The NDIS provides funding to eligible people with disability to gain more time with family and friends, greater independence and an improved quality of life.
Short Term Accommodation including Respite Care
The NDIS recognise that from time-to-time people may require temporary supports that are different from their usual arrangements. Short Term Accommodation, including respite, is funding for support and accommodation for a short time away from the usual home.
The NDIS will fund up to 28 days of Short Term Accommodation respite care per year. Funding can be used flexibly. For example, a person might want to use it for 14 days at a time, or for one weekend. It’s often funded when a person’s usual carers are not available, or for a person to try new things.
Short Term Accommodation funding can be used for respite to support a person with disability and their carer/s. This gives the carer/s a short break from their caring role. Sometimes a short stay away from home:
- gives a person the chance to try new things
- can be a place to make new friends
- develop new skills and build capacity for independence
- may help to maintain the current living situation by giving informal caring supports a break.
A period of Short Term Accommodation or respite care aims to support ongoing caring arrangements between people with disabilities and their carer/s. It allows the opportunity for the person to be supported by someone else, whilst providing their carer/s with short term breaks from their usual caring responsibilities.
The NDIS does not allow Short Term Accommodation funding to be spent on holiday packages or holiday accommodation.
Short Term Accommodation or respite care can be provided at the support ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 if there is a second person to share supports with while at Reef Retreat NQ, and the 1:2 ratio is appropriate for the person.
The Beachside Day Program can be provided at the support ratio of 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3 depending on the level of assistance the person will require during their attendance to the program.
Supported Stays
The NDIS recognises that people with disability have life goals. If a person has CORE funding available in their NDIS plan, this can be used flexibly to achieve NDIS stated goals such as:
- Travel away from home
- Participate in the community
- Trying new things
- Meet new people
- Make new friends
- Develop independence
- Develop social skills
- Engage in capacity building skills
A supported stay means the person pays for the Reef Retreat NQ accommodation costs and the NDIS will fund the support services they require to stay at Reef Retreat NQ to assist or supervise with any daily living activities and personal care needs.
Supported stays for individuals can be provided at the support ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 if there is a second person to share supports with while at Reef Retreat NQ, and the 1:2 ratio is appropriate for the person.
NDIS Support Services
At Reef Retreat NQ a person can received the following services under these NDIS registration groups:
- Assistance with Daily Personal Activities (known as CORE funding)
- High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (known as CORE funding)
- Assist Travel/Transport
- Daily Tasks/Shared Living (Supported Independent Living, known as SIL)
- Development of Daily Care and Life Skills (known as Capacity Building funding)
- Participate Community (known as CORE funding)
- Group and Centre-Based Activities (used for Day Program attendance)
Eligibility
If you already have NDIS funding available in your CORE budget, you can use this flexibly for Short Term Accommodation or a supported stay.
Short Term Accommodation may suit your needs if your usual support network isn’t available to care of you for a short period of time.
You can also use short Term Accommodation as a capacity building exercise to increase your ability to live independently.
A supported stay may suit your needs if you have a goal to travel away from home or participate in the community.
If you need short term out of home or respite care or want to plan a supported stay talk to your Support Coordinator, Local Area Coordinator (LAC), NDIS Planner or Plan Nominee.
Application Process
Remember, you do not need funding for Short Term Accommodation put into your NDIS plan. You can choose to use your CORE budget on supports like Short Term Accommodation or a supported stay if it helps you pursue your NDIS stated goals.
If you are a person with a disability, to find out if you are eligible to access the NDIS or to apply for NDIS funding you can do so here:
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