Enquiries
For all enquiries about WSCF HACC Development Project please contact:
Rocellita Lacsina
Regional Resource Worker (HACC)
Phone: 02 9687 6804
Fax: 02 9687 8665
Email: rocellital@wscf.org.au
EnquiriesFor all enquiries about WSCF HACC Development Project please contact: Rocellita Lacsina
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HACC is short for Home And Community Care program, which is a joint Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory government initiative. The program helps frail old people and people with a disability, who would otherwise be prematurely or inappropriately admitted to residential care, to live independently in their own home. In New South Wales, HACC is administered by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC).
NEW! Text of presentation by ADHC Metro North Deputy Regional Director on 7 July 2010
Western Sydney HACC Managers Forum- notes from workshop on 17 March 2010
Western Sydney Regional HACC/Community Care Forum- workshop notes on 7 July 2010
2010 Calendar of Meetings - Updated January and June 2010 and accurate at time of print. If you're attending a forum for the first time, please contact your local convenor to make sure the date/venue has not been changed.
Western Sydney Interagency HACC Fees Protocol
Update, August 2010:
The Reference Group is almost done polishing up the Draft version of the Fees Protocol. We are getting ready to invite a few service providers to TRIAL the Protocol, along with its tools. If your local HACC Forum is interested to know more about the Fees Protocol and its tools (for assessing client financial disadvantage, fee reduction and fee capping), please contact WSCF HACC Development Officer. We expect to start engaging service providers for trialling by October 2010. Detailed guidelines will be made available then. If your need is urgent and you would like to trial the tools asap, please contact WSCF HACC Development Officer.
Background:
The Interagency HACC Fees Protocol Reference Group (formerly Working Group) was formed in November 2009 to develop a regional protocol that will address recurring issues related to HACC fees. A Draft Protocol was developed, reviewed and refined at this level, prior to rolling out in local HACC Forums for consultation.
For background information on the issues, please see "Regional HACC Interagency Fees Protocol: Do we need it?" - WSCF presentation at WS Regional HACC & CC Forum held 7 Oct 2009.
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Inside August 2010 Issue --
The Western Sydney Food Forum is the venue for HACC-funded food services to share resources and information that would enhance food service delivery to Western Sydney's frail aged and people with disability.
Click on the following links for more info:
Terms of Reference - Nov 2008
Service profile form - template in MS Word format, for members to fill out and submit at the next meeting
"Exploring new food service models for HACC special groups" - case studies discussed at the 4 Feb 2009 meeting
"Dementia- the challenges it presents for providing food services" (presentation by Western Sydney Dementia Advisory Service at the Feb 2010 WS Food Forum)
These meetings happen quarterly to enhance co-ordination between HACC PC/DA service providers in the region, as well as discuss service capacity/waiting list issues.
To find out more, please contact WSCF HACC Development Officer.
NEW Directory of HACC and HACC-like services in Cumberland Prospect (Updated August 2010, Multicultural Access Project-Cumberland Prospect)
ADHC Better Practice Project Info Sheet July 2010
Announcement on HACC extra funding, 31 May 2010
Updated May 2010: Information Package on HACC Interpreting Service for CP-Nepean
NCOSS Ageing & Disability Updates- July 2010
NSW Good Governance regional forums online registration- http://www.nds.org.au/projects/article/47
HACC National MDS User Guide version 2 (update 2.1f)-http://www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/38F2E7C8-5459-4439-8567-99F862B52EC8/2895/HACC_MDS_V2_UserGuide_NSW_Update2_1f.pdf
NGO Red Tape Reduction Report- April 2010
HACC Services Handbook- a Consumer and Carer Handbook, available in different languages
http://www.carecareers.com.au/- free online staff recruitment service for the NSW community care sector
NSW Rural Fire Service AIDER Program
"Regional HACC Interagency Fees Protocol: Do we need it?" - WSCF presentation at WS Regional HACC & CC Forum, 7 Oct 2009
Criminal Records Check Information Pack from DADHC
NSW HACC Workforce Project Info Sheet 1 Aug 09
To register for DADHC Unit Costing Tool (UCT) Training, go to - https://www.ors.net.au/getdemo.ei?id=8132&s=_3N00PMMGZ
To register for Intermediate Excel Training to prepare for UCT, go to -http://www.tri.ngo.net.au/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=NDSregistration
Cumberland-Prospect Planning Framework - regional statistics for planning purposes compiled by ADHC
Auburn Holroyd Parramatta Planning Framework
Blue Mountains-Hawkesbury Planning Framework
DADHC: "Our Role, Services and Operations"- March 2009
List of HACC services in CP-Nepean eligible for Healthcare Interpreter Service - updated by MAP, March 2009
HACC National Program Guidelines 2007
HACC National Service Standards
Sydney West Area Health Service- summary of ACAT Policy on Assessments, January 2008
Pharmacy Application Form for TIS Code. Pharmacy clients from non-English speaking backgrounds may now access FREE Translating and Interpreting Service. Pharmacies should apply one-off for a TIS code using the appication form. Please help by taking a form to your local pharmacy.
"Enriching HACC Services: The Kit" - a CALD Volunteer Resource Kit developed by Bankstown Area Multicultural Network (BAMN)
NSW Good Governance 2010 regional forums for ADHC-funded Managers/CEOs/Board Members - go to http://www.nds.org.au/projects/article/47
WSCF Learning & Development Training Sessions
Free orientation session on how to use DADHC/Carers NSW "Working with Carers Training Package"
Watch this page for ongoing HACC updates in NSW (Australia) Cumberland Prospect-Nepean region.
For comments and suggestions, please contact the HACC Regional Resource Worker at (612) 9687 6804 or email rocellital@wscf.org.au