Public Address | Cafe | Access: Reviewing Funded Family Care and repealing the outrage of part 4A of the Public Health and Disability Amendment Act https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382656#post382656 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382656#post382656 Another update on this from the Misery of Health's website.

They have released this Cabinet Paper dated September 2018.

Also this 51 page tome dated around about when the announcement was made in July.

There's over eighty pages of discussion, and since both Peter and I struggle to read volumes…

]]> Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:15:25 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382618#post382618 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382618#post382618 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 15:28:25 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382617#post382617 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382617#post382617 Some might even call it revenge..

Cheap and dirty was how John Forman described it...
“In its announcement the Government makes much of the fact that it consulted with experts to craft this policy. The feedback we provided was ignored, and the result is the Funded Family Care payment is…

]]> Sat, 03 Aug 2019 12:54:05 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382614#post382614 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382614#post382614 Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:45:39 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382613#post382613 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382613#post382613 Now, I'm going to ask that we hop in our time machine and travel back to September 2013 and the Previous Incumbents' announcement of the brand spanking new Funded Family Care.

The Government has been working with people from the disability and carers’ community (blah, blah, usual blah) on key…

]]> Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:32:11 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382600#post382600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382600#post382600 I would hope that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hCoAF2G6wQ

]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 22:20:01 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382599#post382599 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382599#post382599 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:35:46 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382598#post382598 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382598#post382598 Natrad engaged quite rightly with Brian Easton...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/395170/new-families-joining-funded-family-care-scheme-may-miss-out-on-fair-pay

Economist Brian Easton said there were going to be some very disappointed people.

"The new people are going to get paid for far fewer hours than the existing people, perhaps about a quarter to a third number of hours that the existing…

]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:09:51 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382597#post382597 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382597#post382597 Finally it has been recognised that the funding allocated for this is not going to be enough.
Some numpty didn't do their sums did they?

I would like to think that this will not be used as a (convenient) excuse to sideline this...but I am not even going to hope.…

]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:35:40 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382583#post382583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382583#post382583 quelling my frustration to the point of being able to write to the standard

heck, I even have trouble meeting the bar over there :)

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:26:13 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382582#post382582 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382582#post382582 Thanks for this Rosemary. Pity about the Herald paywall as I miss some of Kirsty's good work these days. She knows a lot about state care and disability as a result of her investigations over the last several years.

I am hopeful that the eventual select committee process looking at…

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:06:32 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382581#post382581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382581#post382581 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:00:39 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382580#post382580 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382580#post382580 The Miserly has updated its page and it seems that Funded Family Care is here to stay as a separate entity.

Yes they will allow payment of spouses and yes they will pay parents of under 18 year olds and yes the pay rate will increase according to "comparable pay…

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:53:42 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382576#post382576 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382576#post382576 Thanks for posting this Hilary. I guess I should have done an update here on PA last Sunday, but in all honesty, these days, quelling my frustration to the point of being able to write to the standard expected here is sometimes beyond me.

I see [[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/premium/news/article.cfm?c_id=1504669&objectid=12250014|Kirsty Johnston has a paywalled…

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:09:20 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382575#post382575 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382575#post382575 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 22:18:33 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382571#post382571 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382571#post382571 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:02:14 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382570#post382570 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382570#post382570 Will the same compassion be applied to the assessment processes, which for some take a very narrow view of eligibility?

The announcement said that NASC assessment processes will continue unchanged – more of the same nitpicking and rationing. I hope someone is monitoring how many people get the full 40…

]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:28:43 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382569#post382569 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-reviewing-funded-family-care-and-repealing/?p=382569#post382569 Discussion from blog post.

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