When we think about what continence supports to include in your plan, we’ll look at what other supports you get through the health system and other mainstream and community supports.
Your my NDIS contact, support coordinator or recovery coach will work with you and other services to help you get the support you need.
Once we’ve identified the supports and decided they meet the NDIS funding criteria, we’ll include the description and funding for the NDIS support in your plan.
Learn more about how we include the reasonable and necessary supports in your plan.
If your situation changes or you think your current plan doesn’t have enough funding for the continence supports you need, you can ask for a change to your plan.
Learn more about changing your plan.
Do you need to provide us with evidence?
Yes. To get continence supports in your plan, you need to give us evidence that shows what disability-related supports you need.
Talk to your my NDIS contact or support coordinator to work out what evidence we need to fund your continence supports.
Learn more about the evidence you need to give us before we create or change your plan .
We’ll ask you, your parent, or carers to tell us how your disability affects your ability to manage your incontinence.
We’ll discuss what continence products or supports you currently use and how often you use them.
We’ll ask who helps you with these supports and if you would like someone else to provide these supports instead.
We’ll check you’ve had a continence assessment with a continence nurse or other suitably qualified health professional. We’ll also ask to see it. We know this can be a sensitive topic.
We only ask for this information to make sure we understand your continence support needs.
Your health professional can use our Continence Related Assistive Technology Assessment Template or write their own report.
We’ll think about your lived experience and any assessments and reports to decide if your continence supports meet the NDIS funding criteria.