The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides a range of funded support and services that assists eligible people with disabilities in actively pursuing their goals and enables them to live as independently as possible. The NDIS gives their participants choice and control over how to effectively use their NDIS funding and the way their support will be delivered, including the choice of providers. Supported Independent Living and Respite Care Support are two different types of home and living support that can be funded in an NDIS plan. While both supports are designed to provide the required assistance to NDIS
participants, they differ in terms of the specific participant needs they serve.
Supported Independent Living (SIL) assists participants with higher support needs to be independent at home. It especially helps young participants who are above 18 to move out of parental care or the homes of their loved ones and enables them to live on their own. Meanwhile, Short Term Accommodation, including respite provides assistance to participants to live out of their homes for a brief period. This will not only help the participants but also their caregivers as they can take a break from their carer role. Supported Independent Living (SIL)support can aid the participant with their daily activities such as bathing, getting dressed, meal preparation and household chores. On the other hand, Respite Support covers the cost of personal care, accommodation, food and assistance for capacity-building activities that the participant has agreed to. Unlike Supported Independent Living which is a long-term support, participants can only access up to 28 days of Short-Term Accommodation per year.
A registered NDIS service provider like Aastha Community Services can help the participants access Supported Independent Living and Short-Term Accommodation, including respite depending on their individual disability support needs. Contact us today to find out which support is more suitable for you and better aligns with your goals.
