What a continence-related assistive technology assessment is
The assessment collects information from you and your treating health professional. It describes your situation and explains why your NDIS plan needs to include continence supports related to your disability.
The assessment should include information about your condition and treatment. It should also include any functional limitations related to your disability that mean you might need some help to manage incontinence.
The assessment should tell us:
- about any assistive technology or products you already use or might have tested
- how often you use them
- how they're helping you work towards your goals.
Your treating health professional should tell us about the supports they recommend. They should tell us why and provide evidence to support their suggestions.
Tip: Who can provide evidence for the assessment?
Your evidence can come from your allied health practitioner or continence nurse.
What a continence-related assistive technology assessment is for
We can’t fund supports to treat health conditions. The Australian health system provides health services to everyone for illnesses or chronic health conditions. This includes continence support services.
We may fund disability-related health supports if you need help to manage incontinence because of your disability. The assessment helps us decide if we can include these supports in your plan. When you ask us for these items, we need information that shows they're:
- related to your disability
- a regular part of your daily life
- suggested with evidence from your treating health professional
- an NDIS support our rules say we can pay for.
What a continence-related assistive technology assessment is like
We have a template to guide the assessment and what information we need.
You don’t have to use the assessment template, but the evidence you give us must include all the information the template asks for.
Continence-related assistive technology assessment template
Download the continence-related assistive technology assessment template: