In-home supports Household tasks
NDIS Household Tasks and Domestic Assistance in the Sunshine Coast
Cleaning, laundry, shopping and meals, so the house runs the way you want it to. Done with you where you want to build the skill, done for you where you do not.
The jobs that pile up
When energy, mobility or executive function is limited, the house is usually the first thing to slide. Dishes, laundry, bins, the shopping. None of it is dramatic and all of it makes everything else harder.
Household task support is the plan’s answer. It is funded where your disability makes the task hard, and it can be done for you, or with you if what you want is to get better at it yourself. Most people want a mix.
The worker is the same person each time, and knows where things go.
How it usually runs
- Format
- Done for you, with you, or both
- Frequency
- Weekly or fortnightly most often
- Worker
- The same person who knows the house
- In your plan
- Assistance with Daily Life, under Core
What it covers
The ordinary things, kept on top of.
Cleaning
Kitchen, bathroom, floors, surfaces. The regular jobs, regularly.
Laundry
Washing, drying, folding, and beds changed.
Shopping
The list, the shop, and putting it away. With you or for you.
Meals
Planning and preparing, and batch cooking for the week if that helps.
Bins and outside
Rubbish, recycling and the basic upkeep that stops small problems becoming big ones.
Building the skill
Learning to do it yourself, where that is what you want. We step back as you want us to.
Where we work
Across the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay
The same team and the same approach wherever you are. If you are just outside these areas, ask us. We will say yes or no.
Your house
Your way, in your house.
How things are done and where they go is yours to decide. Workers learn it once and keep to it.
- The same worker, who knows the house
- Preferences written down
- Done with you where you want to build the skill
- No judgement about the state of things
Questions about household support
Is this just cleaning?
It can be, if that is what you need. But it is funded because your disability makes the task hard, so it can also be about building the skill, or about a worker doing the parts you cannot and leaving the rest to you.
Does the NDIS fund household tasks?
Yes, under Assistance with Daily Life, where the need is related to your disability. What is funded depends on your plan; we help you understand what yours covers.
Can the same worker do personal care and household tasks?
Usually, yes, and it is often better that way. One person who knows you and the house, on one longer shift.
How often?
Weekly or fortnightly are most common. It depends on your plan and what you need kept on top of.
What slides first in your week?
Tell us. We will start there.