Assistance with Daily Life NDIS
What are Core Supports, and what is Assistance with Daily Life in your NDIS plan?
Assistance with Daily Life is an NDIS funded support that you might find in your NDIS plan, under Core Supports.
This funding covers the support you may need from a disability support worker to assist you with a range of everyday activities. This might include personal hygiene, or supporting you to develop skills to complete daily tasks like cleaning your home or maintaining your garden.
This support is provided to enable you to live as independently as possible at home and in your local community.
Support types you may find under the Assistance with Daily Life support category in your NDIS plan are:
- Assistance with daily personal activities
- Assistance with household tasks
- Assistance in Shared Living Arrangements, and
- Supported Independent Living (SIL), Short Term Accommodation and Assistance (or respite).
What are Core Supports?
When you receive your NDIS plan, it will include your Funded Supports budget, which details how much funding you have and what this funding can be used for.
Your Funded Supports are broken up into three categories:
- Core Supports help with your everyday activities, needs.
- Capacity Building Supports help you build skills and independence.
- Capital Supports are more expensive supports and one-off purchases, assistive technology, equipment, modifications, accommodation.
Assistance with Daily Life is a type of support funded under the 'Core Support' category.
Why are Assistance with Daily Life supports different in each NDIS plan?
Every person living with a disability has different needs and requires different supports. So, the level (and cost) of support funded for Assistance With Daily Life will depend on their individual needs.
For example, people with complex support needs may require additional support. The days and times a person needs support will impact the level and cost of support. For example, support on the weekend costs more under the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.
Why are 'Daily Living' supports listed under Core and Capacity Building categories in a NDIS plan?
There is also a support category relating to daily activity that comes under the Capacity Building budget type, called Improved Daily Living. This type of funding relates more to building or increasing your skills and capacity for independence and community participation. These supports cover assessment, training or therapy.
An example of Assistance with Daily Life in an NDIS plan
Support Area: Core supports
Budget: $13,066.20
This is the amount of money funded for the Core budget type. This amount is based on the estimated number of hours you need support and the cost per hour of the supports, outlined in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.
Details:
Daily activities: supports to enable maximum independence in personal activities of daily living. These supports can be provided in a range of environments.
Depending on your goals and support needs, this part of your NDIS plan may cover assistance with or supervision of daily living activities such as:
- Personal hygiene activities, such as showering, oral hygiene, or dressing.
- Toileting or bladder and bowel management.
- eating and drinking
- mobility to get in and out of bed
- attending appointments.
How the supports will be paid:
This example is plan managed. This means NDIS will pay your plan management agency directly for these supports. Your plan manager then pays your support providers for you.
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