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Enquiries

For all enquiries about WSCF HACC Development Project, please contact:

Rocellita Lacsina
Regional Resource Worker/HACC Development Officer
Phone: 02 9687 6804
Fax: 02 9687 8665
Email: rocellital@wscf.org.au

Christine Mifsud
HACC Development Officer - Food Services
Phone: 02 9687 6745
Fax: 02 9687 8665
Email: christinem@wscf.org.au

WSCF is funded to support HACC sector development in Western Sydney. Our HACC Development Officers and HACC Training Project cover the 8 Local Government Areas of Cumberland Prospect and Nepean: Auburn, Holroyd, Parramatta, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Hawkesbury, Penrith and Blue Mountains.

HACC is short for Home And Community Care. This well-known program helps frail old people and people with functional disability live independently in their own home, preventing premature or inappropriate admission to residential care.

The HACC Program is currently undergoing reforms under the 2011 National Health Reform. In this reform, the Australian Government will be responsible for a national aged care system. This includes the transfer of HACC from state and territory management to the Australian Government (except in Western Australia and Victoria).

Read about the National Health Reform at -- http://www.yourhealth.gov.au/internet/yourhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/home

FAQs About HACC for New Workers

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Western Sydney HACC/Community Care Forums

2012 Calendar of Western Sydney HACC/CC Forums

Published January 2012 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 hasn't changed.

Western Sydney Regional Community Care Forum

This forum is open to all HACC/Community Care service providers in Cumberland Prospect/Nepean, as well as stakeholders who would like to network within the region. It meets three times a year, usually on the first Wednesday of March, July and October. To see 2012 Calendar of meetings -http://www.wscf.org.au/uploads/2012%20uploads/CP%20Nepean%20HACC-CC%20Forums%202012-Jan12.pdf

HACC/Community Care Managers Forum

This forum is open to all HACC/Community Care Managers in Cumberland Prospect-Nepean or their representatives, as well as sector development workers.

It meets three times a year, usually on the third Wednesday of March, July and November.

Personal Care and Domestic Assistance Coordination meetings

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.

HACC Fees Protocol

The regional HACC Fees Protocol is a resource that was developed by WSCF HACC Development project in partnership with some Community Care service providers in Cumberland Prospect and Nepean.

The Protocol is in line with the Draft National HACC Fees Policy (2007). It aims to provide more detailed guidelines as well as tools for HACC service providers in the region to:

assess a HACC service user's capacity to make a fee contribution;
reduce and cap fee contributions where appropriate; and
co-ordinate with other service providers to cap fee contributions (for multiple service users)

The Protocol will be released as a general resource/tool in early 2012.

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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Western Sydney HACC Flash

Fresh news on HACC policies, hot issues, events and other info. Developed for HACC Forum members in the NSW Cumberland-Prospect and Nepean areas.

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November/December 2011

Western Sydney Food Forum

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 - updated May 2011

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)

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