If you have a hearing loss, hearing aids may be part of the solution to improve your hearing. This booklet gives you information about the Ministry of Health’s Hearing Aid Subsidy Scheme, the benefits of hearing aids and what you can expect from audiology services.
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Published 26 April 2012If you have a hearing loss, hearing aids may be part of the solution to improve your hearing. This booklet gives you information about the Ministry of Health’s Hearing Aid Funding Scheme, how you could get hearing aids, the benefits of hearing aids and what you can expect from audiology services. -
Published 21 March 2012The Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services group (DSS) has developed a four-year Strategic Plan for the period July 2010 to June 2014. -
Published 19 March 2012The report provides an overview of secondary health service utilisation patterns for Māori children and young people with chronic conditions and disabilities. The last section of the report presents the New Zealand Children’s Social Health Monitor which considers how Māori children are faring in the current economic downturn. -
Published 02 September 2011Information on the subsidy for glasses and vision tests available for children 15 and under. -
Published 02 September 2011Summary This report presents a selection of health status and health care utilisation indicators for New Zealanders with and without intellectual disability.
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Published 02 July 2011If you have had to move to a new home following the Canterbury earthquakes due to your home being in the red zone, and you have previously received funding support from the Ministry for housing modifications, the Ministry may be able to help you when you move to your new home.
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Published 02 July 2011A factsheet on Individualised Funding, a way of paying for support services that lets disabled people directly manage the resources they're allocated for disability support. -
Published 02 July 2011This factsheet explains Carer Support, which helps the full-time carer of a disabled person take a break. It provides reimbursement of some of the costs of using a support person to care for the disabled person. -
Published 08 June 2011This notice sets out the requirements under which audiologists and audiology providers can make claims and applications for hearing aid funding and subsidies.
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