BOPDHB Patient Resources Hip and Knee joint replacement book - June 2016 | Page 72
General advice
General advice
Total Mobility is a nationwide scheme designed to help eligible
people with impairments to use appropriate transport to help make
their community participation better. This help is given in the form
of subsidised door-to-door transport services wherever scheme
transport providers operate.
In the Bay of Plenty it’s run by Bay of Plenty Regional Council. The
scheme gives financial assistance by way of a voucher that allows
registered users of the scheme to a 50% discount on taxi fares.
The user is required to pay the other half of the fare to the taxi
driver, at the time the trip is taken. Users of the scheme must carry
a Total Mobility photo ID card to be able to use vouchers.
The definition of eligibility for participation in the scheme is as
follows:
An eligible applicant must have an impairment that prevents them
from undertaking any one or more of the following five components
of a journey unaccompanied, on a bus, train or ferry in a safe and
dignified manner:
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getting to the place from where the transport departs
getting on the transport
riding securely
getting off the transport
getting to the destination
The following list of disabilities is an aid to assist decision making
on the level of mobility impairment which would qualify for eligibility:
• Inability to walk to the nearest bus stop or board and alight from
a bus for reasons such as pain, respiratory problems, sensory
disabilities, neurological fatigue, reliance on complex walking
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