Support and assistance services
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There are various supports available to people who need assistance.
Aids and Equipment
Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria
Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria provides a range of disability aids and equipment to assist people with Motor Neurone Disease, to maintain their independence while remaining in the accommodation of their choice.
Vision Australia
Vision Australia provides a range of disability aids and equipment to assist people with vision impairment to maintain their independence in the community.
Independent Living Centres (ILC)
Independent Living Centres (ILC) is a comprehensive database of assistive technology available in Victoria and other states. Maintained by Independent Living Centres Australia, it contains information on disability items, agencies and providers.
Telephone Enquiry Service Therapists at ILC
Yooralla Society Victoria provides a telephone information and advisory service between 9.00am and 4.30pm weekdays, Tel: (03) 9362 6111.
Assistive Technology Display
The ILC has an extensive range of Assistive Technology for daily living on display at its Brooklyn and Blackburn sites. This Assistive Technology is displayed, as much as possible, in a functional setting, often within rooms designed to be accessible for people with disabilities.
Auslan Firealarm Subsidy
Auslan Firealarm Subsidy issues smoke alarms to people who are profoundly deaf.
Home Modifications
Home Modification Service
Home Modification Service is a Department of Human Services, Office of Housing service, which can help you remain living independently in your home with support from family and community networks. The Home Renovation Service can help you assess how your home can be maintained and modified to make you life easier and safer. Free, no obligation home inspections are conducted by qualified architects from Archicentre Home Services
Archicentre Home Services
Home Renovation Loan
Home Renovation Loan may allow you to receive a loan of up to $25,000 to help pay for the renovations.
Continence
Continence Aids Assistance Scheme
Continence Aids Assistance Scheme is an Australian Government program that assists eligible people who have permanent and severe incontinence, to meet some of the costs of continence products.
Continence Support Service
Continence Support Service is a Victorian Government service that aims to promote, restore and maintain continence in children and young people with a disability. The service provides clinical assessment, intervention planning and management support in relation to continence issues. The service also provides a subsidy for continence products.
Victorian Continence Resource Centre
Victorian Continence Resource Centre is a service of the Continence Foundation of Australia, Victoria and provides statewide services including raising awareness about bladder and bowel control problems and ways to prevent them: provision of community education and resources to consumers, carers, health professionals and service providers.
Programs and Schemes
External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program
External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program is an Australian Government program that provides reimbursement for both new and replacement external breast prostheses for Australian women who have had a mastectomy as a result of breast cancer.
Lymphoedema Compression Garment Program (LCGP)
Lymphoedema Compression Garment Program (LCGP) is a Victorian Government program that provides financial assistance for pension holders and low income earners who need to purchase lymphoedema compression garments.
Workplace Modifications Scheme
Workplace Modifications Scheme (WMS) is an Australian Government scheme which reimburses employers and Employment Services Providers for the costs involved in modifying the workplace or purchasing special or adaptive equipment for eligible employees with disability.
RECHARGE Scheme
RECHARGE Scheme is a MetroAccess initiative. This initiative was first developed in the Shire of Nillumbik and is proudly supported by VicRoads, Department of Human Services and Mobility Aids Australia Pty Ltd. The RECHARGE scheme is about encouraging local businesses to provide a power point so you can recharge the battery on your electric wheelchair or scooter, if required.
Students with Disabilities
Students with Disabilities is a Victorian Government initiative administered by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development which is committed to the delivery of an inclusive education system that ensures all students have access to a quality education to meet their diverse needs.
Projects
Harness Safety Project
Harness Safety Project - Wheelchair and seating harnesses can be dangerous if they are not prescribed and used properly. The Victorian Harness Safety Working Group has developed guidelines and a brochure for harness users and those who support them.
Scope website
These documents are available from the Scope website or contact Kelli Nicola-Richmond at Scope:
Tel: 0438 093 010
Email: knicola@scopevic.org.au.
Garment Review Information Project
Garment Review Information Project - In response to concerns raised about the range of garments subsidised by the Lymphoedema Compression Garment Program, the Garment Review Information Project was undertaken.
