Personal Care

Assisting the individual in NDIS daily activities to be as independent as possible. Participants can receive support at home. Aiding or supervision to participants to learn to live independently to the extent possible.

Personal care supports relate to assistance with daily personal activities including assistance with, or supervision of, personal tasks of daily life. For example:

• Personal hygiene, including showering, bathing, oral hygiene, dressing and grooming.
• Toileting, bladder and bowel management and menstrual care.
• Eating and drinking.
• Attending appointments.
• Use of aids and appliances, hearing and communication devices.
• Mobility and transferring, for example moving in and out of bed and on or off the toilet; or
• Application of splints, basic first aid due to injuries sustained as a result of a participant’s disability.