Support Advisors

Motor Neurone Disease NZ (MND NZ) employs support advisors to provide a free, specialised support and advisory service throughout New Zealand. We work alongside your healthcare team to improve outcomes and help you remain independent for as long as possible.

Support advisors are here to walk alongside you every step of the way on your journey with MND. Support advisors build caring and supportive relationships through face-to-face meetings, phone calls, text messages, email, and video calls.

Our support advisors help link their clients with the appropriate health care professionals from multi-disciplinary teams of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, speech language therapists, and community nurses across New Zealand. Support advisors can also act on their client’s behalf to navigate government agencies and specialist equipment services. This may be providing an educational talk, providing information and best practice guidance on your care and support, or facilitating communication.

This is not an emergency service and we’re not part of any Te Whatu Ora region.

If you are not sure which support team member to contact, or have a general MND support question, please contact the Support Services Manager or the MND NZ office at 0800 444 474.