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NDIS High Intensity Support
Expert NDIS High-Intensity Support in Australia
People have unique health needs and require different levels of care. Some people’s ill health is borne out of their old age. Some, because they are living with a disability. And others may be due to their health conditions. This means each individual requires a personalised care plan to suit their needs. SupportNetwork ensures that every individual client with any medical needs enjoys the best healthcare service through our top-notch high care services.
If you or your loved one falls into any of these categories and requires high care, you need to understand the options available and how each can significantly improve your quality of life.
Contact us today for a free consultation. You will also learn more about our high care services and the NDIS high intensity support we provide.
Understanding NDIS High Intensity Support
NDIS – National Disability Insurance Scheme is a program that provides funding for participants with permanent or significant disabilities. The NDIS is famous for the high intensity support it provides to people who require a high level of assistance to get their tasks, movement, and other acts in place. Their support includes providing communication support and aiding mobility. They also encourage social participation and interaction, and assistance with personal care for people with disabilities.
The NDIS tailors high intensity support to meet the needs of each participant. Participants undergo a comprehensive assessment process to confirm the appropriate level of support they need.
Once approved, participants will receive funds that are commensurate with their needs. This funding will be used to engage the services of a professional and reliable care service provider to provide them with the exact service needed to improve their quality of life and make them independent. These services could be therapy, home modification, purchase of support equipment, or assistive devices.
Remember, the goal is to help participants live independently, improve their quality of life, and increase their self-esteem. So they do not feel withdrawn from community activities. Individuals in the NDIS high intensity support program also have access to special equipment, aids, and advanced technology tools to enhance their daily performance. They can also benefit from various empowerment training programs focused on independence and building life-support development skills.
Sometimes, the support package provided by NDIS doesn’t match a participant’s needs, which is not ideal. To avoid this, the participants and their families need to work closely with their Local Area Coordinator (LAC) or Plan Manager to ensure that the support package aligns with their goals and aspirations. The NDIS understands the difference in every individual’s health needs, and as such, plays a significant role in ensuring participants enjoy high care services.
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NDIS high intensity Support Level
The classification of the NDIS high intensity support program includes three levels. Each level depends on how severe the participant’s case is. It also considers how difficult and time-consuming the care pattern is.
Caregivers should check how much support their participant needs before placing them in a specific level. This is to prevent overutilisation or under-utilization of NDIS funding. The three levels are low, intermediate, and high level NDIS high intensity support.
Low Level Support
Participants under this support level need assistance with a maximum of two disability-related health services. They require minimal assistance to live an independent life. The participant at this level can still manage to carry out some activities without support but only needs occasional guidance.
For instance, a caregiver can provide personal care assistance for a few hours weekly to someone suffering from a mild disability, who can also benefit from social interactions with the community. This can enhance their quality of life by promoting independence and social inclusion.
Intermediate Level support
The Intermediate Level intensity support is designed for participants who need more assistance than those in the low level support category. They may require a registered nurse to supervise their tasks.
An example is a person with a physical disability. They may need help moving around in a wheelchair or using an assistive device. They may require physiotherapy to regain their functional abilities and need supervision with some activities like meal preparation and homemaking.
This support lets them live on their own. It also keeps them safe and comfortable.
High Level Intensity Support
This level of support is reserved for people with high care needs. They have multiple disabilities and significant health issues. The participants in this scheme require 24-hour care service. Someone with cerebral palsy or any other form of intellectual disability might fit this level.
They require all-time care and support with feeding, toileting, and therapy services like speech therapy and behavior management strategies. They may also require specialized equipment to aid mobility.
Each level at the NDIS High intensity support is designed to meet the requirement of participants and ensure they receive care and live fulfilling lives.
What Is High Care and Who Needs It?
High care service is a special form of support that ensures individuals with special needs get extensive assistance with their tasks, upbringing, and personal care. A capable healthcare provider provides this form of care through a caregiver in a residential setting or an in-home care package.
The goal of High care services is to meet the complex needs of people living with significant disability, chronic diseases, and the aged. High care service ensures these individuals receive the best care services and support to maintain their health, safety, comfortability, and well-being.
In high care services, participants are provided round-the-clock assistance due to the severity of their health challenges. You wouldn’t want to leave an elderly without help for long. Likewise, you wouldn’t want a disabled or bedridden individual running around, struggling to get things done without support. How would someone bedridden even move without help?
That is why you have to book a free consultation session with us as soon as possible.
In addition, high care health service is not just about providing physical help or assistance like medication management, personal care, and so on. Part of its focus is providing emotional and psychological support to mentally unfit individuals who are in rehab or just overcoming a long recovery process.
