Access Community Health | Uru Ātea

Our team of registered health professionals and trained support workers will work in partnership with you and your family to provide a flexible service that is tailored to your needs and promotes rehabilitation, enabling you to retain as much independence as possible.

We provide hauora suport for daily living, community activities, respite services, planning, Individualised Funding (IF) and whānau support for tāngata whaikaha, disabled people. Dedicated to respecting mana, fostering self-determination and working in partnership, we strive for a future where all disabled people can live a better day, every day.

As the largest provider for ACC injury management support services, we are trusted to provide your free nursing services and home and community support. Our services are for short to medium term needs to help you return to being independent and for people with long term and more complex needs and we are specialists in spinal cord injury and impairment and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

We understand the importance of maximising your independence, and that your injury and lifestyle mean you will have unique challenges. Our multidisciplinary care teams include nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other specialties to meet your needs.

Home and community support includes a range of services available for older people who need support to live at home. 

Our high quality support, provided by our team of registered health professionals and trained support workers, is tailored to meet your needs, rather than a blanket approach and helps you to live as independently as possible. You will be supported to remain at home safely and with maximum independence,  while giving family members peace of mind knowing you are receiving the best support possible.

Our palliative care team works together with your health care team to:

• provide personalised, holistic care
• make you as comfortable as possible
• enable you to spend time with the people closest to you
• minimise the physical and emotional stress that you, your family and loved ones may experience
• ensure that your rights are respected and appropriate care is accessible
• build community systems to support you and your family

Individualised Funding is a Ministry of Health funded support service that gives eligible people the flexibility and control to manage their own funding, in a way that helps them live their life in a way that best suits you.

It can be hard to understand all the information and options – that's what we are here for!  We can step you through what it all means – and help you to decide what is best for you!