Help With Getting Up, Getting Ready and Getting Out
Support with showering, dressing, meals and the routines that hold a day together, done alongside you or done for you. We support participants across Logan, Ipswich, Brisbane and Bayside.
Support that fits your routine, and how you like things done.
What is NDIS assistance with daily life?
In an NDIS plan, assistance with daily life funds a support worker to help with the personal tasks of everyday life: showering, dressing and getting the day started.
How it works
A support worker comes at times you have agreed and helps with the parts of the day you have asked for. You decide how much help you want and where it stops. Where we can, we keep the same workers with you, so the person at your door is a familiar one rather than someone new each week.
With you, or for you
Some days you want someone to do the task. Other days you want someone there while you do it yourself. Both are this support, and nobody has to pick one and stick with it. That balance is your call, and it can change from one week to the next.
How this is different from our other supports
Household Tasks is about the home itself: cleaning, laundry and meal preparation, rather than support for the person. Development of Life Skills is about learning to do things more independently over time, rather than having the help now. If you are not sure which fits, call us and we will help you work it out.
What assistance with daily life can include
The mix is built around your week, so no two arrangements look the same. This is the kind of help this support usually covers. If you cannot see your situation here, call us and tell us what a morning looks like now.
Showering, dressing and grooming
The parts of getting ready that need another pair of hands. As much help as you want, and no more than that.
Getting up and getting going
Help getting out of bed, moving around the house safely, and being ready for whatever the day has in it.
Toileting and continence
Practical, matter of fact support with toileting and continence needs, handled discreetly and without fuss.
Meals, eating and drinking
Getting a meal together, help at the table, and support with eating and drinking where that is part of it.
Medication reminders
Prompts at the right times, keeping track of what has been taken, and flagging anything that needs a look.
Evenings and getting to bed
The other end of the day: the evening meal, getting changed, and settling in comfortably for the night.
A day that runs without a fight
Getting up, washed, fed and out. When those are handled, the rest of the week tends to get easier.
Staying in your own home
For a lot of people the direction is staying put, rather than moving somewhere with more support built in.
Energy left for everything else
Work, study, family, the things you actually want to do. Help with the basics tends to leave more for them.
Doing more of it yourself
Where you would rather build the skill than have the help, we can work that way instead.
A break for the people who help
Families and partners often carry this quietly. Regular support can give them some of their own time back.
What this support can help you work towards
Your goals set the direction, and the support is planned around them. With this kind of help the aim is usually steadiness rather than change: the day working, reliably, without it taking everything you have.
How to get started
People put this call off longer than they need to. Asking for help with showering or dressing feels bigger than asking about the shopping. You do not need it worked out first.
Get in touch
Call or send an enquiry. Tell us who the support is for, the suburb, and which parts of the day are hardest. That is enough to start.
Talk it through
We will ask about the routine as it stands and the times you want. We will also be straight about availability, because mornings are the busiest part of the day.
Start and adjust
We match you with workers who suit, and where we can you meet someone first. If anything is not working, including who is doing it, tell us. Nobody is locked into anything.
Where this sits in an NDIS plan
Assistance with daily life usually comes from the Core supports part of a plan, and Core funding is generally flexible, so it can often move between categories. The thing people get wrong is treating it as one service. It is a whole category, which depending on the plan can also cover household tasks, supported independent living and short term accommodation. It pays for the worker’s time, not the things themselves, so groceries, cleaning products and rent sit outside it. Every plan is different, so nothing here is a promise about your funding. Your support coordinator or plan manager can confirm what yours allows, or call us on 1300 544 958.
Other supports that might suit
Everyday help often runs alongside something else. These are the three that people most often end up looking at with it.
Household Tasks
Practical help with cleaning, laundry, meal preparation and shopping, where the support is for the home rather than for the person.
Supported Independent Living
Support with daily life where someone needs help around the home on an ongoing basis, planned as a living arrangement rather than set visits.
High Intensity Support
Support for clinical needs such as complex bowel care, enteral feeding or catheter care, delivered by workers prepared for that person.
Assistance with daily life across Logan, Ipswich, Brisbane and Bayside
Hope & Integrity is based in Logan and our support workers live across the region. For this support that matters more than it sounds. Early starts only work when nobody is driving across the city to reach you, and keeping the same faces depends on the same thing.
Areas we support:
Start with a simple conversation
Tell us which parts of the day are hard and who the support is for. We will talk through what would make a difference, how it would work in practice, and what we can actually offer. No pressure either way, and if a different support would suit better, we will say so.
Supporting participants across Logan, Ipswich, Brisbane and Bayside · Open Mon to Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Questions about NDIS assistance with daily life
The questions participants, families and support coordinators ask us most.
How is this different from development of life skills?
It comes down to doing versus learning. With this support, a worker helps with the task or does it for you, because that is what the day needs. With development of life skills, the goal is for the person to learn the task, so it takes less help next time. Plenty of people use both at once, and they usually sit in different parts of a plan. If you are not sure which one you have, tell us what your plan says and we will read it through with you.
What does the funding cover, and what does it not?
It covers the support worker’s time and the help they give, not the things themselves. Groceries, cleaning products, rent or board, household items and toiletries unrelated to your disability are all paid for the way anyone else pays for them. Core funding is generally flexible between categories, so it can often move as your needs change, though some supports are written in as stated supports and cannot be moved at all. Every plan is different, so nothing here is a promise about your funding. Your support coordinator or plan manager can confirm what your plan allows, or call us and we will help you make sense of it.
I do not really know how much help I need. Is that a problem?
No, and most people do not. You do not need hours worked out or a list of tasks. Tell us what a normal morning looks like now and where it goes wrong, and we will work back from there. If what you need involves clinical care, things like complex bowel care or enteral feeding, that is high intensity support and we will point you to it.
Can I choose who provides my personal care?
Yes, and it is a fair thing to ask for rather than a favour. You can ask for a worker of a particular gender, and you can tell us what you are comfortable with and what you are not. Where we can, you meet someone before support starts. If a worker is not the right fit, tell us and we will change it. You do not need to give a reason. This is your home, and having a say in who helps is part of the support.
Can I get support at the times I actually need it?
Sometimes, and we would rather say that than promise otherwise. Mornings are the busiest part of the day for every provider, because most people want help getting up at the same hours. Support can be built around work, study or school runs, and we will tell you quickly what is realistic in your suburb, rather than leaving you on a maybe.
Still have a question?
Call our local team on 1300 544 958. We will answer it plainly, even if the answer is that we are not the right fit.