Assistance with Daily Life referrals for NDIS coordinators
One-to-one help in a participant’s own home — personal care, hygiene, dressing, meal preparation and in-home support — so they can live more independently.
NDIS registration group: Assistance with daily personal activities
What Daily Life is under the NDIS
Assistance with Daily Life is a Core Supports category under the NDIS (also listed as "Daily Activities") that funds hands-on help with everyday personal tasks. For this in-home support type, it covers a support worker assisting a participant with personal activities in their own home so they can live as independently and safely as possible.
It typically includes personal care and hygiene, showering and dressing, toileting and continence support, meal preparation, medication prompting, mobility and transfers, and general in-home assistance. Because it sits in the Core Supports budget, funding is flexible and can usually be used across the day, evening and overnight depending on the participant's assessed needs.
Providers do not have to be NDIS-registered to deliver this support for plan-managed or self-managed participants; however, participants whose plans are NDIA (agency) managed must use a provider registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. High-intensity personal care carries additional worker skill and practice standard requirements.
What it covers
- Personal hygiene, showering and bathing
- Dressing, grooming and personal presentation
- Toileting and continence support
- Meal preparation and assistance with eating
- Medication prompting and administration support
- Mobility, transfers and repositioning
- Morning and evening routines (getting up, going to bed)
- Overnight support, including active overnight and sleepover
- High-intensity personal care (e.g. PEG feeding, catheter, bowel care) by appropriately skilled workers
- Support to keep the participant's immediate living environment safe and clean
Who it suits
Refer for Assistance with Daily Life when a participant needs regular, hands-on help with self-care and everyday personal tasks in their own home. It suits participants with disability affecting personal care, mobility or daily routines who want to remain living independently, whether that support is a few hours a week or across multiple daily and overnight shifts.
How to refer Daily Life on Novida
Start by searching Novida for verified providers who deliver Assistance with Daily Life in the participant's area. Filter by location and support type, then shortlist providers who match the participant's needs, cultural or language preferences, and preferred times of support.
Before you send a referral, check each provider's registration status against the participant's plan-management type and confirm they have current capacity to take on new work at the frequency required. Then contact the provider directly with a complete referral: participant consent, NDIS number, plan-management type, the relevant Core line items and available budget, the support frequency and shift pattern, and any specific requirements such as high-intensity care, hoist transfers, gender of worker, or overnight cover.
Novida is free to use and never sits in the middle of the referral. You contact the provider directly and manage the relationship from there, so there is no third party between you and the service delivering the support.
What to check before you refer
- Confirm the provider's registration status matches the plan-management type — NDIA (agency) managed participants must use an NDIS-registered provider, while plan-managed and self-managed participants can use unregistered providers.
- For high-intensity personal care (such as PEG feeding, complex bowel care, catheter or ventilation support), verify the provider's workers meet the NDIS High Intensity Support Skills Descriptors and the provider works to the relevant High Intensity Daily Personal Activities practice standard.
- Confirm the participant's plan has Assistance with Daily Life funding in Core Supports with enough budget for the required frequency, including any evening, weekend or overnight shifts.
Daily Life — NDIS price limits (2026–27)
- Assistance With Self-Care Activities - Standard - Weekday Daytime — $67.56 per hour (01_011_0107_1_1)
- Assistance With Self-Care Activities - Standard - Saturday — $95.07 per hour (01_012_0107_1_1)
How it’s priced
"Assistance with Daily Life is generally priced per hour under the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (formerly the NDIS Price Guide), with different price limits for weekday daytime, evening, night, Saturday, Sunday and public holiday support. Rates also vary by support intensity and staff-to-participant ratio, and overnight support is priced separately as active overnight or sleepover."
Coordinator FAQs — Daily Life
- Does a provider need to be NDIS-registered to deliver Assistance with Daily Life?
- It depends on the participant's plan management. If the plan is NDIA (agency) managed, the participant must use a provider registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. If the plan is plan-managed or self-managed, the participant can use unregistered providers as well. Always confirm the provider's status against…
- Which part of the plan funds this support?
- Assistance with Daily Life sits in the Core Supports budget, listed as Daily Activities. Core funding is generally flexible, so it can often be used across different daily activity supports and times of day based on the participant's needs. Check the participant's plan to confirm Core funding is available and that the projected frequency…
- What is the difference between this and Supported Independent Living (SIL)?
- This in-home support type is one-to-one personal care delivered in the participant's own home. SIL is help with daily tasks in a shared living arrangement, usually with other participants, and is quoted and funded differently. If the participant lives in shared or supported accommodation, refer for SIL rather than in-home Assistance with…
- Can Assistance with Daily Life include overnight support?
- Yes. It can include overnight support, delivered as either active overnight, where the worker is awake and available throughout the shift, or a sleepover, where the worker sleeps but is on call. These are priced differently under the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, so specify which pattern the participant needs when you refer.
- What should I check for high-intensity personal care?
- For high-intensity supports such as PEG feeding, complex bowel care, catheter, tracheostomy or ventilation support, confirm the provider's workers meet the NDIS High Intensity Support Skills Descriptors and that the provider works to the High Intensity Daily Personal Activities practice standard. This helps ensure the participant receives…
- How is Assistance with Daily Life priced?
- It is generally priced per hour under the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, with different limits for weekday daytime, evening, night, Saturday, Sunday and public holiday shifts. Prices also vary by support intensity and staff-to-participant ratio. Novida does not set prices; confirm current rates with the provider and against…
- Can a family member be paid to provide this support?
- Generally no. The NDIS only funds family members or close associates to deliver personal care in limited, exceptional circumstances, and this must be justified and agreed with the NDIA. In most cases Assistance with Daily Life is delivered by a support worker from a provider. Refer any request for family-provided support back through the…
- What information should my referral include?
- Include the participant's consent, NDIS number, plan-management type, the relevant Core line items and available budget, and the support frequency and shift pattern. Add any specific requirements such as high-intensity care, hoist or manual transfers, preferred gender or language of worker, and overnight needs. A complete referral helps…
- Does Novida arrange the support or sit between me and the provider?
- No. Novida is a free directory that helps you find and compare verified providers. You contact the chosen provider directly and manage the referral and ongoing relationship yourself. Novida never sits in the middle of the referral or takes a cut, so there is no third party between you, the participant and the service delivering support.
Related NDIS registration groups
- Supported Independent Living (SIL) referrals
- Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) referrals
- Short Term Accommodation & Respite referrals
- High Intensity Daily Support referrals
- Household Tasks referrals
- Home Modifications referrals
How to check a provider’s credentials
- NDIS Commission provider register — NDIS registration
- How worker screening works — Worker screening
- Make a complaint to the NDIS Commission — Complaints & conduct