What is NDIS Assistance with Daily Living?
Assistance with Daily Living is a funded NDIS Core Support (Category 01 — Assistance with Daily Life) that pays for hands-on help with the everyday tasks you need support with at home. If you're searching for NDIS personal care or in-home support in Sydney, this is usually the support category you mean. It covers both personal care and household tasks — this is a common misconception, that it only covers one or the other. If your NDIS plan includes Core Supports, you may have access to this funding.
The official NDIS category name is "Assistance with Daily Life" — "assistance with daily living" is how most people refer to the same support in everyday conversation. They mean the same thing.
What it doesn't cover: accommodation costs, therapy (that sits under Capacity Building), or support coordination. If you need help getting out into the community and attending social activities, that's a separate category — see our NDIS community participation support.
What tasks does a support worker help with?
Assistance with daily living covers a wide range of practical in-home supports. Your support worker can help with any combination of the following, based on what your plan funds and what your routine needs.
Personal care
- Showering and bathing
- Dressing and grooming
- Hair care and skin care
- Continence support
- Morning and evening routines
- Medication prompting
- Oral hygiene assistance
- Mobility support at home
Household tasks
- Meal preparation and cooking
- Grocery shopping
- Light cleaning and tidying
- Laundry and ironing
- Dishes and kitchen tasks
- Organising the home
- Accompanying to appointments
- Transport with a support worker
A single support worker can help across both lists in the same visit — there is no rule that says personal care and household tasks need to be separate.
How Tegrity matches you with the right NDIS support worker
Consistency matters more in daily living than almost any other support. A support worker who knows your morning — exactly how you need to get dressed, when you need a quiet moment, what order things happen in — is worth far more than any worker who shows up once and has to relearn everything.
When you contact us, we start with a brief intake conversation about your routine, your preferences, and your life — not just a checkbox form. We ask about:
We then match you with a worker who fits — not just whoever is available. You meet your worker before anything starts, so you can tell us if it's not right before supports begin.
We're also a proudly Aboriginal-owned, culturally safe provider — Aboriginal support workers are part of our team, and cultural and language fit is part of every match we make.
Assistance with Daily Living vs Community Participation — what's the difference?
Many participants have both types of funding in their plan and aren't always sure which budget covers which activity.
Assistance with Daily Living
Funded under Core Supports Category 01. Covers help with things you need to do at home — personal care, household tasks, daily routines. The support happens in or around your home environment.
Community Participation
Funded under Core Supports Category 04 (Assistance with Social, Economic and Community Participation). Covers support to get out, attend activities and social events, and participate in the community. The support happens out in the world.
If you need both — support at home and support getting out — you can use both categories. They work alongside each other. See our community participation support service →
How NDIS daily living funding works in 2026
NDIS plans have four support budgets: Core, Capacity Building, Capital and Recurring. Assistance with Daily Life is a support category within Core Supports. Whether funding is flexible or stated depends on your plan, so check the way your individual funding is set up before using it.
The NDIS guide to support budgets explains how each budget works. Your coordinator or LAC can also help you check the arrangements in your plan.
Pricing for support workers is set by the NDIS Price Guide — we charge current NDIS rates and can confirm the applicable rate for your support needs when you contact us. For the current price guide, see ndis.gov.au pricing arrangements →
Reviewed against the current NDIS Price Guide.
Daily living support, right across Sydney
We provide NDIS assistance with daily living right across Sydney. One team covers the whole city, and rosters are built around your routine, not a postcode map.
Morning starts, evening wind-downs, or both: we roster the times your day actually needs, and the same worker holds them week after week, wherever in Sydney you live.
If you're in Sydney, we can support you. Call (02) 7265 1558 and we'll set up a time that fits your routine.
Where daily living hours go
The routine moments participants use this support for most.
Who is eligible for NDIS daily living support?
To access NDIS-funded assistance with daily living, you need to meet the following:
If you're not sure whether your plan includes assistance with daily life funding, your support coordinator or LAC can check your plan with you. Or call us — we're happy to talk it through.
How to get started with daily living support
Check your NDIS plan
Confirm you have Core Supports funding under Category 01 — Assistance with Daily Life. Your support coordinator, LAC or plan manager can help you find this in your plan.
Contact Tegrity
Call (02) 7265 1558 or submit a referral. We acknowledge every enquiry the same business day.
Routine intake conversation
We have a brief call to understand your routine, preferences, cultural background and what you need from a support worker — so we can match you properly, not just fill a slot.
Meet your worker, then start
We introduce you to your matched worker before supports begin. Once you're happy, we sort the service agreement and get your schedule locked in.