MSWA Bulletin Magazine Winter 2017
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THE NDIS CONTINUES TO<br />
BENEFIT MORE PEOPLE IN WA<br />
NIGEL CAREY, NDIS BUSINESS MANAGER<br />
The NDIS continues to grow rapidly and attract new<br />
participants across all of the WA trial site areas.<br />
The full list of the trial sites is as follows:<br />
• Lower South West<br />
• Cockburn and Kwinana<br />
• Armadale, Serpentine - Jarrahdale and Murray<br />
• City of Swan, Kalamunda and Mundaring<br />
• Bayswater, Bassendean, Toodyay, Chittering, Northam<br />
and York<br />
These sites were joined on July 1 by the new WA NDIS areas of<br />
Mandurah and Rockingham. We will be contacting all <strong>MSWA</strong><br />
Members, living in these two areas, to discuss the benefits of<br />
the scheme and guide them through the application process<br />
if they are interested.<br />
In the interim, do contact our friendly NDIS team at <strong>MSWA</strong> if<br />
you have any immediate questions about the NDIS, eligibility<br />
or what it can offer. This is particularly relevant if you are<br />
nearing the age of 65 as this is the ‘cut off age’ for you to be<br />
eligible to enrol.<br />
We are also holding a series of NDIS information sessions,<br />
which started in June, in both Mandurah and Rockingham.<br />
Details on upcoming information sessions can be found on<br />
our website – mswa.org.au<br />
It should be noted that there will be no further expansion of<br />
the NDIS in <strong>2017</strong> after Mandurah and Rockingham. The next<br />
trial sites will commence in July 2018 in the following areas:<br />
• Fremantle, Melville, South Perth<br />
• Goldfields Esperance<br />
• Joondalup, Wanneroo<br />
We are often asked to provide actual examples of how the<br />
NDIS can help you.<br />
The following examples illustrate how comprehensive the<br />
NDIS can be in helping people to more fully participate in<br />
everyday life.<br />
1) Maintaining your independence in the home<br />
The NDIS funding actively supports people to continue to live<br />
in their own homes.<br />
Did you know <strong>MSWA</strong> provides a wide range of personal care<br />
services such as helping with dressing and taking a shower?<br />
We also help with preparing meals, shopping and cleaning<br />
homes. <strong>MSWA</strong> also ensures Clients remain safe and mobile<br />
by installing ramps and rails throughout the house all of which<br />
can be funded through your plan.<br />
2) Keeping in touch with your family and community<br />
We have Members and Clients who may feel rather isolated<br />
and wish to participate more fully in the community. The NDIS<br />
helps fund transport to and from community events, children’s<br />
sporting events and social occasions. The NDIS also provides<br />
physiotherapy to increase mobility and counselling and<br />
speech therapy to increase social confidence.<br />
3) Maintaining employment<br />
The NDIS supports people who want to remain in employment<br />
once they have been diagnosed with a neurological condition.<br />
For example, you may run your own business but fatigue<br />
issues may be affecting your ability to effectively manage<br />
both your work and home life. The NDIS can provide funding<br />
that will allow you to manage your fatigue and cognitive<br />
issues, including occupational therapy assessments of your<br />
work place and transport to work on days you can’t drive.<br />
Our <strong>MSWA</strong> NDIS team is always available to advise you<br />
on the benefits you are entitled to and to help you develop<br />
plans which maximise the services you can receive. Our<br />
key objective is to deliver a very smooth and easy customer<br />
journey for our Members and Clients.<br />
To this end we have recently added a new Client Relationship<br />
Coordinator, Annabel Vasquez, to our team to further enhance<br />
our customer service.<br />
Please contact any of the following <strong>MSWA</strong> NDIS team<br />
members for more information on the NDIS:<br />
Christine Richards: Client Relationship Coordinator<br />
Email:<br />
christine.richards@mswa.org.au<br />
Phone: 9365 4867<br />
Pranjal Pawar: Client Relationship Coordinator<br />
Email:<br />
pranjal.pawar@mswa.org.au<br />
Phone: 9365 4810<br />
Annabel Vasquez: Client Relationship Coordinator<br />
Email:<br />
annabel.vasquez@mswa.org.au<br />
Phone: 9365 4806<br />
Finally, your chance to win a $100 shopping voucher!<br />
All you need to do is answer the following three questions:<br />
• Which two new NDIS areas started on July 1?<br />
• Name three services that <strong>MSWA</strong> provides under the NDIS.<br />
• Name one of the people you can contact at <strong>MSWA</strong> to learn<br />
more about the NDIS.<br />
Email your answers to nigel.carey@mswa.org.au now<br />
with ‘<strong>Bulletin</strong> Quiz’ in the subject header.<br />
However, be quick! Only the first three correct responses<br />
will win a $100 shopping voucher!<br />
10 | <strong>MSWA</strong> BULLETIN WINTER <strong>2017</strong>
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