All of the above In-home Senior Care Services Ltd

18/10/2024

We are a not-for-profit community trust that plans, coordinates, funds, and provides health and wellbeing services across the West Coast

18/10/2024

👩‍🦽 How do you Drop, Cover and Hold in an earthquake if you use wheels to get around?

If you use a walker or wheelchair you can Lock, Cover and Hold.
- Lock your wheels and get as low as possible.
- Bend over and Cover your head and neck as best you can.
- Then Hold on until the shaking stops.

Find other ways to Drop, Cover and Hold at getready.govt.nz/drop-cover-hold
Then sign up to next week's annual ShakeOut to practice your earthquake drill at shakeout.govt.nz

NZ Civil Defence

18/10/2024

Have you read our October Newsletter yet?

This edition offers tips on keeping your smoke alarms and emergency fire plan up to date, especially if you’re hearing impaired.

For helping to improve quality of life, we look at the new bladder health feature on the popular Nymbl app.

To help you spring clean, try döstädning, a Swedish cleaning technique to remove stuff you don’t need. We also have a different way to get involved in running and joining a book club with the Book Discussion Scheme.

Link in the comments👇👇

18/10/2024

Te Tai o Poutini West Coast is the first centre in New Zealand to receive accreditation to deliver Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Training.

Receiving this accreditation is another important step in a 20-year journey towards becoming a ‘rural centre of excellence’ for training rural health professionals. It means that as well as being an accredited training location, the West Coast can continue to develop its rural generalist model. A model that is focused on ensuring we are using the workforces we have, attracting staff who are keen to upskill and helping us achieve a sustainable, integrated healthcare system. Most importantly, it puts primary care at the heart of our health system and supports our people to stay well.

Congratulations to everyone involved in getting this across the line.

Read our media release here - https://bit.ly/48dQFMJ

Photo: (L to R) Resident Medical Officer Dr Jordan Searle, West Coast Chief Medical Officer Dr Brendan Marshall and Incoming Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Board Director Dr John Hall.

30/09/2024

30/09/2024

Ka Ora West Coast Primary Care Practices are closed at night and on the weekend. You can access care at night-time or on the weekend by accessing Ka Ora Telecare. Telecare means the service is provided via the phone or internet. Ka Ora Telecare provides people living in rural areas with a quick a.....

20/06/2024

From 1 July, there will be a $5.00 charge for each new prescribed medicine, unless you fall into one of the following groups:
- Aged 13 years or under
- A Community Services cardholder (or a dependent child of a cardholder)
- Aged 65 years or over
- Hold a Prescription Subsidy Card (PSC)

This $5 charge applies only to new prescriptions and does not apply to repeats on the same prescription form. If you or your family receive 20 new prescription items within a year, you can obtain a Prescription Subsidy Card. With this card, you won’t have to pay any additional prescription charges until February 1 of the following year. Ask your pharmacist for more details.

Please note that prescription charges written by private specialists and private dentists remain unchanged at $15 (for adults) or $10 (for ages 14-17). However, these charges are reduced to $5 if you have a High Use Health card or if your oral contraceptive was prescribed by a private specialist. Additionally, they remain free if you have a community services card.

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20/06/2024

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is seeking feedback on options to make it easier to build small, self-contained and detached houses, commonly known as ‘granny flats’.

Submissions are open now until 5pm Monday 12 August 2024 by visiting https://www.mbie.govt.nz/have-your-say/grannyflats