Can you grow more hours in your day? The answer is, unfortunately, no – but you can make the hours work better for you with the right home environment.
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Without the right design and equipment, people with a disability and their families often lose hours every day trying to overcome home structural barriers to complete basic activities of daily living.
The NDIS is about setting and achieving meaningful goals but these goals need to start somewhere and that somewhere usually involves moving safely and efficiently in and around or just getting out of your home.
Scope Home Access’ CEO, Anne Reeve says, “We have been providing Occupational Therapy Assessment (OT) and building home modifications for people with a disability for almost 30 years and to NDIS participants for over four years now.
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“It’s not just safety and mobility that influence our OT’s NDIS home assessments but a person’s desire for independence or access to new activities, learning opportunities or employment is considered. Our builders love working with OTs to help make people’s NDIS goals a reality.
“It’s very satisfying to see a person start to feel more confident in their home environment where previously they faced daily, time consuming frustrations. While NDIA is still developing many of their processes, particularly for complex home modifications, our builders have become experienced in supporting applications to meet the stringent NDIS criteria.”
Anne says, “We welcome the new NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework in place from July 1, 2018, especially for home modification services. This will undoubtedly help to regulate quality service provision and clarify compliance expectations for both participants and service providers.”
Accessibility issues in the bathroom, kitchen or home/transport entry areas can ‘steal’ hours out of a person’s day when a room or equipment design is a hindrance rather than a help.
A rail, ramp, door or tap handles or even a small step wedge in the right position can be just as important as complex structural interventions. While safety across activities of daily living has always been a major consideration for modifying the home, more and more there is an emphasis being placed on greater independence for participants under NDIS.
The right home modifications, partnered with appropriate equipment or assistive technology, can help support a daily routine that may enable people with a disability to apply for longer hours or manage full-time employment. Smooth, efficient care processes at home mean getting out the door quicker with more hours available to work or work towards achieving those important personal goals.
For more information call the Scope Home Access NDIS client services officer on 1300 765 887 or find them on Facebook.
