The NDIA’s home and living framework

A framework document.

A framework is:

  • a plan for how we should do things
  • where rules come from.

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The NDIA’s home and living framework is about supporting participants:

  • in their home
  • to live how they want.

The NDIA thanked:

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  • the Reference Group
  • and

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  • Council Members.

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The NDIA thanked them for their work on the framework since their meeting in November 2022.

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The NDIA shared what work they have done so far.

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Members shared that they were happy with how the NDIA had changed the words they use in the framework.

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But they told the NDIA they should be careful about using the words ‘home and living budget’.

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Members explained that the framework needs to explain what the role of an adult guardian is.

A guardian is a person who can act and make decisions for you.

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This includes how they make decisions about a person’s supports.

For example, home and living supports.

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Members shared they were not sure about what work an NDIA home and living navigator does.

And they were not sure how these people will work with other supports.

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A home and living navigator is a person who connects participants with home and living supports.

Members also shared that services need to work together to protect:

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  • participants

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  • their families.

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This includes services that work with the NDIS.

For example, the Office of the Public Guardian.

Members shared that the framework should include issues like:

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  • how different experiences can affect a participant’s home and living supports

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  • how much housing there is

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  • how being homeless affects home and living supports.

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Members explained that the information the NDIA shares about the framework must be accessible.

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When information is accessible, it is easy to:

  • find and use
  • understand.