As we continue with the lockdown and self-isolation due to covid-19, Mandatory Care Services continues to deliver support to NDIS participants and prioritise support to meet the immediate needs of participants.

Under the guidance of NDIS and Department of Health, we are following every advice and information available to NDIS providers, complying with social distancing to ensure the safety of our community, participants and our staff.

According to the Premier of NSW Government, the state will be easing the current social distancing restrictions as of 1 May 2020, to allow two adults – and children –to visit other people for the purposes of care. The ease on restrictions will also allow elderly individuals and individuals with disability to socialise to ensure that people feel less isolated.

As an essential service, we are offering face to face services, where it is possible. However, we will continue to practice and remain extremely vigilant and respectful of the 1.5m social distancing while practicing strict hygiene.

If you are in self isolation or mandatory quarantine due to vulnerability or have been indicated by NSW Health and are struggling to afford food and groceries and do not have access to the delivery services. The state government can also help with an emergency relief package.
If you or anyone that you know is feeling unwell, have mild respiratory symptoms or have been around someone diagnosed with Covid-19. Please, contact your Doctor to arrange for a consultation.

For More information on our services, please contact 1300 627 111.
For more information on the current situation from federal and state government, please visit Health.gov.au and NSW.gov.au.

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ADJUSTED SERVICES
All services and supports provided by Mandatory Care Services (MCS) are tailored as per the requirements of the participants
• Morning and evening shopping support for elderly participants
• School time inhouse support for young participants
If you have any questions about your service, please contact the Director Muhammad Ali on 1300 627 111.

ADDITIONAL  NDIA COVID-19 SUPPORT
The NDIA has announced a package of COVID-19 measures for NDIS providers and participants. These new measures will inject much-needed cash into the provider sector as it prepares for and responds to the challenges that COVID-19 will have on people with disability, their families and carers, and on providers and their workforces.
The new measures, to support participants, include:
• Plans to be extended by up to 24 months, to ensure continuity of support and to direct planning resources to urgently required plan reviews.
• Planning to be done via telephone meetings where possible.
• More flexibility in the use of capacity building funds (shifting it to core where necessary).
• An ‘action plan’ to ensure NDIS participants and families continue to receive essential disability supports.
To find out more information, visit the NDIS.gov.au.

PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH
Promoting good hygiene and adopting social-distancing measures are still the best form of defence against the virus. Aspect has adopted strict hygiene practices and is asking all our staff, students, participants and clients to follow the World Health Organisation’s recommendations to:
• Frequently wash hands using soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub
• When coughing or sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, or flexed elbow, then throw away the tissue immediately and wash your hands
• Avoid close contact with anyone who has a fever or cough
Any staff member, student, participant or client who is unwell should not attend an Aspect site, until all symptoms are completely resolved.

OUR ACTIONS
As part of the community and an essential Services mandatory Care Services has taken some actions to reduce the spread of COVID-19:
• Disinfecting the office and all company vehicles on regular basis
• Observing social distancing and reducing the number of people in the office to 3 at any one time
• Providing masks and gloves to staff members to use when caring for a client

MORE INFORMATION
Mandatory Care Services (MCS) is committed to keeping you updated on any new changes to our services based on new information and/or advice regarding COVID-19.
If you have any further questions you can contact us on 1300 627 111 or by emailing info@mandatorycareservices.com.au.

The Federal Government has established a COVID-19 hotline which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer any additional questions you may have – 1800 022 222.
We appreciate your support during this unprecedented time. If you have any feedback about any of the information above, please let us know.

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There are products to help with day-to-day living, including:

• cleaning and laundry aids
• clocks, watches, and timers
• kitchen and laundry fixtures
• can and jar openers
• preparing and cooking utensils
• customized scissors
• trays and over-bed tables
• reaching and turning aids
• walking and standing aids
• dressing and grooming aids
• remote controls and switches
• sitting and sleeping support
• slip resistant mats and grip aids
• scooters and wheelchairs
• intercoms and emergency call systems

Community Services

There are a wide range of options available that allow the elderly and/or disabled and their carers to receive extra support and advice. Listed below are a variety of links to different categories of support that you or someone you know may be interested in and/or eligible for.

Funding Support

Services through which you may apply for financial aid for Assistive Technology, services or simply daily living.

Seniors

Services tailored specifically to help the elderly in a variety of ways.

Carers

Australia’s carers provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness, an alcohol or other drug issue or who are frail aged. The majority of carers will say that caring for someone is very rewarding and something they want to do.

It is important that people are aware of the issues that carers face such as poorer health and wellbeing and know where to seek support.

