Communication Aids for the elderly
Communication aids tend to be sources you can make use of to help get the message across. They arrive in several sizes and shapes and customised to generally meet your individual requirements. Have a look at our kinds of Communication helps web page to see more examples and photographs.
We are able to give you support to develop an aid that suits your particular communication needs.
Range provides these resources for qualified grownups, through Non-electronic correspondence help Scheme (NECAS), at no cost. The scheme funds communication aids such as interaction panels and books, neighborhood request cards, personal records, task schedules and many other things.
(For a restricted time, we also provide some funding to deliver helps to eligible young ones in Victoria, through Kids Chat pilot system. Go to the Kids Chat web page to find out more.)
What is the Non-electronic Communication Aid Scheme?
NECAS provides a selection of non-electronic interaction helps to adults who've interaction troubles. It is designed to assist people who have a disability to effectively communicate.
Given that NECAS supplier, we support you with:
- Information and advice
- Individualised non-electronic interaction aids
Who are able to access the Non-Electronic Communication help Scheme?
You are capable access NECAS in the event that you meet with the following criteria:
- Are an adult elderly 18 and over
- Have interaction troubles
- Have permanent or longterm disability
- Live in Victoria
How to use?
Post:
Communication and Inclusion Resource Centre
830 Whitehorse Road
Box Hill VIC 3128
Fax: 03 9843 2033
What if I'm not qualified to receive NECAS?
If you are under 18 years old, or you tend to be a participant within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), you are not entitled to NECAS. You can access funding for non-electronic interaction aids through your NDIS individual help program, or other investment bundle.
To find out more
Contact the Communication Inclusion and Resource Centre:
Phone: 03 9843 2000
As a Speech Pathologist dealing with consumers’ home or in their particular outlying Victorian communities, i will be thankful for NECAS’s help. NECAS has supported my customers’ trip in terms of their communication troubles and offered these with that ‘link of hope’ through their particular grieving and recovery process, assisting individuals and their particular carers to keep having alternate choices for communication and life involvement.
— Mary, Speech Pathologist
Key Word Sign is the usage of handbook indications and normal motion to aid interaction. Key Word Sign is employed to encourage and help language development in children and grownups with interaction problems.
