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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans - Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

23: Cultural assessment

You could also call this:

"Understanding your culture to give you the best help"

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When you are getting help because of an intellectual disability, someone called a co-ordinator will try to find out about your culture, ethnicity, language, and any religious or ethical beliefs you have. They want to understand who you are and what is important to you. This is so they can give you the best help possible.

If the co-ordinator thinks you are Maori and you agree, they will try to talk to a Maori person or organisation that cares about people with intellectual disabilities. This person should be someone from your family or community if possible. They want to hear their views to make sure you get the help that is right for you.

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Part 3Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans
Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

23Cultural assessment

  1. The co-ordinator must try to identify the care recipient's culture, ethnicity, language, and any religious or ethical beliefs.

  2. If, following the assessment under subsection (1), the co-ordinator considers that the care recipient is Maori and the care recipient agrees with that assessment, the co-ordinator must try to obtain the views of any suitable Maori person or Maori organisation concerned with, or interested in, the care of persons who have an intellectual disability.

  3. The Maori person referred to in subsection (2) should, wherever possible, be a member of the care recipient's whanau, hapu, or iwi.