Short and Medium-Term Accommodation is for people with disability STA and MTA are the perfect home away from home. Support will be delivered by our skilled and friendly staff in a safe and supporting environment with a wide range of activities that aims to acquire new skills and build your confidence.
What is Short Term Accommodation (STA)?
Under NDIS, STA is an accommodation temporarily supported for 26 weeks, available through the core funding of your plan.
Who can access Short Term Accommodation?
NDIS participants are eligible to access Short Term Accommodation for reasons such as:
- When the circumstances put the person into homelessness or being prematurely placed into an aged care facility.
- For holiday in different setting
- Support Independent Living (SIL)
- If the support staff are on leave or the carer has been hospitalized.
- If you are waiting for home modifications.
- Recovering from illness.
Medium Term Accommodation (MTA)
MTA is provided to NDIS participants who are preparing to move into a permanent home and accommodate them for up to 90 days.
Who can access Medium Term Accommodation (MTA)?
NDIS participants are eligible to access Medium Term Accommodation for reasons such as:
- Participants who require temporary transitional housing while they are waiting for their permanent home.
- Participants who are eligible for Specialist Disability Accommodation.
- Participants who are waiting for home modification supported equipment or assistive technology to be placed in their home and are ready to leave the hospital.
Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
SDA has special features that provide complex support for participants living with a disability. This encourages and assure that people have choice and dignity in their living accommodation regardless of circumstance and physical limitations.
How does the NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation works with regards to the funding?
The NDIS distributes funding for SDA into two separates components:
- Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) – the specialist accommodation that you live in.
- Supported Independent Living (SIL) – the services and support you need on daily basis.
NDIS participants who are allocated with SIL funding are not necessarily approved for SDA. These are indicated separately in the participants NDIS Care Plan, as a result, this will allow the people more control over where they live and the services they use. For example, if you are not happy with the support worker who is currently working with you, you could change the support worker without moving to new accommodation. Also, in contrast to the situation, if you are not happy with the accommodation you have you can move to another but continue to work with the support worker that you get along with.
List of Different levels of NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation
This type of SDA offers basic housing that allows specialized support services to be delivered. It is generally provided to people who want to remain in their current group home and didn’t require any specialist features such as wheelchair access.
- Improved Livability Housing SDA
- Fully Accessible Housing SDA
This type of SDA is provided to people who have significant physical impairment. For example, people who use wheelchairs.
This type of SDA is provided to people who have intellectual, sensory, or cognitive impairment. The accommodation will be equipped with features that meet the participant’s needs such as increasing luminance contrast to aid people with vision impairment.
This type of SDA is provided to people who have complex behavior which could be a potential harm to others or even to themselves. This type of home contains ample space to support the needs of people who have complex behavior and minimize the need for maintenance and repairs.
- High Physical Support SDA
This type of SDA is provided to people who have significant impairment, or who need a high level of personal support. This accommodation is equipped with Fully Accessible Housing specialist design such as ceiling hoist, assistive technology, and emergency power to protect the wellbeing of the residents together with the household communication technology.
Who is eligible for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)?
- Participants who have significant functional impairment.
- Participants who have a very high need for continuous and immediate available support.
The NDIS assessment may also include activities of daily living, functional capacity assessment, and/or a behavior assessment in addition to the person’s goals and preferences. Furthermore, if approved, your funding is used to cover the cost of housing.
