What Is NDIS?
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a disability support program started by the Australian government in the year 2020. It aims to provide high-quality support to people with any significant or permanent impairment that leads to a disability. This program provides a wide range of support services to help the participants become independent and reach their goals efficiently.
Participants can request the services they think will get them closer to their goals and are related to their health condition, and NDIS will fund them if their request is reasonable and necessary. NDIS in-home care provides the participants with support in their daily lives, and here is how it’s funded.
Budgets Under NDIS
NDIS provides funds for the services under the following three categories of budget.
- Core Supports
- Capacity-Building Support
- Capital Budget
In this blog, we are going to discuss the first budget category in NDIS, Core Supports.
Core Supports
This budget category is designed to help participants in their daily lives. It carries the funds for all daily support services, including assistance with daily living, transport, assistive technology, etc. All the support that enhances the participant’s daily living can be funded under this category.
Assistance With Daily Living
This service allows the participant to have a support worker assist them in their routine activities. They can choose to have the support worker perform their day-to-day tasks, like cleaning, cooking, dressing, eating, etc., on their behalf. Or they can choose to do it themselves while the support worker supervises them.
Participants can have this support funded in their plan after requesting it in their initial meeting with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). If the Agency deems this support reasonable and necessary for the participant’s well-being, they will fund it.
Transport
It is difficult for some NDIS participants to use public transport, and NDIS gives them the support to commute to work, school, and community events. Funds for transport are provided under the Core Supports category because it is needed as daily support for many participants. They have to go to work and school every day, and they might be unable to use public transport for many reasons.
Assistance With Community Participation
Participants can also ask their support workers to assist them in their community activities. Socialising is essential for NDIS participants; they cannot get better if they stay confined in their homes every day. It is important to meet new people and learn new skills to develop independence. NDIS gives this opportunity to help the participants feel comfortable in community settings.
Consumables
NDIS funds assistive technology; however, the high-cost assistive technology is not included in this budget. There is a different category of budget to cover the cost of high-cost assistive technology like wheelchairs. In Core Supports, NDIS provides funds for low-cost assistive technology that is needed to make daily living easier for the participant.
Core Supports is the most flexible NDIS budget out of the three budget categories. Participants are allowed to use the funds provided in this support for other categories. For instance, if you don’t find yourself using the funds for transport as much, you can save the funding and use it on another category of the budget. Unlike the Core Supports budget, Capacity-Building Support, and Capital Budget are not flexible, and they are strictly used for their respective services.
If you are looking for NDIS in-home care services, reach out to Complete Connect. They are registered service providers who can provide the best daily support to make sure that you become independent and reach your goals in the most effective way.
