Lifetime Care

The Lifetime Care & Support Authority requires that the LTCS Guidelines are applied when making an assessment of the treatment, rehabilitation or care needs of Scheme participants.

  • LTCS Guidelines 2010 (329kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 1: Eligibility Criteria for Participation in the Lifetime Care and Support Scheme  (34kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 2: Guidelines for Disputes about Eligibility  (34kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 3: Guidelines for Disputes about Motor Accident Injury  (55kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 4: Guidelines for Disputes about Participants' Treatment and Care Needs  (57kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 5: Treatment, Rehabilitation and Care Needs Assessment  (27kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 6: Reasonable and Necessary Decision Making in the Lifetime Care and Support Scheme  (29kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 7: Treatment and Rehabilitation Services  (21kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 8: Attendant Care  (44kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 9: Education Support Services  (24kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 10: Respite  (16kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 11: Participants Living Overseas  (10kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 12: Modifications to a Motor Vehicle  (26kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 13: Equipment  (45kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 14: Home Modifications  (58kb)
    • LTCS Guidelines 2010 - Part 15: Artificial Limb Services  (15kb)
  • Guidelines for levels of attendant care for people with spinal cord injury (894kb) 
     
  • Participant Travel Policy January 2011  (49kb)

 

Neuropsychological assessment guidelines

These updated (2006) MAA guidelines for the neuropsychological assessment of traumatic brain injury have been developed with a representative industry working party. They are for use by all parties involved in a CTP claim. They are organised in two parts. Part 1 focuses on arranging assessments, particularly practice effects,  scheduling assessments, agreeing on a psychologist and communicating information. Part 2 focuses on conducting assessments, including typical pattern of impairments observed, information required in neuropsychological reports, neuropsychological test selection, test interpretation, opinion and recommendations and reporting test results. The guidelines are supplemented by stand-alone information sheets for claimants and additional information for clinicians. 

  • Neuropsychological assessment of children with mild traumatic brain injury (105kb)
  • Neuropsychological assessment of children with moderate to extremely severe traumatic brain injury (117kb)
  • Neuropsychological assessment of adults with mild traumatic brain injury (105kb)
  • Neuropsychological assessment of adults with moderate to extremely severe traumatic brain injury (102kb)

Information for claimants:

  • Adults (30kb)
  • Children (30kb)

Additional information for clinicians:

  • Annotated bibliography - Updated in April 2007 (327kb)
  • Appendices to guidelines for conducting neuropsychological assessments (129kb)

 

Anxiety guidelines

  • Managing anxiety following motor vehicle accidents - A General Practitioner's guide (206kb)
  • Guidelines for the management of anxiety following motor vehicle accidents (461kb)
  • Guidelines for the management of anxiety following motor vehicle accidents - Technical Report (652kb)
  • Managing anxiety following motor vehicle accidents - An Insurer's guide (206kb)
  • Matching client needs and support worker skills in the New South Wales Motor Accident Scheme (142kb)

 

  • Who needs 24 hour care in the CTP scheme? (116kb)

This is an interim document which will be revised next year as part of an MAA review of all care and support guidelines. Please check the website for updates.