Enable New Zealand

Quality Living, Healthy Lives

Enable New Zealand’s Wheelchair and Seating Outreach service is a resource for disabled people and their wheelchair and seating specialised assessors. Through the Outreach service we provide easy access to wheelchair and seating products and support. Referrals are made after the specialised wheelchair and seating assessor has worked with the disabled person to complete an assessment. The referral includes persons set goals for mobility and seating.

The service offers:

• Disabled people a coordinated and speedier service for trial of wheelchair and seating options.
• Outreach appointments at a wheelchair accessible venue.
• Coordination of requested product from multiple suppliers.
• Access to information on possible alternative product.
• Technician support.
• Advice and support from a coordinator who is a highly skilled Wheelchair and Seating Assessor.
• Support from wheelchair and seating suppliers.
• Easy access to recycled equipment and components for trial.
• Support with funding applications.
• Pressure mapping assessment tools to assist in choice of cushions and backs.
• Access to specialised seating system technical support.

Using the Outreach Service adds value in the following ways:

• Reduction in Specialised Assessor time.
• Nothing is too simple or too complex. Any wheelchair or seating options are considered.
• Opportunity for learning: new colleagues can come to acquire skills and knowledge.
• Applications that are sent through the Outreach Service are assured of approval, and processed quickly, unless they cross the budget threshold.

For further information and referral forms, please contact:

Lower North Island (excluding Porirua and Lower Hutt): Emily Gooder Ph: 027 5101 408

Porirua, Lower Hutt, Nelson and Blenheim: Sally Wallace Ph: 027 5579 135

South Island (excluding Nelson and Blenheim): Rachel Brown Ph: 027 5706 150

Outreach email address: outreach@enable.co.nz

You can also download:

• an Outreach referral form (204.5 kb, MS Word)
• a Complex Equipment form (248.5 kb, MS Word)
• an explanation (86.5 kb, PDF) of the complex equipment form
• a wheelchair prescription form (91.0 kb, PDF)