BOPDHB Patient Resources Fractured Neck of Femur Patient Handbook- May 2015 | Page 45

• • • • • General advice • aids, or requiring the constant assistance of another person for mobility. Total loss of or severe impairment of vision preventing the independent use of public passenger transport. Intellectual, cognitive or psychiatric disabilities which may necessitate the constant assistance of another person for travel on public passenger transport. People with impairments who meet the criteria for the Total Mobility scheme, and are able to use bus, train or ferry services some of the time, but not all the time, are eligible for the scheme (e.g. people with impairments such as epilepsy or athritis). People who meet the criteria for the Total Mobility scheme and have an impairment that has lasted, or is expected to last for six months or more are eligible. People with impairments who meet the criteria for the Total Mobility scheme and live in residential care are eligible for the scheme. Children with impairments who meet the criteria for the Total Mobility scheme are eligible. Phone [phone] Fax [phone] Email [email protected] © 2014 Bay of Plenty Regional Council Advanced care planning / EPOA If you have an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA), a certified copy of this can be kept on your Medical Records file. If you would like to discuss Advance Care Planning, please ask for the Social Worker or Doctor to provide you with the information. 43