auckland Transport, the applicant will receive a letter from them confirming their registration. The Photo ID Card will normally be received by the applicant within 10 working days, with a letter about the rules of the TM scheme and how to use the TM Photo ID Card.

Agency Name	Contact	Phone	Type of Disability
Total Mobility – Assessment Agencies
Age Concern Counties Manukau	Sandy Andrews ext 800	279 4331	Elderly
Age Concern Auckland	Leanne Rowe	820 0184	Elderly
Age Concern North Shore	Maureen Andrews ext 101	489 4975	Elderly
Alzheimer’s Foundation Auckland	Kaye Hastings	622 4230	Alzheimers / Dementia
Alzheimer’s Society Counties/Manukau	Vathana Rajkumar	576 7776	Alzheimers / Dementia
Amputee Society of Auckland & Northland (Inc)	Mali Huitoli – leave message with son Bradley	828 5276	Amputation
Arthritis New Zealand Northern Region	Carol Lovatt	523 8910	Arthritis
Auckland Asthma Society	Debra Leutenegger	630 2293	Asthma / COPD
Auckland District Kidney Society	Rachel Barrett	278 1321	Kidney Failure
The Brain Injury Association Inc. Auckland	Alison McLellan	441 6246	Brain Injury
Cavit ABI Auckland	Emma Weeks	831 0087	Brain Injury
CCS Disability Action Auckland	June Shaw	624 2561	General disability
Cerebral Palsy Society NZ Inc.	Michael Northcott	0800 503603	Cerebral Palsy
Communicare CMA Inc. Auckland	Margaret Oldfield	631 5968	Elderly
Creative Abilities & Associates	Elizabeth Soper	444 0608	Intellectual / Physical
Disabled Citizens’ Society	Helena MathiesonPam Uttridge (10am-2pm)	638 8153	THEIR MEMBERS ONLYPam – Total Mobility
Epilepsy Association of NZ Auckland	Colin Reive	373 4312	Epilepsy
Epilepsy NZ North Shore / Rodney	Susan Moyle	442 0977	Epilepsy
Huntington’s Disease Association Inc. Auckland	Jane Devine	815 9703	Huntingtons Disease
IDEA Counties	Colleen Cooling counties@idea.org.nz	529 8748	Intellectual Impairment
IDEA South / East Auckland	Ragni Narayan south.east@idea.org.nz	529 8790	Intellectual Impairment
IDEA North Shore	Hereora Watling north.shore@idea.org.nz	529 8725	Intellectual Impairment
IDEA West / Central Auckland	Angie Murray west.central@idea.org.nz	529 8758	Intellectual Impairment
Immune Deficiencies Foundation	Sandi Field	0508 300 600	THEIR MEMBERS ONLY
Laura Fergusson Trust	Lorna Coles	520 9016	THEIR MEMBERS ONLY
The Millennium 21 Trust	Sarah Lockwood	527 3885	THEIR MEMBERS ONLY
Motor Neurone Disease Association	Linda Oliver	815 4263	Motor Neurone Disease
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Auckland & the North Shore (Inc)	Anju Shrestha	845 5921	Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy Northern	Joanna Baylis	4155682	Muscular Dystrophy
North Shore Centres of Mutual Aid	Mariana Torkington	489 8954	Elderly
Parkinsonism Society Auckland Inc	Cilla Barkhuizen	278 6918	Parkinsonism
PHAB Association	Sonia Thursby	488 7490	THEIR MEMBERS ONLY
Ranfurly Care Society	Valerie Hilton	630 3010	THEIR MEMBERS ONLY
Rodney N. Harbour Health Trust (only agency in Warkworth area)	Joanne Elliot-Jones	09 4259999	General (particularly for Warkworth area)
Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind Auckland	Lima Lole	355 6706	Visual Impairment
Stroke Foundation Northern Region	Christine Fevre	475 0070	Stroke
The Association for Spinal Concerns	Anita O’Connor	270 9071	Spinal Injury