Kowhai Programme North Otago Support for families, whānau & carers Navigating the system: Community and financial resources Supportive and Financial Resources St John 0800785646 Oamaru Contacts www.stjohn.org.nz Otago Community Hospice Lifelinkalarms 0800502323 CommunityCareCoordinator 4342179 [email protected] [email protected] Caringcaller 0800780780 24hourtelephoneadvice 034736005 Supporter scheme: 0800 473 6005 $55 Individual, $75 Joint, $90 Household Community Heath Services Home Care Agencies DistrictNursingandMOW 4330670 HealthcareNZ 4777773 Social Work (Medical) 433 0290 ext 9063 Access 0800284663 Needs Assessment & Service Coordination (NASC) RDNZNZ 0800735769 People with age-related disability Mobility Assistance North Otago (in same office as SW) 0800 627 236 Disability Support (under 65) • Mobility Parking Permit – AccessAbility 4776211 Parking assistance available via CCS437 9005 Long Term support for chronic health • Total Mobility – taxi vouchers available via health MichelleDowney 0800223225 support groups, e.g. Arthritis Foundation Mental Health (under 65) • Cancer Society – volunteers may be available for Alcohol and Drug Service Miramare 434 1125 transports to medical appointments [email protected] • Driving Miss Daisy – 434 8421/027 226 8347 Cancer Society 434 3284 [email protected] 027 674 4200 Supportgroups 0800226237 • Oamaru Tours – 434 9506/027 226 8347 www.cancernz.org.nz [email protected] Volunteer drivers Daily shuttle to Dunedin Hospital Mon-Fri Counselling for clients and/or family members • Whitestone Taxis 434 1234 Some equipment – call bells/baby monitors Have two wheelchair taxis, operate a bus servicing Accommodation for clients requiring north end of Oamaru, runs three times daily Mon-Fri treatmentinDunedin 034777447 Meals – Home Delivery North Otago Asthma Society 4343202 Most supermarkets have a small range of fresh or frozen [email protected] ready meals. Heart Foundation NZ • Meals on wheels 470 9113 OtagoBranch 4773999 Need a referral from GP or hospital, $5.00 www.heartfoundation.org.nz • Eat.co.nz 0800 328 333 Working for Families Meal packs of 5-6 meals with soup or dessert. Programmeinformation 0800257777 Fresh and frozen options. Varied menu – check prices Ministry of Health • Couplands 434 2250 Healthpac–CarerSupport 0800458448 Ready meals NationalTravelAssistance 0800281222 • Whalan Lodge Rest Home 436 0578 Citizens Advice Bureau 434 9743 Meals on Wheels through Oamaru District Nurses [email protected] Oamaru Confidential free information, advice, referrals. Have specialty services that assist with consumer matters, • Four Square, Kurow 436 0720 advocacy and JP availability. Some ready meals Disclaimer: Information provided is correct as of April 2020 to the best of our knowledge. • BB Quick Meals 03 453 1000 condition or disability, and for people who are caring for https://bbquick.co.nz/ someone who needs significant care. Frozen meals bulk delivered Health condition, injury or disability,people must be: Age Concern Waitaki • Permanently and severely restricted in their ability to 434 7008 work because of a health condition, injury or disability. Information This means people: Wheelchair hire • Have a condition affecting their capacity to work for Accredited visiting service more than two years, OR • Have a life expectancy of less than two years AND NorthOtagoBudgetAdvice434 6196 • Can’t regularly work 15 hours or more a week in Free confidential budgeting service. open employment Pet Care • Requires a medical certificate (from your GP) FourPawsHomeSittingService. 0211091344 Full-time carer, you need to be: Justice of the Peace (JP) • Caring full time for someone at home who would This is a free service. JP’s are able to: otherwise be in residential or hospital level care • Witness your signature on documents • The person must not be your husband, wife or partner • Certify copies of documents • Need medical information about the person you are • Administer an affidavit caring for • Complete a declaration Accommodation Supplement You can find a JP that is close to you via the Yellow • Income tested Pages in the phone book (under: Justices of the Peace) • Available to people on a benefit or low incomes. orwww.justiceofthepeace.org.nz Provides assistance with the expenses of rent Kiwi Saver mortgage, rates, insurance, etc. You are eligible to withdraw your savings when you turn • Not available if you are renting a Housing New Zealand 65. You can access your savings earlier if you have a home serious illness. Contact your kiwi saver provider to gain Community Services Card your savings. • Automatically given with benefits Life Insurance • Income tested Depending on your insurance provider and your policy • Cost reductions on: agreement, you may be