Finding & Managing Support Workers for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
How support workers help with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), how to find the right one on Novida, and how to manage them well under your NDIS plan.
Support workers provide the hands-on, everyday help that makes an NDIS plan real — personal care, getting out into the community, and building daily-living skills. This guide covers what they do for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), how to find the right person, and how to manage them well.
What support workers do for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare, degenerative brain condition caused by the build-up of a protein called tau in areas that control movement, balance, eye movement and thinking. It is one of a group of…
Finding the right support worker
The right match matters as much as the right skills. On Novida you can:
Managing your support workers
However you engage them, a few things keep support working well:
Self-managing, plan-managing or agency
How you manage your plan affects which workers you can use: self-managed and plan-managed participants can engage independent workers as well as agencies, while NDIA-managed plans use registered providers. See "NDIS…