Youth/Children

Growing up with a disability can impact upon a child and a young person’s health, communication, movement or learning. Children and young people with disability have a right to all aspects of childhood including access to social engagement, education and participation.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (ATSIC)

There are a variety of services and resources specifically tailored to assist the elderly or disabled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Aboriginal people seek responsive service delivery to meet the identified needs and to provide Aboriginal people with choices that take into account cultural and individual preferences. A range of government grants and programs such as the Family Assistance Fund provides that can be used by families to purchase equipment and services (eg. assistive equipment, minor home modifications, household items, personal support services) that will help them to care for a child with a disability.

Translation & Interpreter Services

If English is not your first language you can access translating and interpreting services.

If you are deaf, hard of hearing people or deaf and blind and you use sign language you can access interpreting services.

Home Modifications

Services to help with getting modifications done for the home that may make living easier or allow for the installation of assistive technology.

Functional Assistance

Services to assist with various activities or functions, or perhaps to aid where one would otherwise be incapable of function (i.e. for those who are vision impaired or hard of hearing). General support information for those who are disabled.

For more information, please contact us

Source: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/

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Many people will have a disability at some stage in their lives. For some, the disability will be temporary. Others may be affected for a lifetime.

Whatever the type of impact of a disability, everyone has the right to be an active member of their community and to have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Australia ratified in 2008, sets out the role of governments to make this a reality.

However, negative attitudes, physical barriers and difficulties accessing necessary supports still limit the opportunities of people with disabilities to find work, study, socialize and be included in community life.

In Australia, the Disability Discrimination Act protects people across Australia from unfair treatment in many areas of public life. It also promotes equal rights, equal opportunity and equal access for people with disabilities.

About people with disabilities

Around 6.8 million Australians (40 percent) aged 18 years and over report having a disability or long-term health condition.

Most people with disabilities (87 percent) are restricted in carrying out at least one everyday activity, such as self-care, mobility or communication.

The likelihood of having a disability increases as people age. For example, 7 percent of children aged under 15 years, 15 percent of people aged 15 to 64 years and over half (53 percent) of people aged 65 years and over report having some form of disability.

Key issues for people with disabilities

People with disabilities are more likely to experience poverty, live in poor quality or insecure housing and have low levels of education. They are often socially isolated, with fewer opportunities to take part in community life.

Mental health problems and mental illness are among the greatest causes of disability, diminished quality of life and reduced productivity.

Australia ranks lowest among OECD countries for the relative income of people with disabilities. Overall employment rates for people with disabilities remain low, with workforce participation at around 54 percent compared to 83 percent for people without disabilities.

In NSW, young people with mental health disorders and/or cognitive impairment are at least six times more likely to be in prison compared with young people without disabilities.

Despite progress towards making all public transport in Australia fully accessible by 2022, 1.2 million people with disabilities report difficulties using public transport.

Research has shown that more than a quarter of people who report sexual assault have a disability.[11] 90 percent of women with intellectual disabilities have been sexually abused.

Positive developments 

Children with disabilities had significantly higher rates of participation in school compared to children without disabilities (82 percent and 77 percent respectively). This reflects a growing number of children with disabilities staying in school for longer.

Most people with disabilities (94 percent) have the support they need to live in private residences; 74 percent live with others and 20 percent live alone. People with disabilities are also more likely to own their own home outright (24 percent) compared with people who do not have disabilities (16 percent).

In July 2013, the National Disability Insurance Scheme was rolled out in Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria (Barwon area) and NSW (Hunter area). From July 2014, it will commence across the ACT and in the Northern Territory (Barkly region) and Western Australia (Perth Hills area). The full national scheme will commence progressively from July 2016.

Contact our friendly staff and see how we could benefit you in making your life happier, easier and healthier.

[Source: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/]

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Physical activity plays an important role in maintaining health, well-being, and quality of life. Physical activity can help control weight, improve mental health, and lower the risk for early death, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.

For people with disabilities, physical activity also can help support daily living activities and independence. All adults, with and without disabilities, need at least 2.5 hours per week of aerobic physical activity, at a moderate-intensity level, to gain many of these benefits.

People with Disabilities could suffer with:

• Serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs
• Deafness or serious difficulty hearing
• Blindness or serious difficulty seeing
• Serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
• Difficulty doing errands alone
• Difficulty dressing or bathing

Adults with disabilities are more likely to have heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer than adults without disabilities. Physical activity can help reduce the impact of these chronic diseases.

Disability does not have to equal poor health. Most adults with disabilities are able to participate in regular physical activity; however, nearly half of all adults with disabilities do not get any aerobic physical activity.

If you have a disability and want to make physical activity part of your daily routine, here are some steps that you can follow:

Find Your Own Path to Physical Activity

Visit your doctor.

• In consultation with a health care professional or physical activity specialist, people with chronic conditions or disabilities should understand how their disease or disability affects their ability to do physical activity.
  • Talk to your doctor about how much and what kind of physical activity is right for you.
  • Discuss your barriers to physical activity.
  • Ask your doctor to put you in contact with resources and programs to help you begin or maintain your physical activity.

Find out how much activity you need from the our certified experts .

Be active your way.

