Personal care supports

Personal care supports

Personal care is a core support at FWBS. Our support workers are selected based on their skills and experiences to deliver Personal Care Supports. 

Personal care supports may be required across a variety of settings. For example, a participant living alone in their own home, living with family or other people, when undertaking social, recreational, education or employment activities or during holidays away from home.

At Focused Wellbeing Services we assist NDIS participants with Personal Care Supports, including:

• personal hygiene, including showering, bathing, oral hygiene, dressing and grooming;
• toileting, bladder and bowel management and menstrual care
• eating and drinking
• use of aids and appliances, hearing and communication devices
• mobility and transferring, for example moving in and out of bed and on or off the toilet
•  basic first aid due to injuries sustained as a result of a participant’s disability.

Personal care supports relate to assistance with daily personal activities including assistance with, or supervision of, personal tasks of daily life. For example:

• personal hygiene, including showering, bathing, oral hygiene, dressing and grooming;
• toileting, bladder and bowel management and menstrual care;
• eating and drinking;
• attending appointments;
• use of aids and appliances, hearing and communication devices;
• mobility and transferring, for example moving in and out of bed and on or off the toilet; or
• application of splints, basic first aid due to injuries sustained as a result of a participant’s disability.

Personal care supports may be required across a variety of settings. For example, a participant living alone in their own home, living with family or other people, when undertaking social, recreational, education or employment activities or during holidays away from home.

When personal care supports are being considered, the NDIA will have regard to the degree to which these supports:

• maximise the independence and functional skills of the participant;
• are appropriate to the participant’s age and circumstances; and
• whether alternative arrangements or supports could meet a participant’s needs in a less intrusive manner. For example, aids and equipment may enable a participant to complete tasks for themselves or the provision of training may increase the participant’s independence in the tasks.

Click here to get in touch with us to find out how we can support you with your personal care needs or visit the NDIS website https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/operational-guidelines/including-specific-types-supports-plans-operational-guideline/including-specific-types-supports-plans-operational-guideline-personal-care-supports