Home health services in the Auckland Region

Overview of home health services in the Auckland Region

CMDHB, WDHB and ADHB offer Needs Assessment Coordination Services, which provide publically funded community support services for:

• People over 65 years who have a disability that will last longer than six months and results in a reduction of independent function to the extent that ongoing support is required.
• People who have a need for short term personal health support, i.e., following an admission to hospital.
• People requiring Meals on Wheels.
• People requiring home-based services who have palliative care needs.
• People aged less than 65 years who have a chronic health condition long term disability and very high support needs as a result of chronic disease and who meet the eligibility for the Chronic Health Conditions Long Term Support Service (CHC LTS). This service was previously known as the Interim Funding Pool (IFP).

NASC has a range of professional clinical needs assessors and a wide cultural mix. The assessments can be carried out for people living in their homes or when they are in hospital or residential care, either at rest home or hospital level, to evaluate the needs, strengths and preference of the older person. The assessment tool used is interRAI - an internationally validated needs assessment tool.

The NASC service will link clients to services to meet their identified needs. These may include but are not limited to the following:

• Domestic assistance / household management.
• Personal care (showering, grooming, etc.), both short term and long term.
• Meals on Wheels.
• Day care.
• Carer support.
• Palliative and respite care.
• Social worker referrals.
• Residential aged care (NASC will give clients subsidy forms to complete if they need to apply for the Government Residential Care subsidy).