• Some people with disabilities may be capable of doing a substantial amount of physical activity;
  • Decide how much physical activity is right for you and your fitness level.
  • Decide what kind of physical activity you enjoy, for example, general gardening, doing chores around the house, wheeling yourself around in your wheelchair, walking briskly, dancing, and playing wheelchair basketball, tennis, or soccer.
  • Find ways to include your favorite physical activity into your everyday life.

Start slowly.

• If you are an adult with chronic conditions or disabilities, you should engage in regular physical activity according to your ability.
  • Start slowly based on your ability and fitness level. For example, be active for a few minutes at a time, and then slowly increase the time you are active over several weeks, if necessary.
  • Do what you can to get active! Some activity is better than none!

  Have fun with family and friends.

• It is easier to stay active with the support of family and friends.
  • Invite your loved ones to be active with you. For example, together you can dance, play outside with a ball, or walk or wheel around the neighborhood.

• Join our social activities, contact us to find out more.

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Disability does not depend on a human being. But obstacles hinder people with an impairment.

These are people who, for example, cannot see well, go bad or hear badly.

An example:

A blind person needs a blind traffic light. Then he can walk across the street alone. Or he needs a ballot slip in the blind script. Then he can choose alone.

Often there are no blind traffic lights. There are no election papers in the blind script. This hinders the blind man.

Who is a disabled person?

There are people who can, for example, go bad or not at all. You cannot see well, hear badly. You can learn badly. Or they are mentally ill.

Or they are chronically ill. Or they have the disease AIDS. Or they are old and can walk badly.

In the world, there are many obstacles for these people. Because of the obstacles, they cannot participate equally in the life of society.

People used to think, disability is a disease. The illness was then the problem of the sick person.

Today we say: If a ramp is missing, it hinders people in wheelchairs. If there is no information in easy language, it hinders people with learning difficulties.

The state and society must overcome the obstacles. Then people with disabilities can participate more and more everywhere.

More than half a year, people may be worse off, worse at seeing, hearing, or thinking that other people their age. For example, a cross-sectional paralysis is a disability. People cannot participate in society because of their disability.

This law is important. When people have a disability, the state supports them. For example, he pays the wheelchair for people who cannot walk.

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Assuming that you will go the easy way and choose a theme for your WordPress website, the overall number of characteristics that you will need to keep in mind narrows down significantly.

But how do you stay focused on what kind of a template you need and what do you want to get from that template?

We recommend focusing on 4 most essential characteristics, each vital for your company’s to have an efficient and long-standing online presence!

These are: Design or Visual Looks; Functionality; Easy Installation and Administering & Google-friendliness.

1: Design or Visual Looks

All the WordPress themes that we have here have had a vast team of professional designers sketching, working and executing the ultimate visual look for it.

With such a wide range of choices at hand, we strongly advise you to stick to the WordPress Theme that is based on your business’ or a closely related field.

Either way, thanks to all the diversity here you will be able to choose a Theme that can be either of a formal color scheme with some light colors in it or a more vivid one, featuring bold textures and hues!

2: Functionality

Each business niche may require a unique functionality of its own.

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Assuming that you will go the easy way and choose a theme for your WordPress website, the overall number of characteristics that you will need to keep in mind narrows down significantly.

But how do you stay focused on what kind of a template you need and what do you want to get from that template?

We recommend focusing on 4 most essential characteristics, each vital for your company’s to have an efficient and long-standing online presence!

These are: Design or Visual Looks; Functionality; Easy Installation and Administering & Google-friendliness.

1: Design or Visual Looks

All the WordPress themes that we have here have had a vast team of professional designers sketching, working and executing the ultimate visual look for it.

With such a wide range of choices at hand, we strongly advise you to stick to the WordPress Theme that is based on your business’ or a closely related field.

Either way, thanks to all the diversity here you will be able to choose a Theme that can be either of a formal color scheme with some light colors in it or a more vivid one, featuring bold textures and hues!

2: Functionality

Each business niche may require a unique functionality of its own.

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Assuming that you will go the easy way and choose a theme for your WordPress website, the overall number of characteristics that you will need to keep in mind narrows down significantly.

But how do you stay focused on what kind of a template you need and what do you want to get from that template?

We recommend focusing on 4 most essential characteristics, each vital for your company’s to have an efficient and long-standing online presence!

These are: Design or Visual Looks; Functionality; Easy Installation and Administering & Google-friendliness.

1: Design or Visual Looks

All the WordPress themes that we have here have had a vast team of professional designers sketching, working and executing the ultimate visual look for it.

With such a wide range of choices at hand, we strongly advise you to stick to the WordPress Theme that is based on your business’ or a closely related field.

Either way, thanks to all the diversity here you will be able to choose a Theme that can be either of a formal color scheme with some light colors in it or a more vivid one, featuring bold textures and hues!

2: Functionality

Each business niche may require a unique functionality of its own.

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