COVID-19 Guidance
Extending flexibility for Carer Support and Individualised Funding
Flexibility of carer support and individualised funding for eligible people is to continue until February 2023. Carer Support is a subsidy to support full-time carers of disabled people to have a break (respite) from their caring responsibilities. Individualised Funding allows disabled people to directly manage their supports (personal cares, home management and respite).
This flexibility means that people can continue to buy the support appropriate for them within guidelines, instead of being limited by the rules on what support funding can be used for. Guidelines of what you can buy: What People Can Buy with Disability Funding: Ministry of Health NZ | Purchasing Guidelines. For further queries: customerservice@health.govt.nz or phone 0800 855 066 option 4.
Carers NZ free downloadable resources
Tips and tools for getting through another lockdown day
Join our community
Carers NZ Facebook for regular updates
04/03/2020
Not for Profits Welcome New Government Carers’ Strategy
The new Carers’ Strategy Action Plan for 2019-2023 has been launched.
04/12/2019
Global State of Care
IACO the international network of carer organisations has released its global report on the state of caregiving in 9 countries. This landmark report is on global carer priorities, featuring policies…
26/11/2018
Flexible Funding To Support Disabled People and their Families report
The New Zealand Carers Alliance contracted Synergia to undertake a review and analysis of New Zealand’s flexible funding models notably Carer Support and Individualised Funding and its variants. The resulting…
20/09/2018
Paid Family Care: Options for New Zealand
Sapere has completed its paper outlining issues and options relating to paid family care in New Zealand. Carers NZ and the Carers Alliance commissioned the work to inform government decision-making…
08/05/2018
You Care About Me When You Care About My Son
Despite a growing emphasis on the need to care for carers, delivering respite that responds to the lives of disabled people and those who support them has proved difficult to…
02/05/2018
Young Carers Flight Opportunity
On a clear winter’s day in June 2018, Auckland skies were warmed with the beaming smiles of fifteen young people who care for a family member. Carers NZ brought together these young carers for a flight…
19/04/2018
Mums speak out on disability, advocacy and activism
For the mothers of disabled children, navigating the roles of advocate and activist can be complex, confronting and a constant struggle. Now seven women – all mothers of disabled children,…
22/11/2017