NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME
What is the NDIS and how does it work?
How can Yarra home care assist you?
Eligibility
NDIS Contact details
What is it?
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides funding to Australians living with a disability, their families and carers, to purchase the support they need to live an ordinary life.
How does it work?
The NDIS takes a flexible approach, working with people with a disability, their families and carers to develop personalised plans. Under the NDIS people with disability have more choice and control over how, when and where their supports are provided. They also have a greater certainty that they will receive the reasonable and necessary supports they need over their lifetime.
The support planning team at Yarra Home Care work with people and their families to ensure that they have the best possible opportunities to lead a happy and fulfilling life. We assist people to develop their own personal life plans, set their individual goals and then provide the right supports to achieve these.
Disability service providers are an important part of the NDIS, delivering supports and services that help people achieve their goals. Support providers apply to register with the NDIS under “registration groups”.
Yarra home care are currently registered to provide the following supports under the NDIS:
0136 Group/Centre Activities
0131 Specialised Disability Accommodation
0125 Participate Community
0115 Daily Tasks / Shared Living
0107 Assist – Personal Activities
0104 Assist – Personal Activities High
Yarra Home Care is a registered provider of NDIS and has been working with people with disability and their families.
If you are eligible for transition to the NDIS, or have an NDIS plan; our Support Planners can guide you through the necessary processes to access the support that you need through Yarra home care programs and services
They will assist you to access the information you need to make informed decisions and ensure that you are connected with the support services that are right for you.
How Yarra Home Care uses the NDIS Price Guide
Yarra Home Care is guided by the prices indicated in the NDIS Price Guide when charging rates. Each time the NDIS update the Price Guide, Yarra home care updates and charges rates accordingly.
Yarra Home Care charge the Temporary Transformation Payment (TTP) rate for all community and social participation activities. Guide that Yarra Home Care bases all fees and charges against.
Due to the amount of codes documented within the Price Guide, Yarra Home Care has put together in a simple table, a breakdown of the specific rates applicable to the supports that Yarra Home Care charge against is available.
Eligibility for the NDIS
There are a number of factors which determine your eligibility for support under the NDIS. You may be eligible to receive funding within the NDIS if:
- you are under 65 years of age
- you are and Australian citizen, a permanent resident, Or New Zealand citizen who is a protected Special Category Visa holder
- you have a permanent of significant disability that requires help from others to do things, equipment or assistive technology.
If you currently receive disability services you will be contacted by the National Disability Insurance Agency. If you are not currently receiving disability services you may still be eligible for the NDIS. You will need to contact the NDIS directly to complete and access request form.
Your plan will be based on your goals, circumstances and needs and can include things like your living arrangements, employment, transport, social activities and aspirations. Some people may require more than one meeting with their planner.
Find out more about the NDIS
There NDIS website is a wealth of knowledge and is updated regularly with new information. There are lots of current news articles, personal stories and Fact Sheets available on the NDIS website.There are many different outlets available via social media, advocacy groups and other ways you to find out about peoples personal stories. A popular social media discussion group called NDIS Grassroots Discussion Group on Facebook, is a place for members to share information and have conversations around the NDIS. Yarra home care does not participate in this discussion group – nor advocate for them, but many family members share their experiences via this medium.
Disability Loop is another website designed to provide information about the NDIS You can also contact our office on 03 8538 2699 for further information or email us at admin@yarrahomecare.com.au with any specific questions you have and we will get the relevant staff member to call you back.