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Oct 2019
NDIS Funding – Client Update
The NDIS have announced that from 1 October 2019 they will be funding disability related health supports under the following categories:
- continence supports
- diabetic management supports
- dysphagia supports
- epilepsy supports
- nutrition supports
- podiatry supports
- respiratory supports
- wound and pressure care supports
The NDIS was created to fund disability supports and not replace the services that are funded via other Federal and State departments such as Health and Education.
Still, a grey area exists in determining where people need to go to access funding. Announcements like this help to clarify things.
Of particular interest to our clients will be funding for Epilepsy supports, which will include funding for:
- Training of an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent worker to implement the participant’s Epilepsy Management Plan (EMP) and/or Emergency Medication Management Plan (EMMP).
- Epilepsy seizure monitoring by an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent worker including the application of assistive technology.
The Dysphagia funded supports will include:
- Development and periodic review of a meal time management plan by an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent clinician.
- Implementation of a meal time management plan by an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent worker.
- Development and periodic review of an oral eating and drinking care plan (OEDCP) by an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent clinician.
- Implementation of an oral eating and drinking care plan (OEDCP) by an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent worker.
- Training of an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent worker to implement the meal time management plan and OEDCP.
- Swallowing therapy associated with dysphagia provided by an NDIS-funded suitably qualified and competent worker.
- Consumables such as thickeners to enable a participant to swallow more easily and reduce their risk of aspiration/choking.
These funding changes may be applicable to you in the following situations:
- Newly Eligible to the NDIS: these supports can now be included in your plan if deemed reasonable and necessary
- Plan Review: these supports can now be included in your plan review if deemed reasonable and necessary
- Existing Plan: Unspent core support funding can be used to purchase disability related health supports
Please visit the following ndis website page for more information: