How MSWA Support Coordination can help you navigate your options
Living with a neurological condition can bring challenges that change over time. Whether it’s multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, stroke related impairments or an acquired brain injury, you may need different services as your condition progresses.
Navigating the NDIS, understanding what supports you can access and coordinating care from multiple professionals can feel overwhelming. This is where a MSWA Support Coordinator becomes invaluable – but it’s important to make sure that it is funded in your plan.
Why you may need MSWA Support Coordination in your plan
People with neurological conditions often require a multitude of support and services. This may include but not exhaustive to:
- Allied health supports: Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, dietetics, counselling and nursing.
- Personal care supports: To assist with daily living activities like personal care, social support and meal preparation
- Home modifications: To improve safety and independence.
- Assistive technology and equipment: Like mobility aids, communication devices or repairs to existing equipment.
Managing all these supports on your own - while dealing with changing symptoms – can be stressful and time consuming.
Support Coordination funding provides a dedicated person to:
- Help you understand your NDIS plan, services you can access and what your budget covers.
- Connect you to providers of your choice who are experienced in the services you require and meet your needs.
- Coordinate services so your care team works well together.
- Building your capacity and capability to understand your plan, navigate the NDIS and make your own decisions.
- Preparing for unexpected situations.
- Managing conflict, crisis planning and prevention.
- Monitor your budget and ensure that services meet your needs
- Assist with plan review, gathering reports and evidence for ongoing and increased funding if required.
When Support Coordination is most helpful
Support Coordination is especially important if:
- You have complex or progressive needs that require regular adjustments to services.
- You are new to the NDIS and need help understanding how it works.
- You or your family are overwhelmed by managing multiple providers.
- Your condition has changed significantly and you need to set up new support quickly.
- You are preparing for plan reviews and need guidance to ensure funding matches your needs.
How to get Support Coordination funded
Support coordination is not automatically included in every NDIS plan. You need to request it during your planning meeting and review.
How to approach it:
- Explain your situation clearly: Share information about your neurological condition, how it impacts daily life and why managing services is complex
- Provide evidence: Reports from specialists, allied health professionals or your GP showing that you need help to coordinate care and manage multiple providers.
- Describe the possible risks: For example, if services are not well managed, you may experience hospital admissions, falls or decline in health and independence.
Don't hesitate to contact us to learn more about support coordination and whether it's included in your NDIS plan.