Carers NZ and the New Zealand Carers Alliance of not for profits are gathering feedback from family carers and others about the Government's new Funded Family Care scheme. We have been contacted by many carers asking questions, wanting to give feedback, or reporting their early experiences when seeking information about the new programme from NASCs and health professionals.
We want to gather feedback so we can log issues and document concerns for use with decision-makers who are responsible for the Funded Family Care programme.
Please provide contact details if you would like to be kept up to date about the Funded Family Care programme. The information you provide will be kept completely confidential (your contact details will not be shared with any other party).
Keep in touch with the Carers Alliance's We Care campaign, with information about payment for family carers and other important issues at www.wecare.org.nz and www.facebook.com/wecarenz … add your voice to those of hundreds of other Kiwi carers so we can argue for a fairer and better payment system!
At the website you can send an email to Prime Minister John Key asking him for thoughtful decision-making for family carers: http://www.wecare.org.nz/email_john_key So far hundreds of emails have been sent to his office, and we aim to collect hundreds more in the coming months.
We also encourage carers and friends to sign DPA's petition to repeal the New Zealand Public Health and Amendment Act (No2) 2013, which underpins the Funded Family Care scheme. Please urge your friends, family, and co-workers to sign the petition as well. Go to www.dpa.org.nz, print off the form, get as many signatures you can, and post the original form to: DPA, PO Box 27524, Wellington 6141. More than 1000 signatures have been received already and we want to help DPA increase this by thousands more to show the strength of feeling Kiwis have about the Government's unfair decision to restrict payment and recognition for family carers.
Thanks for helping and for providing feedback below.
