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Complex Care Group and Family Network NZ Are restarting our popular Families Virtual Gatherings Our next Zoom gathering for parents is 25-03-21 Topic: Welfare Guardianship presentation by lawyer Nan Jensen

Family Network NZ & Complex Care Group are family led change agencies working for families who have a son or daughter with intellectual disability and/or complex needs.  Building on what we gained in 2020 we are pleased to offer ongoing opportunities for parents to learn and share via Zoom.  The virtual parent gatherings are scheduled […]

FLEXIBLE USE OF CARER SUPPORT AND INDIVIDUALISED FUNDING TO CONTINUE BEYOND 1ST MARCH 2021 – NEWS JUST IN:

26 February 2021   To The Disability Community and sector   Kia ora   The Disability Directorate of the Ministry of Health will continue flexibility of carer support and individualised funding for eligible people from 1 March 2021.   Carer Support is a subsidy to support full-time carers of disabled people to have a break […]

Covid19 update 15th February – from Deputy Director General, Disability.

Click here to read Adri Isbister’s Covid19 update for disabled people and their families today 15th February 2021.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, DISABILITY – UPDATE RE COVID19 COMMUNITY OUTBREAK FEBRUARY 2021, ALERT LEVEL 3 AND 2, ETC:

This update is dated 14th February and is aimed at disability sector providers but there is useful information here for families too, especially given many in our community are employers via Individualised Funding:   14 February 2021   To Disability Providers / NASCs From Adri Isbister, Deputy Director General, Disability, Ministry of Health   Kia […]

BEING PREPARED FOR PANDEMICS AND NATURAL DISASTERS

There is much talk in the media at present regarding the COVID19 virus mutations wreaking havoc overseas. Whilst I am certainly not an alarmist, I do believe in the benefits of being prepared. We all remember the chaos of the last lockdown and the restrictions under Alert Level 3 and 2. I think it’s a […]