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WSCF HACC Development Project

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

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).

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Western Sydney HACC Forums (Cumberland-Prospect & Nepean)

NEW! Western Sydney HACC Managers Forum- notes from workshop on 17 March 2010

NEW! 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.

Interagency HACC Fees Protocol Working Group

The Interagency HACC Fees Protocol Working Group was formed in November 2009 to develop a regional protocol that will address recurring issues related to HACC fees. A Draft Protocol (Discussion Paper) is currently being reviewed and refined at the working group level, prior to rolling out in local HACC Forums for consultation.

If you are a Community Care service coordinator/Manager in Cumberland Prospect-Nepean and would like to be part of this working group, please contact WSCF's HACC Regional Resource Worker.

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 Forums 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.

July 2010

June 2010

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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 - Nov 2008

2010 Calendar of Meetings

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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Useful Documents and Links

NEW 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

MDS Newsletter April 2010

NGO Red Tape Reduction Report- April 2010

NEW ADHC Metro North June 2010 Newsletter

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

Directory of Community Care Services in Cumberland-Prospect- from the CP Multicultural Access Project, September 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

Blacktown Planning Framework

Hills Planning Framework

Blue Mountains-Hawkesbury Planning Framework

Nepean 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

NSW Guidelines for HACC 2007

Other NSW HACC Resources

NSW HACC Triennial Plan 2008-2011

Sydney West Area Health Service- summary of ACAT Policy on Assessments, January 2008

Service Planning Template- DADHC Metro North

ADHC Service Planning template- pdf copy

New Healthcare Interpreter Service Booking Form- updated March 2009

Updates on "A New Strategy in Community Care: The Way Forward"

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)

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