At SupportNetwork, we have efficient and highly trained caregivers who make all these possible through understanding, trust, and care. No one is as vulnerable as participants who are dependent on others to live comfortably, therefore the last thing you want to do is treat them like they do not matter.
We ensure each individual feels valued, respected, and well cared for. This might not be easy for untrained people to do, which is why we have capable caregivers on the ground to ease this task for you and your loved ones.
Explore our high care services today and choose a package that suits your needs.
Why Choose High Care?
● Support Integration
SupportNetwork approves support integration by using NDIS funding to cover the cost of high care services. This allows participants to easily fund their health expenses without the fear of going bankrupt or having to stop care due to lack of funds.
Funding received from the NDIS can be used to fund personal care assistance within the high care facility, therapy services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and so on, behavior support & management, and purchase of assistive technology and equipment.
● Improved Quality of Life
Choosing high care service can significantly improve your quality of life. With the right support from trained professionals, and engaging in relevant activities, your quality of health will improve.
High care services enable you to not just live and survive amidst your disabilities or health challenges but also thrive and impact.
● Social interaction
Another reason to subscribe to high care service is that it integrates community relations for participants who need it. This care plan creates the opportunity for social interaction. We organize group activities, events, and outings that encourage socialization and community building to combat loneliness, which is common among individuals with complex health needs.
● High level of support
High care service ensures participants enjoy quality healthcare services to support their well-being. You can also access trained professionals. They create care plans tailored to each client’s needs.
Paying close attention and providing care helps avoid future problems. It speeds up the recovery process and increases independence.
● Flexibility
The NDIS looks at how high care in a residential setting can be tailored to match each participant’s preference.
A participant might choose to get their care service at home instead of a facility. The flexibility of the high care in collaboration with the NDIS high intensity support services makes this possible.
● Care coordination
There is great emphasis on the coordination of care. NDIS support workers can team up with the facility staff and caregivers. This helps to keep the participant safe.
This coordination fosters collaboration between the NDIS and high care health providers. It also makes sure that funding does not affect quality. That way, participants receive consistent and integrated care for as long as needed.
● Stress Alleviation
Individuals receiving care and their family members deserve peace. They don’t have to be stressed again. At SupportNetwork, our high care service eases family worries. We ensure that their loved ones receive top care and respite support.
Respite care services help family members take short breaks while caring for their loved ones.
Access to high care health services can significantly improve your life, contact us to find out.
Services Covered Under High Care
● Medical and nursing care
High Care offers medical and nursing services through dietary management, nutrition, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy.
● Therapy
Speech therapy assistance for residents with communication defects. Helping them to express themselves more effectively. It also includes regular physiotherapy sessions to maintain and improve physical functions, and aid mobility, and independence with daily activities.
●Dietary management
High care in this form comes through helping NDIS high intensity support participants customize meal plans that meet their individual nutritional needs as prescribed by the dietician. It also includes helping them watch out for medical conditions like food poisoning, heart disease, diabetes, etc.
● Nursing services
Registered nurses provide ongoing medical care support for participants recovering from wounds, help bedridden ones pass catheters, and also monitor vital signs.
● Social and Recreational Activities
This includes organizing group activities such as art exhibitions, music therapy, sip and paint, and outings to local site attractions. In addition to this, activities based on participant’s preferences are encouraged.
A family that stays together heals together. Occasional family visits are encouraged for participants staying in facilities or nursing homes.
●Behavioural Management and Psychological Support
For participants who require more than nursing support, our service includes;
1.Behaviour Management
Helping them build strategies to manage social behaviours like aggression, ADHD, and repetitive actions using positive reinforcement techniques.
2.Mental health Support
Therapy and counselling sessions for residents who often experience anxiety, depression, and any other form of mental health challenge.
3.Personal Care and General Assistance
High care services include personal hygiene tasks, mobility support, feeding assistance, and medication management. Personal hygiene tasks include bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, shaving, grooming, and so on.
4.Medication Management
Helping participants administer their medication as prescribed by the physician in the right quantity and proportion, and according to schedule. It also includes monitoring these clients closely for side effects, reactions, or sudden changes.
5.Mobility Support
Assistance moving around within and outside the in-home environment. E.g. from the bed to the wheelchair, using mobility aids, and attending social gatherings.
6.Feeding
Support with meal preparation for residents who cannot cook and feeding for those who cannot eat independently.
