Accessable
accessable (Environmental Health Management Services Limited) is based in Auckland and is the contracted provider responsible for administering the Equipment and Modification Services (EMS) budget on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Disability Services.
The budget is a set amount of funding made available each year for eligible people living in the Auckland (from Meremere north) and Northland regions. accessable manages applications for people seeking adaptive equipment, housing modifications, and vehicle purchase and/or modification. It also provides an equipment repair and maintenance service.
accessable manages a website which allows people to view equipment in both written and pictorial versions. The accessable store located in Auckland, provides a storage facility for bulk purchased items of equipment awaiting distribution and a central base for equipment collected from people who no longer have a requirement for the item.
accessable is also contracted to provide the services of a Housing Advisor. This person is available to assist specialised assessors with technical input, support and advice regarding housing modifications and to work with contractors to provide cost effective housing alteration solutions. Professional Advisors are employed by accessable for the purpose of reviewing the applications received from the specialised assessors to ensure recommendations made for EMS funding meet the eligibility and priority criteria.
accessable is also contracted by ACC to provide equipment and a repair service to ACC clients living in the Waikato, Auckland and Northland regions.
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