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July 2023
Sample NDIS plans
Tags: allied health, NDIS, NDIS housing resources, NDIS plan, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC), support coordinator
Description:
This guide includes five sample plans for people in differing circumstances with examples of how the NDIS can support participants to exercise choice and control to lead an ordinary life.
These sample plans are to give you a place to start. We have also included a pre-planning tool to help you to develop your own plan so you can keep a record of your planning meeting.
First published: March 2018
Last updated: July 2023

June 2023
Residential aged care costs for NDIS participants
Tags: nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
The aim of this fact sheet is to describe these line items and to provide RACFs, NDIS plan managers and financial intermediaries with tailored information and guidance for the smooth implementation of this reform.
First published: June 2018
Last updated: June 2023

June 2023
How to fill out the NDIS Access Request Form
Tags: access request, NDIS plan, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
If you are working in a residential aged care facility, or a health service, you might be supporting a person with disability to submit this NDIS access request. This resource is designed to help.
First published: April 2018
Last updated: June 2023

January 2022
Andrew’s story – What life is like in aged care
Tags: nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
Andrew tells us what life is like for him as a young person living in aged care and what the barriers are for him to leave aged care.

December 2019
Lisa is moving out of aged care
Tags: accessible housing, NDIS, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC), royal commission, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
Description:
Lisa has lived in a nursing home for about 6 years. Her main goal was to get of the nursing home. Lisa shares how it feels to be preparing to move into an SDA apartment.

September 2019
Voices Royal Commission need to hear
Tags: nursing home, residential aged care (RAC), royal commission, submission
Description:
Learn why the Aged Care Royal Commission needs to hear the
experiences of younger people who have experience living
in aged care, or who are at risk of going into aged care.
Listen to workshop participants as they tell their stories.

September 2019
True stories, Practical Solutions – Submission to the Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety
Tags: nursing home, residential aged care (RAC), royal commission, submission
Description:
The submission identifies the key policy and systemic changes needed to stop young people being forced into aged care. It covers what needs to change and how it can happen.

August 2018
Chris’s aged care story
Tags: hospital discharge, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
Two and half years ago Chris was hospitalised. Chris knew he couldn’t return to his home in Launceston, he wanted to move closer to his parents on the north west coast of Tasmania. With no choices this would mean living in a nursing home.

July 2018
Masoud’s story
Tags: disability support, NDIS, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
The story of the strong bond between brothers. Edris’ main goal for his brother, Masoud, is for him to move out of aged care. Edris is hoping the NDIS will assist with this.

June 2018
The NDIS and aged care fees
Tags: NDIS plan, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
This information is for people with complex support needs, eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and who are preparing to move into a residential aged care facility (RACF), or are currently living in aged care – as well as their families, supporters, guardians and/or administrators.
This guide explains the different RACF fees and charges and whether or the not the NDIS will include funds in your NDIS Plan to pay them.

June 2018
Life in a nursing home
Tags: hospital discharge, NDIS, nursing home
Description:
Daniel went from hospital to a nursing home. He shares his experiences and ideas on how to improve the life of young people living in nursing homes.

June 2018
Deborah’s aged care story
Tags: hospital discharge, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC)
Description:
It all started Christmas Eve 2015. Deborah went from thinking about what she was going to cook for Christmas Day, to being in intensive care with all her organs shutting down. That was the beginning of Deborah’s journey into aged care.

March 2018
Michelle’s housing journey
Tags: independence, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC), Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
Description:
At the age of 19, Michelle suffered an asthma attack and spent nearly two years in a nursing home. This is Michelle’s journey to once again living independently.

November 2016
Vicki Wilkinson: Pathway into a Nursing Home
Tags: health professional, hospital discharge, nursing home, residential aged care (RAC), support coordinator
Description:
If Vicki had more health support at crucial times following her injury her four year stay in a nursing home could have been avoided.