7.Assistive Technology and Equipment
To support participants recovering from injuries, boost their stability, and improve psychomotor movement, there are mobility aids like wheelchairs and walkers. In addition to this, there are communication devices to assist residents with speech impairments and adaptive specialized furniture settings designed to provide comfort and safety for participants.
8.Accommodation
We offer residential accommodation for our participants who cherish their privacy. There are private and shared rooms. There are also facilities that clients can access for easy mobility like ramps, elevators, and expansive doorways, depending on the high care package they subscribe to.
For safety purposes, emergency call systems, security doors, and other safety apparatus are installed to prevent accidents.
●End-of-Life Care
We also offer end of life care services to participants at the end of their life. Our end of life services include grief counseling, advanced directives, palliative care, etc.
1.Palliative Care
For participants nearing their end of life, we help them focus on pain management, symptom relief, and provide emotional support.
2.Grief counselling
We provide emotional support for participants and their families during the hard times.
3.Advanced Directives
In the case of any last wishes, we ensure the participant’s wishes are respected and help towards achieving that.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the NDIS High Intensity Support work?
The National Disability Insurance Scheme – NDIS, is a scheme that sets aside a certain amount of money for individuals with disabilities. To be eligible, individuals undergo an assessment that will also be used to place them at a particular level. The more critical the level, the more funding you receive. There are three levels of the NDIS high intensity support program; the low level, intermediate, and high level intensity support.
Individuals with complex disabilities fall into the high intensity care services. Once the fund is approved, the participant uses it to secure high care health services to improve their living status and also purchase essential health services like respite care, therapy, mobility aiding devices, and so on.
Where in Australia are you located?
We provide services throughout Australia. Whether you are located in the city or rural area, metropolitan or regional towns, our tentacles are well-spread across the whole of Australia. We have a team of experienced caregivers all around the country waiting to get you started on a high care plan of your choice or what your NDIS funding can cater to.
How do I apply for NDIS High Intensity Support?
Application for the NDIS high intensity support can be done through your Local Area Coordinator. Contact them or a Plan Manager. They will walk you through the application process and assist you with gathering all the necessary documentation you need.
SupportNetwork also helps eligible individuals process their NDIS high intensity support funding.
Is my high care plan customizable?
Yes, it is. All our high care plans are usually created to meet the unique needs of our clients. We are partners in your care journey, hence, we do not leave you to it alone. Apart from helping with your NDIS funding, we will explain all you need to know about your care plan and routine.
Our team works with you to develop a care plan that reflects your health needs.
What support package is available for the families of high care residents?
We offer the families of our high care patients a variety of support depending on what they need and request.
For instance, for clients undergoing rehab, recovery from a long-term injury, or at the end of their life, we offer emotional support and counseling sessions to cheer them up. In cases of end-of-life care, we help them ensure the wishes of their loved ones are granted.
For patients in any of our facilities, we give their families regular updates so they can be assured that their loved one is in good shape. For families who also double as caregivers, we offer respite care services to them so they can take well-deserved rest to enable them to be refreshed for other activities.
How do you handle transition between levels?
Credit goes to our team of formidable staff as they always ensure a smooth transition between levels. First, they relate with the family of the patient and also discuss with the patient to tell them what to expect. This approach helps both parties prepare mentally for transition while our team provides adequate support and guidance all through.
If not done properly, transitioning from a care level - usually high level to low level intensity, can harm the patient or make their condition worse. Regular communication, assessments, and feedback are criteria we use to identify when a change in care level is due.
Often, there could be behavioural changes that accompany this change, but they are well managed by our esteemed team of support workers.
Our team members are well-trained in major behaviour management techniques and we work with the patients and their families to keep them abreast. In rare and complex cases, we may resort to therapeutic intervention to promote positive behaviours and well-being.
How does SupportNetwork promote independence?
As important as independence is, it can be hard to convince clients that they can fare well without external help. So our approach is showing them we respect and care for them. Once our caregivers earn their trust, they believe in us and make every other step easier.
We promote activities that boost their confidence, provide them with adaptive equipment, and physical therapy to support their movement. Another way we promote independence is by encouraging them to attend social gatherings, community meet-ups, games, and hangouts within the community.
From helping participants obtain their NDIS high intensity support to having updated resources to supportive equipment and facilities, we are more than qualified to be in charge of your high care plan.
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Providing You With the Right Support That Puts You First!
High care service is not just a care service but a vital one that enhances quality living for individuals with major care needs. With our wide variety of services, we help our clients live an independent life regardless of their health or disability status.
Be it residential high care, in-home support, or respite care, we have the best solutions that directly address your health needs. Do not hesitate to reach out for a free consultation and let’s kickstart a journey of recovery.
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