NDIS household tasks support in Adelaide

Household tasks are NDIS supports for essential jobs around your home that you can't do yourself because of your disability. The NDIS lists meal preparation and delivery, house or yard maintenance, and cleaning and laundry. A worker does the job with you or for you. If you'd rather learn to do it yourself, that's daily living and life skills support.

Core Supports pays for household tasks, under the support category Assistance with daily life. The NDIS says you can use that funding to hire support workers for everyday tasks like cleaning, yard maintenance and cooking. Core Supports funding is flexible, so you can spend it across its categories, as long as each support is an NDIS support and in line with your plan.

No. The work overlaps, but this is disability support. Trained workers deliver it, working to your NDIS plan and the NDIS Practice Standards. The NDIS funds help with household tasks you can't do yourself because of your disability, so your support is shaped around what you can and can't manage, not around a standard cleaning list.

Yes. A worker can shop with you, or shop for you from your list. The groceries themselves are a day-to-day living cost, so you pay for them, not your NDIS funding. If you'd like to learn to shop on your own, compare prices and stick to a budget, that's daily living and life skills support instead.

Yes, basic upkeep is included: mowing, weeding, and keeping outdoor areas safe to use. The NDIS lists house or yard maintenance under household tasks, for jobs you can't do yourself because of your disability. Landscaping isn't included, and neither are building repairs or fencing, which the NDIS treats as day-to-day living costs rather than NDIS supports.

That's what we aim for. Having the same worker wherever possible means you're not explaining your house, your routine and where things are kept on every visit. Complete continuity isn't always possible across leave. Ask us about it when we agree your support in writing.

Household Tasks pays for someone to do the job for you, from Core Supports. Development of Daily Living and Life Skills pays for someone to teach you to do it yourself, then step back, from Capacity Building. They're different categories, and many people have both: someone doing the heavy cleaning while you build up to your own laundry and cooking.

Generally, no. The NDIS lists groceries, including cleaning and household products, as day-to-day living costs, and NDIS funding can't be spent on them. You buy your own cleaning products and standard equipment. The exception is low-cost equipment that makes cleaning easier because of your disability, which you may be able to buy with your consumables funding.