Limited time: flexible meals & delivery service for participants in lockdown.
The NDIS has a new temporary measure to further support NDIS participants and reduce their risk of exposure to COVID-19. Eligible participants who normally have a support worker help with meal preparation, can now pay for a meal preparation and delivery service, instead of paying a support worker to help with these tasks at home.
Unimelb study found 27% support workers cancelled shifts due to COVID.
The University of Melbourne study on Disability Support Workers during COVID-19 Disability Support Workers: The Forgotten Workforce in Covid-19 Disability
Changes to NDIS as Victoria enters into a Covid state of disaster.
As VIC enters into a Covid state of disaster and outbreaks are occurring in NSW, the NDIA has adjusted prices