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Daily Activities

Daily activities are services that assist with and/or supervise personal tasks of daily life. Daily living supports a participant to live as independently as possible at home, and in the community. Depending on a person’s goals and needs, this part of the NDIS plan may cover assistance with or supervision of daily living activities. 

Goals of Daily Activities are to:

 

  • Enable a participant to live as autonomously as possible

  • Enable a participant to maintain their home environment

  • Support a participants independence

  • Support a participants social participation

  • Assist a participant to achieve their goals

Assistance With Personal Care

Personal care is those supports that provide assistance with, or supervision of, personal tasks in daily life so that the participant can live as autonomously as possible.

  • Bathing & Showering

  • Dressing

  • Personal Hygiene

  • Oral Hygine

  • Grooming

  • Toileting

  • Bladder & Bowel Management

  • Skin care

  • Menstrual Care

  • Eating & Drinking

  • Use of aids, appliances, hearing devices and communication devices

  • Mobility support

  • Transferring & Positioning

  • Basic First Aid

Housecleaning & Other Household Tasks

Housecleaning and other household tasks is support provided by supports workers to perform essential house cleaning activities when the participant is not able to maintain their home environment.

  • Cleaning

  • Spring cleaning

  • Vacuuming

  • Mopping the floor

  • Cleaning the bath or shower

  • Washing clothes

  • Dishwashing

  • Ironing

  • Spring cleaning

  • Specialised home based assistance for a child

  • Group training and courses in domestic tasks

  • Individual training & skill development in domestic tasks

  • Meal preparation

  • Changing linen

  • Hanging out washing

Linen Services

Linen services wash participants clothes including washing, drying, folding and even putting away clothes.

Personal Domestic Activities

Personal Domestic Activities assist participants to undertake and/or develop skills to maintain their home environment.

  • Housecleaning & Similar Tasks

  • Meal planning, preparation, cooking and baking

  • Minor home maintenance

  • Assistance with specialised equipment for household tasks

  • Individualised training and skill development in domestic tasks

  • Assist participants learn how to safely use the internet

  • Assist with the use of computers (e.g. word and excel)

  • Money management & Budgeting

  • Kitche and food handling skills

  • Develop skills in independent living

  • Assistance in developing routines

  • Develop skills around the house 

  • Paying bills

House & Yard Maintenance

House and yard maintenance is the performance of essential house and yard activities that the participant is not able to undertake.

  • Lawn mowing

  • Ride-on mowing

  • Edging and trimming

  • Hedging

  • Tidy ups

  • Rubbish removal

  • Deck oiling

  • Paintijng

  • Gardening, landscaping and maintenance

  • Mulching

  • Whipper snipping

  • Blowing pathways and driveways

  • Weeding

  • Guttering & gutter cleaning

  • Minor repairs & odd job maintenance

  • Change light bulbs

  • Replace screen doors

  • Cut low tree branches

  • Clean cement paths

  • Windows washing

  • Replace clothesline

  • Small carpentry or painting jobs

  • Unblock drains

  • Replace tap washers

  • Replace leaking taps

  • Fix door handles

  • Install smoke detectors

  • Hang pictures

  • Wheelie bin washouts

  • Weed removal

  • Lawn repair

  • Weed & pest spraying

  • Garden renovation

Preparation & Delivery of Meals

Preparation and delivery of meals provide prepared and delivered food on a weekly basis for participants who are unable to prepare and deliver meals themselves as a result of their disability.

Short-Term Accommodation (Respite)

Short-term accommodation is the integration of self-care support, accommodation, food and activities in a centre or group residence for short periods. Short-term accommodation provides overnight respite for participants and carers in an environment where participants can build independent living skills and participate in group activities and outings. Short-term accommodation provides:

  • Overnight respite

  • Engagement in activities (e.g. lunches, concerts, football and fetes)

  • Group & individual outings

  • A chance to hang out with peers, meet different people & develop friendshjips

  • Application of living skills (such as meal preparation, domestic responsibilities & shopping) to build independent living skills

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