Below is a series of resources that the Summer Foundation has prepared about accessing housing; they are designed for people with disability, their families and supporters, support coordinators and allied health professionals.
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November 2023
Choosing a support coordinator
Tags: disability support, NDIS plan, support coordinator, Support resources
Description:
We have created a guide to help you choose a support coordinator. We have included ideas for important things you might want to know about your support coordinator, and questions you might want to ask them.
September 2023
My housing preferences
Tags: allied health, housing resources, NDIS plan, support coordinator
Description:
This tool helps you think about where you want to live, who you would like to live with and the type of housing that you would like to live in. You can use this tool to tell your housing story and work out your housing goals. You can cut and paste the information from this tool into housing application forms.
September 2023
Stories of young people in aged care
Tags: aged care resources, NDIS
Description:
The Summer Foundation connected with people with disability to share their personal stories of living in aged care.
August 2023
Housing Needs and Preferences to Support Discharge
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, hospital resources, housing
Citation:
The Housing Needs and Preferences to Support Discharge Guide and Template are for health professionals to support a person with disability to describe the housing and support they want and need so that they can be discharged to suitable housing.
July 2023
About Specialist Disability Accommodation
Tags: housing, housing resources, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
Description:
This resource provides an overview of housing options, including Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The role of SDA is explained along with how SDA payments, provided in an individual participant’s plan, flow through to a registered provider of SDA housing.
June 2023
SDA payments guide
Tags: allied health, housing resources, NDIS, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), support coordinator
Description:
This guide explains what Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) payments are, who they are paid to and how they are accessed. For people who have SDA payments included in their NDIS Plan, it explains how to make the most of this funding.
June 2023
Mainstream housing options
Tags: allied health, housing, housing resources, NDIS plan, support coordinator
Description:
Most people with disability will not get Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) in their NDIS plan, but still want to choose where they live and who they live with. This guide is for you. It explains the different types of mainstream housing (any housing that is not SDA) and will help you look for housing that suits you.
June 2023
June 2023
Allied health housing assessments guide
Tags: allied health, NDIS, support coordinator
Description:
The aim of this guide is to assist support coordinators and allied health professionals collaborate on Housing Plans for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants. Housing Plans rely on appropriately framed allied health assessments and reports to support the participant pursue their goals and aspirations.
June 2023
Guide to NDIS pre-planning
Tags: NDIS participant, NDIS plan, NDIS resources
Description:
Pre-planning is the process of developing a detailed plan that is individualised to the NDIS participant, prior to the planning meeting with an NDIS planner. This resource describes how to use NDIS language and descriptions for disability related supports. It includes an example of a pre-plan template that incorporates NDIS legislative requirements.
Download the pre-plan template.
June 2023
Support Coordinators – who are they and how can they support me
Tags: NDIS participant, NDIS plan, NDIS resources, support coordinator
Description:
A support coordinator is someone paid by the NDIS to help you understand and implement your plan. They can help you with a range of of different things as outlined in this resource.
June 2023
Urgent access request cover letter
Tags: NDIS
Description:
In some circumstances a person may be vulnerable to risk and need urgent supports. For example, they may be going back to live in a community setting with few supports of any kind after they are discharged from hospital, or they may not be able to return home and may be at risk of moving into a residential aged care facility.
Download a Word document template of the letter
May 2023
Getting the language right
Tags: complex support, NDIS, NDIS resources
Description:
How to write effective support documentation for people with disabilities and complex health and support needs seeking access to the NDIS.
May 2023
Collaborative discharge approach – An overview
Tags: community, complex support, hospital resources, NDIS
Description:
A Collaborative Discharge Approach (CDA) is a process to ensure that people under 65 with disability or complex support needs in hospital can achieve an effective and timely discharge back into the community with National Disability Insurance System (NDIS) supports. This overview provides a snapshot of how health can work with support coordinators to achieve this and includes links to resources that align with specific actions.
May 2023
Key NDIS roles and how they can support you
Tags: disability support, NDIS, NDIS resources
Description:
Key NDIS support roles each have a different responsibility for making sure that you have the assistance you need to connect with the NDIS and make the most of the support and funding that the NDIS can offer you.
May 2023
What are advocates and how can they help me?
Tags: NDIS, NDIS resources, Support resources
Description:
A disability advocate is someone who acts to promote, defend and protect the rights of a person with disability. This resource looks at what kinds of things advocates can help with as well as where to go to get more information relevant to the state you live in.
May 2023
Moving into residential aged care – here’s how the NDIS can support you
Tags: aged care, aged care resources, NDIS
Description:
If you are under 65 and moving in to residential aged care, you may be able to access additional supports through the NDIS that are not available through aged care funding.
June 2019
Making a training video for support workers
Tags: participant led videos, Support resources, support worker, training
Description:
These resources can help you make a training video about what your support worker should know about you, how your support worker can support you to do something, or how your support worker should act with you. There are 5 resources to help a person make their training video. Some of these are for the person themselves and some are for other people or organisations.
June 2018
Hospital discharge video resources
Tags: hospital discharge, hospital resources, occupational therapist
Description:
Occupational Therapists share their experience of the hospital discharge process for people with a newly-acquired disability.