NDIS Domestic Assistance in Perth's Northern Suburbs — What's Covered

Your home should feel like a safe place — not a source of stress. If keeping up with cleaning and household tasks has become difficult because of your disability, the NDIS may be able to fund the help you need. Here's everything you need to know, explained simply by a registered provider who does this work every day in Perth's northern suburbs.

What Is NDIS Domestic Assistance?

NDIS Domestic Assistance — sometimes called Assistance with Household Tasks — is funded support that helps you manage the everyday cleaning and upkeep of your home when your disability makes those tasks difficult, unsafe, or exhausting. It sits under your Core Supports budget, within the Assistance with Daily Life category.

The key rule: The NDIS will only fund domestic assistance when it is reasonable and necessary — the support must be directly connected to your disability, not a general lifestyle convenience.

What Does the NDIS Cover?

• Vacuuming and mopping floors
• Bathroom cleaning — toilets, showers, tiles, sinks
• Kitchen cleaning — benches, stovetop, fridge, oven
• Dusting and wiping surfaces
• Laundry — washing, drying, folding, ironing
• Changing and making beds, emptying bins
• Basic meal preparation and grocery shopping on your behalf
• Light lawn mowing and yard safety maintenance
• Cleaning mobility aids and equipment

What Is NOT Covered?

• Cost of groceries, food or cleaning products
• Major home repairs or renovations
• End-of-lease or deep cosmetic cleaning
• Heavy landscaping or decorative gardening
• Tasks unrelated to your disability or that a landlord is responsible for

How Much Does It Cost? Current NDIS Rate (2025–26)

The current NDIS price cap for Household Tasks (support item 01_021_0120_1_1) is $55.89 per hour for registered providers in Perth, effective from 24 November 2025. Most participants receive between 1 to 4 hours per week or fortnight depending on their needs.

How to Get It Into Your Plan — 5 Steps

• 1. Document specifically how your disability affects your ability to do household tasks
• 2. Get an Occupational Therapist (OT) report — this significantly strengthens your case with the NDIA
• 3. At your planning meeting, specifically request "Assistance with Household Tasks" under Core Supports
• 4. Choose a registered provider in your area and sign a service agreement
• 5. Keep records of your services to support your case at your next plan review

Common Questions

Can a family member be paid? Generally not if they live with you. Exceptions exist for self-managed participants with NDIA approval.

Can I change provider? Absolutely — you have full choice and control. Give reasonable notice per your service agreement.

What areas do you service? We service Perth's northern suburbs north of the river — Stirling, Balga, Osborne Park, Tuart Hill, Nollamara, Westminster, Mirrabooka, Dianella, Mount Lawley and surrounds.

Why Choose OCD Brilliance for Domestic Assistance?

We use a chemical-free, colour-coded microfibre cleaning system — genuinely safer for participants with respiratory conditions, chemical sensitivities, or allergies. All our workers are NDIS-screened, insured, and backed by a registered, audited business. We're also a family business — Adriana and Felician run OCD Brilliance hands-on, and when you call us, you speak to someone who genuinely cares about the outcome.