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"Can Assist" - Cancer Assistance Network, NSW - re accommodation, advocacy, assistance & resources
arpie
4 years agoMember
Can Assist has numerous branches around rural NSW and have a great list of resources that are available to Cancer Patients in NSW ..... over and above the ones that you already know about!
https://canassist.org.au/cancer-assistance/#community
They can also provide practical financial assistance too - and helped us out last year when my husband was diagnosed as Stage 4 - even paying a Council Rates bill on our behalf and giving us a Petrol Voucher and Grocery Voucher.
https://canassist.org.au/cancer-assistance/
They are always canvassing the NSW Gov to improve (by reducing) the amount of paperwork required with completing & returning the IPTAAS forms (Isolated Patients Transport & Accommodation Assistance Scheme) whereby travel and accommodation can be partially reimbursed - if you've been knocked back on transport or accommodation reimbursement for any reason - they'd like to hear from you.
They are advocating for more support for rural cancer patients in many submissions to the Govt ... with increased reimbursement rates and decreased paperwork ie, that IPTAAS referral should last as long as the illness (not requiring new IPTAAS referrals every 2 years) and reducing the number of signatures for a single appointment (sometimes up to 6!). eg there is NO NEED for a GP to sign off on a referral from your Cancer Specialist ..... as, apart from anything else - it is throwing money away (yours and/or the Gov if bulk billed) and it effectively reduces the amount you receive from IPTAAS, as you've had to 'pay out' to get it! RIDICULOUS!
https://canassist.org.au/about-us/advocacy/
Jump onto these links above & see just what they are all about .... and what resources are available to us, here in NSW.
https://canassist.org.au/cancer-assistance/#community
They can also provide practical financial assistance too - and helped us out last year when my husband was diagnosed as Stage 4 - even paying a Council Rates bill on our behalf and giving us a Petrol Voucher and Grocery Voucher.
https://canassist.org.au/cancer-assistance/
They are always canvassing the NSW Gov to improve (by reducing) the amount of paperwork required with completing & returning the IPTAAS forms (Isolated Patients Transport & Accommodation Assistance Scheme) whereby travel and accommodation can be partially reimbursed - if you've been knocked back on transport or accommodation reimbursement for any reason - they'd like to hear from you.
They are advocating for more support for rural cancer patients in many submissions to the Govt ... with increased reimbursement rates and decreased paperwork ie, that IPTAAS referral should last as long as the illness (not requiring new IPTAAS referrals every 2 years) and reducing the number of signatures for a single appointment (sometimes up to 6!). eg there is NO NEED for a GP to sign off on a referral from your Cancer Specialist ..... as, apart from anything else - it is throwing money away (yours and/or the Gov if bulk billed) and it effectively reduces the amount you receive from IPTAAS, as you've had to 'pay out' to get it! RIDICULOUS!
https://canassist.org.au/about-us/advocacy/
Jump onto these links above & see just what they are all about .... and what resources are available to us, here in NSW.
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