Partnership Community worker – read more
Free Educational Seminars – read more
Educational Seminars for International Peoples/New Residents – read more
Meals on Wheels – read more
Nurse Maude continence supplies – read more
Brolly (Continence) Sheets – read more
Lead the Way: (Sharing experiences: Developing Skills) – read more
Mobility Equipment for Hire – read more
Lincoln Share and Care (Home Share) – Day Care Programme – read more
Visitor Service – read more
Appointment Driver – read more
Driver Mentoring – read more
For a printable summary of our services – click here
- Clients are referred by GPs, mental health service, or self
- Especially for Maori, Pacific and low income peoples
- PCW identifies barriers clients have to accessing healthcare, e.g. language, transport, isolation, mental health, financial
- Clients are assisted to access health services, e.g. benefits, GP and specialist appointments, transport, housing and cultural support
- Clients will be referred on to other providers as needed
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Free Educational Seminars:
- Information delivered by professionals on health-related topics
- Management and prevention
- Mainly during specific ‘focus’ weeks, e.g. Alzheimer’s, diabetes, stroke, muscular dystrophy
- Advertised in local papers and newsletters, LDCC Facebook page, and on our News Page
- Requests/ideas/suggestions welcomed
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Educational Seminars for International People/New Residents
- Topics such as ‘How to get an IRD number’; ‘How to access health services’; ‘Motor Vehicle regulations’; ‘Budgeting’; ‘Tenancy obligations’
- Gold coin donation requested
- Requests/ideas/suggestions welcomed
- Conversational English classes
- See our International Support page for more details.
- Clients are referred by their GP
- Clients must be unable to prepare their own meals, e.g. physical, mental health or aged disability
- Canterbury District Health Board subsidises the cost if clients meet their criteria
- Meals can be delivered hot or frozen
- Special dietary needs can be catered for
- Meals are delivered Monday to Friday except on public holidays
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Nurse Maude continence supplies:
- Clients order their own supplies from NMA supply shop in Christchurch
- Delivered to Nurse Maude at Lincoln on the first Tuesday of the month
- Pick up from Community Care Lincoln reception from Wednesday onwards
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Brolly (Continence) Sheets:
- Sizes suitable for children and adults
- A variety of colours
- 12- month guarantee
- Purchase at wholesale rates
- Hire for short-term purposes
- Other items such as mattress and pillow protectors, chair pads
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Lead the Way: (Sharing experiences: Developing Skills)
- Free service for those wanting to become more self-sufficient by learning new skills
- Clients can self-refer or are referred by GPs, health providers, churches, education facilities, family
- Coordinator oversees the programme, discussing client needs and matching with appropriate volunteer mentor
- Mentoring is available one on one or in workshop settings
- Mentors help clients with life skills such as cooking on a budget, vegetable growing, preserving, handcrafts, general handyman tasks, driver confidence, whatever the need
- Mentors are Police checked and receive training
- See our News Page for our latest initiative – from Plot to Pot
- Wheelchairs, crutches, shower stools, commodes, walking sticks, raised toilet seats, walking frames, reacher/pick up tools, nursery equipment (porta cot, high chair)
- Modest rates
- Short-term hire only, e.g. immediately after discharge from hospital until professional services commence; holiday visitors to Selwyn
- Equipment is professionally serviced
Lincoln Share and Care (Home Share) – Day Care Programme:
- Weekly on Tuesdays, from 10 am to 3 pm
- Held at Community Care Lincoln, 16 Lyttelton Street, Lincoln
- For elderly persons experiencing loneliness, needing companionship, social interaction
- Clients are referred by GP or other health professionals, and assessed for suitability by the funders, Presbyterian Support Services
- Service is free to the client
- Regular activities, outings, two-course meal provided
- For anyone experiencing loneliness, needing companionship or social interaction
Trained volunteers are available to visit clients in their home to share a cuppa and friendly conversation.
For more information call Community Care Lincoln on 325 2007
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If you need help getting to a doctor’s or hospital appointment call Community Care Lincoln on 325 2007.
We have volunteer drivers who can collect you at your home and take you to your appointment, returning you back home afterwards.
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A mentor will help drivers gain confidence and skills and assist them to reach the level required for them to pass their restricted drivers test.
Clients will need their Learners Licence and a vehicle with a current Registration, Warrant of Fitness and Insurance.