Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living
The Improved Daily Living support category includes assessment, training, strategy development, and therapeutic supports to promote skill development, or to build a participant’s capacity for independence and community participation.
The types of professionals who may operate under Improved Daily Living are:
- Development Educator
- Early Childhood Educator
- Qualified Allied Health Professionals (e.g., Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Speech Pathologist, Physiotherapist, Psychologist, Counsellor, Exercise Physiologist, Dietician, Audiologist, Art Therapist, Music Therapist, Podiatrist)
- Nurse
- Therapy Assistance Level 1 or 2
As well as direct service provision, Improved Daily Living can be used to claim for:
- Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
- Provider Travel
- Short Notice Cancellations
- NDIA Requested Reports
Early Childhood Intervention Supports (under 7 years)
These support items are used for the assessment, planning, and delivery of supports for children aged under seven years old. Early Childhood Intervention Supports are intended to support families and children to work towards increased independence in daily activities and social participation, with a goal of reducing the need for future supports.
Therapy Supports (over 7 years)
Under the NDIS, therapy supports are for participants with an established disability, where maximum medical improvement has been reached, to facilitate functional improvement. These support items are used for the assessment, planning, and delivery of disability-related health supports which directly relate to a participant’s significant and permanent functional impairment.
Disability-Related Health Supports funded by the NDIS include, but are not limited to:
- The provision of Nursing Care to respond to the disability-related health needs of a participant where that care is not the usual responsibility of the health system.
- The provision of Hearing Services not covered under the MBS performed by a suitably qualified Audiologist or Audio metrist.
- The provision of Specialised Driver Training Support where driving lessons are required due to the impact of a participant’s disability. This item should be in response to an assessment by a Specialist Driver Trained Occupational Therapist.