What is NDIS Assistance with Daily Life

NDIS Assistance with Daily Life provides support or supervision for day-to-day personal tasks, helping you live as independently as possible. These services can be provided in a variety of settings, including your own home.

Helping you to live Independently
If you can look after yourself but need some extra help with certain tasks, our Assistance with Daily Living services can make it possible.

Assistance with Daily Living means you stay in your own home, and a Challenge Disability Services team member will visit you in your home for several hours each week, depending on how much support you need.

Our qualified and friendly staff can help you with: 

• Assistance to help you live in a home independently with support to do daily living activities such as cooking your favourite meal, simple cleaning skills to keep yourself organised, you might like a vegetable garden, there are many aspects of the way we can support you. 
• Help with personal activities such as personal hygiene, medication administration prompts and reminders to work with you keep you in good health 
• Making new friends and developing social skills to build new relationships 
• Learning how to stay safe at home with as much or as little support for your needs 
• Assisting with developing individual skills and completing goals 
• Support with setting goals around budgeting 
• Travel training skills so you can travel independently and feel confident doing so, or transportation support if required. 

Are You Eligible for Assisted Daily Living Support?

Your eligibility for daily living support is part of your NDIS plan and falls under one of the core supports that allow you to live independently in the community and at home. Based on the functional status determined by your measurement for activity of daily living, you might be able to receive additional funding to live independently, either at home or in a shared living arrangement.

In your NDIS plan, you may find any of these types of assistance as a form of assisted daily living:

• Daily personal assistance
• Assistance with household chores
• Living together in a shared apartment

• Living independently with support
• Short-term respite.

These provide funding for daily living, allowing you to hire a professional team, like ours, to support you in various ways and improve your independence.