National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Call MS Connect on 1800 042 138
The NDIS is a new way of providing individualised support and services for eligible people living with a permanent and significant impairment. Hundreds of people affected by multiple sclerosis are accessing NDIS-funded support and services across Australia.
We're here to keep you informed about NDIS developments, help you understand what this means for you and help you prepare for entry into the scheme.
We also have several publications if you want to dive deeper into the background, tools to help you prepare for your conversation with the National Disability Insurance Agency, stories of those who are already participants of the scheme, and answers to your common questions.
Our MS NDIS Services
We are registered to provide a number of NDIS services:
MS Support Coordination and Connection is all about making your NDIS plan active. Many people find it challenging to implement the support and services included in their plans.
The NDIS may provide funding for Support Coordination or Connection to help you put your plan into action and strengthen your ability to manage your own plan in the long term.
- Support Coordination is more in-depth support, often face-to-face, includes more hours of working together and tends to be for more complex needs.
- Support Connection is more focused on supporting you to manage your plan independently, is usually delivered over the phone, and includes less hours.
You should discuss this at your planning conversation. You get to choose your own Support Coordinator or Connector. This comes under the ‘Coordination of Supports’ support cluster.
MS physiotherapy assessment is all about developing strategies to better manage your symptoms, improve your mobility and to be as independent as possible.
We start this process with a specialist neurological assessment.
This assessment comes under the ‘Activities of daily living’ support cluster.
MS occupational therapy assessment is all about supporting you to be as independent as possible, and to keep participating at home, work and socially.
This includes developing strategies and using the right equipment or home modifications to support you in all the everyday things you want to do. We can also train you to use your new equipment.
This assessment comes under the ‘Activities of daily living’ support cluster.
MS continence assessment is all about looking into what products, treatments and other strategies will help you take control of your bowel and bladder issues.
This assessment comes under the ‘Activities of daily living’ support cluster. Our specialist continence facilities are based in our Blackburn VIC and Lidcombe NSW offices. → Are you continence ready for NDIS?
The NDIS is designed to help people with disability participate in activities of daily living – and one category of support is consumables, which assists you to purchase your continence equipment.
It’s important when considering your plan to know your continence needs. If you’ve never had a continence assessment, here are some questions to ask yourself ...
- Has your bladder function changed for the worse?
- Are you confident to participate in social activities?
- Do you regularly experience leakage of urine or uncontrollable loss of stool or gas from the bowel?
- Are you constantly constipated?
- Do you suffer from urinary tract infections?
- Are you happy with the equipment you use to maintain continence? Is it easy to use and care for?
- Does your catheter regularly block?
- Is your skin free of excoriation?
If you experience any of the above issues, a Continence Nurse Advisor can assess you and advise you of the products that would best suit your needs.
To discuss your situation, contact MS Connect on 1800 042 138 and ask to speak with our MS Continence Advisor.