able to access your insurance • Doctor’s fees after hours funds on your diagnosis/prognosis. • Visiting a doctor who is not your regular doctor • Prescription fees if you do not belong to a Primary Funeral Homes Health Organisation Walls Oamaru Funeral Services • Glasses for children under 16 SladeandShelleyPauley 4348266 • Emergency dental care provided by hospitals and www.wallsfuneralservices.oamaru.net.nz approved dental contractors (ask the dental provider Whitestone Funerals 434 8266 if they are an approved contractor) www.whitestonefuneralsoamaru.co.nz • Travel and accommodation for treatment at a public hospital outside your area when you have been referred (at least 80 km away for adults and 25 km for children) Work and Income (WINZ) Benefits & • Home help eligibility Entitlements Disability allowance Work and Income (WINZ) 0800 559 009 • Income tested www.workandincome.govt.nz • WINZ will provide up to $65.36 (as at April 2020) to NZSuperannuation 0800552002 cover expenses CommunityServicesCard 0800999999 • Disability duration of more than 6 months (medical DeafLink–FreeFax 0800621621 certificate is required) [email protected] • Helps to cover GP fees, prescription costs, transport -Text 0292867170 to the doctor, phone rental, medical alarms, lawns/ -TelephoneTypewriter(TTY) 0800111113 gardening, home heating costs (power/gas/wood/ Appointment of an agent coal), complementary medical treatments (chiropractor, • Can be helpful to appoint an agent for someone who is osteopath, podiatrist, homeopathy, acupuncture), unwell, to act on behalf and communicate with WINZ continence equipment, food and vets fees for guide • Forms obtainable on the WINZ website dogs, printer ribbons & computer paper for the blind, hearing-aid batteries, day care for the elderly, special Supported Living Payment foods; rental equipment if not funded by the DHB or This benefit is for people who are severely restricted or state-funded agency unable to work on a long-term basis because of a health Out of school care and recreation (OSCAR) Special Needs Grant • Children aged 5-13 are entitled to an OSCAR subsidy, • As above which covers care before and after school and during • May not have to be repaid school holidays, to enable you to attend paid work or • May depend on how much you and your spouse or training partner earn, and on any money or assets you and your spouse or partner have New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension • For people over 65 Temporary Additional Support • Under 65’s can ‘piggyback’ on a partner’s • A weekly payment which helps someone who cannot superannuation (income tested) meet their essential living costs from what they earn or • Super gold card provides discounts from businesses, from other sources government concessions (free buses) and discounts Other financial supports available from local council Needs Assessment & Service Coordination (NASC) • Veteran’s pension provides a lump sum payment on Support services for people with: death for both the veteran and the veteran’s spouse • A disability lasting longer than 6 months; or • Veteran’s gold card which provides discounts as above and the same entitlements as a community services card • An ongoing personal health problem that is physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric, neurological, age Change in living situation (for seniors) related, or caused through injury • An ongoing extra payment on top of NZ Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension, when you Palliative Care funding for residential or maintain a household on your own home-based care • For qualifying partner whose partner is in long term • Funded by the Southern DHB residential care • Provides up to 6 months funding for home-based care, • In some situations when you are not living on your own 6 weeks for residential care • Full funding for residential care; limited funding for Residential Care Subsidy home-based care • Subsidises long term residential care for adults over 65, or 50-65 years if single with no dependents Carer Support • Requires a needs assessment and asset test • Funded by the Ministry of Health (HealthPac) • Provides 28 days a year relief care – residential or Special Disability Allowance home-based Can be paid if: • Contact GP or Hospice Social Worker • You are getting a benefit or pension • Your partner is receiving a residential care subsidy or Care Plus has been in a hospital or rest home for more than 13 • For people enrolled in a PHO medical practice weeks ($40.77 as at April 2020) • Have a significant chronic illness such as diabetes or heart disease, have acute medical or mental health Funeral Grant needs, or a terminal illness • Income and asset tested • Visit their GP often • If you are a partner,