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TasEquip provides equipment to eligible clients who are permanent Tasmanian residents and who have a proven financial need for assistance to access a range of equipment

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    1. What is it?

    What is TasEquip?

    TasEquip is the Department’s state-wide equipment scheme that has warehouses in all regions. Providing a range of assistive technology to eligible Tasmanians to improve their ability to safely engage in basic, everyday tasks, transition home from acute care, or access mandated education settings.

    TasEquip provides a defined range of assistive technology to eligible Tasmanians to improve their capacity to safely engage in basic, everyday tasks, transition home from acute care, or access mandated education settings. TasEquip provides equipment options for eligible clients who require equipment to support basic, everyday tasks which cannot be met by a non-assistive equipment solution and do not have access to alternative funding sources to support them in their immediate home environment or at school (Equipment Library).

    Who can access TasEquip?

    We provide equipment to:

    • permanent Tasmanian residents
    • who have proven financial need for assistance to access the range of equipment we offer.

    To be eligible, clients need to meet the following criteria:

    1. A Centrelink benefit recipient – Health Care, Pensioner Concession, and
    2. Living in the community, and
    3. Ineligible for Home Care Package level 3 or 4, Workers Compensation, MAIB, DVA* or NDIS**.

    Those who do not meet the above eligibility criteria may, in certain restricted circumstances still be able to access equipment through TasEquip. If they are unable to source the equipment privately and if either of the following applies:

    1. Equipment is required for discharge from a public hospital or public bed in a private hospital
    2. They are a client of the Specialist Palliative Care Service or have a prognosis of fewer than 6 months.

    If you are not eligible for TasEquip, you should always consider the option to privately hire or purchase.

    * DVA Health Cardholders

    Should contact DVA to check their potential eligibility.

    **NDIS Participants

    1. Contact the NDIS for all repair, replacement, and modification to any disability-related equipment, even if that equipment was originally sourced from TasEquip.
    2. If you are under the age of 65 and have a disability it is essential that you contact the NDIS to determine your eligibility.
    3. You can contact the National Disability Insurance Agency, (NDIA) on 1800 800 110 or enquiries@ndis.gov.au. They can provide advice about eligibility for the NDIS, how to access the scheme, or answer any questions about an NDIS plan.
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    2. Resources

    How do you access TasEquip?

    How to access equipment

    Access to TasEquip resources is only through prescription by an authorised prescriber. Clinical priorities apply, and there is a funding cap for new equipment purchases.

    Authorised Prescribers

    Authorised Prescribers are health professionals who have undertaken the required TasEquip training, and who prescribe within their professional scope.

    Clinical decision-making when prescribing equipment is the responsibility of the prescriber.

    To become an Authorised Prescriber please contact TasEquip for access to the required training and paperwork.

    Cost Information

    Clients are required to pay the following fees, as of 1 July 2017:

    • Loan fee – $50 for one or more items for any period up to a year.
    • Repair fee – a one-off of $50 / year towards any new replacement part.
    • Replacement cost of wheelchair batteries, tires, and tubes when they need replacing.

     

    TasEquip | Department of Health
    TasEquip - Equipment Use brochures
    Download Equipment Loan - Information For Clients Brochure
    Download Equipment Use and Care Instruction Brochures

    3. Referral and Access by Region

    Southern Region Expand

    Hobart

    Repat Centre, 90 Davey Street, Hobart.
    Ph: (03) 6166 7393
    Email: SouthTasEquip@ths.tas.gov.au
    Fax: (03) 6173 0413

    Northern Region Expand

    Launceston

    3/213 Wellington Street, Launceston.
    Ph: (03) 6777 4336
    Email: NthTasEquip@ths.tas.gov.au
    Fax: (03) 6777 5142

    North West Region Expand

    Latrobe

    Mersey Community Hospital,
    Moriarty Rd, Latrobe.
    Ph: (03) 6478 5599
    Email: NWTasEquip@ths.tas.gov.au
    Fax:  (03) 6441 5949

    TasEquip Equipment Library

    Repat Centre,
    90 Davey Street, Hobart
    Ph:  03) 6166 2707
    Email: Tel.tasequip@ths.tas.gov.au

    Business Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

    4. Useful Links

    Palliative Caring Tasmania
    Palliative Care Australia
    Palliative Care Tasmania Caring Booklet
    Palliative Care Tasmania DHS
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