Assistance with Daily Life is a Core support that funds a worker to help with everyday personal activities so you can live as independently as possible at home. It covers showering, dressing, grooming, meal preparation and mobility, delivered in your own home or wherever you live.
Assistance with Daily Life is one of the most flexible parts of the Core Supports budget. Because Core funding is generally flexible, you can usually move money between daily-life help, consumables and community access as your needs change through the year, without a plan reassessment.
It maps to NDIS registration group 0107, Daily Personal Activities. The focus is squarely on the personal, hands-on tasks of getting through a day at home, rather than getting out into the community or maintaining the building itself.
Funding follows the reasonable and necessary test, meaning the support must relate to your disability and help you pursue your goals. It is not meant to cover day-to-day costs that everyone has regardless of disability.
People often confuse this with cleaning or community access. Assistance with Daily Life is about your body and personal routine; household tasks cover keeping the home itself clean and tidy, while social and community participation covers getting out and joining activities.
If your needs are complex or health-related, such as PEG feeding or complex bowel care, you may instead need high intensity supports delivered by a higher-skilled worker.
Workers are claimed at hourly rates that vary by time of day, weekend and public holiday, plus the worker’s skill level. The NDIS sets maximum prices that are updated annually on 1 July, so always check the current figures rather than relying on last year’s plan.
You can use this support whether your plan is self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA-managed; the management type affects who pays the invoice, not what you are allowed to buy.
Our team can help you understand how personal-care and daily-living supports might work in your plan.
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