NDIS Services Newcastle

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Individuals with disabilities may have limitations in functioning, especially those who are living with permanent and significant disabilities. As a result, they may have challenges in achieving their goals because of the restrictions in performing daily tasks. This can contribute to emotional challenges and engaging with the community.

With these circumstances taken into consideration, the Australian government crafted the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to support New Castle citizens and residents and the rest of Australia. The NDIS services provide individuals with disabilities, their families, and carers the support they need to live as normally as possible.

Positive Moods, a registered NDIS service provider, bring NDIS services to the citizens and residents of New Castle with disabilities. Individuals with a disability have varying needs, as well as goals, depending on their condition. The NDIS services have been designed to meet NDIS participants’ requirements, given their unique conditions. The services aim to improve the quality of life of participants by helping them navigate their day-to-day activities.

The NDIS services provide treatment plans to participants to assist them in performing their daily tasks, improve their community participation, and achieve their personal goals. There is a wide range of services that NDIS covers and participants in New Castle can reach out to Positive Moods to avail of 15 categories of support, namely:

Daily Life Assistance

NDIS understands that people with disabilities will have difficulty performing simple daily tasks. This allows the participants to seek help in their everyday activities to make their lives more comfortable. The NDIS can help by extending support interventions with completing daily personal care activities such as bathing, dressing, or eating a meal.

Improved Daily Living

To make life easier for NDIS participants, NDIS aims to improve their daily lives by providing support in their homes and other environments where they usually stay. As participants, their families and caregivers encounter daily challenges brought by participants with disabilities. As part of the NDIS support, participants can be supported on daily activities such as meal preparation, personal care, home maintenance, assistance on temporary accommodation, and transportation.

Better Living Arrangements

To ensure that NDIS participants live a quality life, the NDIS provides support to enable participants, families, and caregivers to have a safe facility. If participants are renting, NDIS will ensure that participants have secure accommodation.

Better Health and Well-Being

In addition to improving participants' daily lives, the primary goal of the NDIS is to help participants improve their overall well-being. The NDIS offers a holistic and individualised support plan to meet their specific needs and goals. They are supported to lead a healthier lifestyle by exercising, planning healthy meals, and participating in recreational activities.

Improved Learning

Having a disability can affect an individual's functional ability. Most people with disabilities will have limited performance, which results in a lack of independence. To help NDIS participants, the NDIS will provide support where they can improve and develop essential skills to lead comfortable and independent lives. The NDIS participants will receive a variety of training and therapy programs to meet their unique needs, goals, and conditions.

Better Life Choices

To further assist NDIS participants, the NDIS can guide decision-making to ensure that they achieve their goals in life. As most people with disabilities have no confidence in decision-making due to the restrictions caused by their condition, the NDIS can support them by teaching them skills such as managing tasks, financial planning, contacting service providers among others.

Improved Relationships

The NDIS participants' well-being is one of the priorities of the program. Hence, it is also important to improve their relationships with those around them. NDIS can fund a variety of support interventions, including family therapy, behavioural therapy, and social development programs.

Transportation

The NDIS participants who are unable to use public transportation because of their special needs are provided means by the NDIS to make sure that they can receive transportation support. However, this assistance comes with restrictions and some travelling activities may not be covered.

Consumables

The NDIS recognises that most people with disabilities need financial assistance to purchase essential items to lead a comfortable life. Some of the items covered by the insurance are personal hygiene needs and toiletries.

Assistive Technology

To achieve the NDIS goal of improving the lives of NDIS participants, assistive technology is also supported to improve the multitasking ability of participants. The NDIS can provide tools to improve mobility and communication and also offer modifications on vehicles to meet the needs of the NDIS participant.

Housing Changes

The NDIS also provides housing change assistance to improve participants' accommodation and ensure that it is safe and suitable for living, given their condition. There might be a need to install tools and equipment such as ramps, bathroom poles, and chairlifts.

Tools and Equipment Assistance

To assure that the NDIS participants can improve their social skills and partake in the community, NDIS can assist them in accessing community events and activities that are beneficial to encourage and improve their social relationships.

Social and Community Participation

To ensure that NDIS participants can improve their social skills and participate in the community, the NDIS can assist them in accessing community events and activities that are beneficial to fostering and enhancing their social relationships People with disabilities can withdraw from people around them and the NDIS can help increase their participation in the society. The NDIS programs have recreation activities so NDIS participants are encouraged to socialise and meet new people.

Support Coordination

To ensure NDIS participants receive the appropriate support, the NDIS can help them connect with NDIS-registered service providers in their area and other healthcare professionals to conveniently manage support.

Employment

To ensure that NDIS participants can lead comfortable and independent lives, the NDIS can help participants find and keep a job for a stable life. The resources provided by the NDIS can help them adapt to their workplace, enhance their resumes and provide referrals within the community.

NDIS Services Eligibility Criteria

Thousands of Australians are already benefiting from NDIS services. Because the support provided by NDIS is beneficial to people with permanent and significant disabilities, the NDIS has established eligibility criteria to ensure that NDIS funds are provided fairly and appropriately. If you are eligible for NDIS funding, the following criteria apply:

Age 7 to 65
Australian residents and citizens
Permanent visa holders
Protected Special visa holders
Need assistance from another person because of a permanent and significant disability
Use special equipment because of a permanent and significant disability

For more details on NDIS services, New Castle citizens and residents with a permanent and significant disability can contact Positive Moods through the following channels: