# AllCare Disabilities

> Registered NDIS provider across NSW, QLD and VIC offering Supported Independent Living (SIL)
> and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) homes, in-home and community support,
> and structured day programs in Liverpool and Merrylands. Slogan: "Where comfort meets support."

Contact: 1300 219 811 | enquiries@allcaredisabilities.com.au
Address: 66 Hill Road, Lurnea NSW 2170, Australia

## Key pages

- [Accommodation](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/accommodation.html): 10 SIL and SDA homes from Bexley to Goulburn
- [SIL Accommodation Sydney](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/sil-accommodation-sydney.html): Sydney-wide SIL overview with vacancies by area
- [Find a Home](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/find-a-home.html): search current vacancies by suburb or postcode
- [SIL Vacancies Sydney](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/sil-vacancies/sydney.html): all Sydney vacancies, with area pages for South West Sydney, Western Sydney, St George, Macarthur and Goulburn
- [In-Home Care](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/services/in-home-care.html): support at home and in the community, with state pages for [NSW](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/in-home-care/nsw.html), [QLD](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/in-home-care/qld.html) and [VIC](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/in-home-care/vic.html)
- [Day Program](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/services/day-program.html): structured days with purpose, in [Liverpool](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/day-programs/liverpool.html) and [Merrylands](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/day-programs/merrylands.html)
- [Make a Referral](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/refer): SIL referrals for support coordinators and families
- [About](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/about.html): who we are and how we support people
- [Contact](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/contact.html): phone, email and enquiry form

## Guides and articles

The blog is the deep reference: 120 plain-English articles on SIL, in-home support,
overnight supports, day programs, NDIS funding and planning. Index: [All articles](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog.html)

### Accommodation
- [What a High Physical Support SDA Home Includes](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/high-physical-support-sda-home.html): High Physical Support is the SDA design category built for very high support needs. Here is what that means room by room, and what it does not cover.
- [STA or MTA: Which Short Term Option Applies?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sta-or-mta-short-term-options.html): One question separates them: is there a home to go back to? STA covers a break from your usual home. MTA bridges a gap until a confirmed one is ready.
- [Short Term Accommodation: What STA Covers](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sta-short-term-accommodation.html): STA pays for a short stay away from home, including support, meals and activities. It is also the most useful thing to use while a SIL decision is pending.
- [Overnight Support at Home or a Move to SIL?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/overnight-home-vs-supported-accommodation.html): Both can cover the night. They differ in what they ask of the household, what they cost the plan, and how well they hold up over five years.
- [SIL vs ILO: Which NDIS Living Support Fits Your Life?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-vs-ilo.html): SIL staffs a shared home. ILO builds a support arrangement around where you choose to live. The difference is who the support is organised around.
- [NDIS Housing Options Explained: SIL, SDA, ILO, MTA and STA](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-housing-options.html): Five funded ways to put a roof and support together, what each one actually covers, and how to work out which combination fits your life.
- [How to prepare for your first SIL home visit](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/preparing-for-your-first-home-visit.html): A home tour tells you more than any brochure. Here is what to look for, what to ask, and who to bring with you.
- [NDIS Accommodation Explained: Understanding NDIS Homes and Housing Options](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-accommodation-explained.html): Finding the right place to live is a big decision. Under the NDIS, participants have more housing options than ever, and understanding them makes the choice far less daunting.
- [SIL vs SDA: Which NDIS Housing Support Is Right for You?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-vs-sda-which-fits.html): SIL and SDA sound similar but do very different jobs. Here is a plain-English comparison to help you and your support coordinator have a clearer conversation.

### Aged Care & NDIS
- [NDIS vs My Aged Care: Whose Rules Apply, and When](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-vs-my-aged-care.html): Your age on the day you apply decides which system you are in. And after 65, the move from NDIS to aged care only goes one way.

### Community Participation
- [Making the Weekly Shop a Skill, Not an Errand](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/weekly-shop-as-a-supported-skill.html): The weekly shop is already in the roster. Done with someone rather than for them, it teaches money, planning and choice without costing an extra hour.
- [Will the NDIS Pay for a Gym or a Class?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-gym-membership-classes-tickets.html): Usually not the membership or the ticket itself. The NDIS funds the disability-related cost of taking part, not the cost everyone else pays.

### Day Program
- [Day Program or Building Skills at Home?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/day-program-or-skills-at-home.html): One builds skills in a group and gets you out of the house. The other builds them where you use them. Which fork suits which person.
- [Comparing Day Programs Around Penrith](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/day-programs-penrith-compare.html): Penrith has a wide spread of day options and no easy way to line them up. Here is what to compare, in what order, and what a visit should tell you.
- [Touring a Day Program: 12 Things to Watch](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/touring-day-program-checklist.html): Book the tour for the middle of a normal day, not the quiet hour. Then watch what the staff do when nobody is presenting, because that is the actual service.
- [Who a Day Program Suits, and Who It Does Not](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-day-program-liverpool.html): A day program is not right for everyone. Here is who gets the most from one, who does not, and what real progress looks like.
- [Getting to a Day Program Without Driving](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-day-program-merrylands.html): The trip there is the first thing to solve. Here is how families manage it by train, by bus and when public transport is not the answer.
- [A Day in an NDIS Day Program: What to Expect](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/a-day-in-an-ndis-day-program.html): Wondering what actually happens in a day program? No two days look the same, but here is the shape of a typical one.
- [Building Real Life Skills Through Day Programs](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/building-life-skills-day-programs.html): Day programs are about far more than filling a day. Done well, they build the practical skills that lead to real independence.

### In-Home & Community Care
- [Living Alone With Support: Settling the Safety](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/living-alone-with-support-safety.html): The questions that decide whether living alone works are practical, not medical: nights, falls, fire, medication and who notices when something is wrong.
- [The First Fortnight Home After Hospital](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/support-at-home-after-hospital.html): Discharge plans describe the ward, not your house. Here is what usually breaks in the first two weeks at home, and how to get supports moving fast.
- [One to One or a Group: What Ratios Change](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/support-ratios-one-to-one-or-group.html): 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3 are quoted constantly and explained rarely. What each ratio changes about the hour, the cost and who the support suits.
- [When a Support Needs Two Workers, Not One](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/two-person-assist-support.html): Some transfers and personal care tasks need two workers for safety. Here is what triggers it, how it is funded, and what to check in your plan.
- [Reading the Travel Line on a Provider Invoice](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/provider-invoice-travel-line.html): Travel charges on an NDIS invoice are legitimate, capped and often misread. Here is what each part means and the six checks worth doing.
- [When a Support Shift Falls Through: A Backup Plan](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/support-shift-backup-plan.html): A worker will call in sick eventually. Write the backup plan while nothing is wrong, and keep it to one page anybody can follow.
- [Building a Weekly In-Home Support Schedule](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/weekly-in-home-support-schedule.html): Build the week around the hours that cannot move, then fill the rest. Here is how in-home support schedules are set out and why they fall apart.
- [What Cleaning and Gardening Will the NDIS Fund?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-cleaning-gardening-funding.html): The NDIS funds household tasks you cannot do because of disability, not a cleaner for the household. Here is where the line sits, and how to evidence it.
- [Promoting Independence for an Adult With Disability](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/promote-independence-adult-disability.html): Independence is built by doing less, later, on purpose. Fourteen practical things parents and carers can change this month, and the one habit to break.
- [What Are High Intensity Supports at Home?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/high-intensity-supports-at-home.html): High intensity supports are daily supports that carry clinical risk, so the worker has to be trained and signed off for that exact task. Here is how they work.
- [Questions to Ask Before Overnight Support Starts](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/overnight-support-questions-provider.html): Overnight support fails on the practical details, not the philosophy. Twenty-odd questions to ask a provider before the first night shift is rostered.
- [What Does NDIS In-Home Care Cost Per Hour?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-in-home-care-cost.html): There is no single hourly rate for in-home support. Five things move the number, and a good provider will cost your actual week before you sign.
- [How Overnight Support at Home Actually Works](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/overnight-support-at-home.html): A worker stays in your home through the night, either sleeping and waking when needed or awake the whole shift. Here is what that looks like in practice.
- [Can Family Be Paid to Provide NDIS Support?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/family-paid-ndis-support.html): Usually no. The NDIA treats family help as informal support and funds it only in exceptional circumstances. Here is what the exceptions look like.
- [NDIS Home Modifications: From OT Report to Ramp](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-home-modifications.html): Home modifications are Capital supports and they follow a set order: OT assessment, quotes, NDIA decision, build. Here is each step and its timing.
- [Overnight NDIS Support: Active vs Passive](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-overnight-support-active-passive.html): A sleepover means a worker stays the night and sleeps. Active overnight means a worker is awake and working. They are priced differently, so the choice matters.
- [Agency or Independent Support Worker?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/agency-vs-independent-support-worker.html): An agency costs more per hour and absorbs the risk. An independent worker costs less and hands you the employer's problems. Both are legitimate. Pick knowingly.
- [Your First Shift With a New Support Worker](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/new-support-worker-first-shift.html): A settling-in checklist for the first shift with a new support worker: what to write down beforehand, what to cover on the day, and what to review after.
- [How to Start NDIS In-Home Care](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-in-home-care-nsw.html): In-home care covers personal care, daily living, community access and overnight support. Here is how to get it started without losing a month.
- [Support Worker, Carer or Nurse: Who Does What at Home?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/support-worker-carer-nurse-roles.html): A support worker helps with daily living, a carer is usually unpaid family, a nurse does clinical tasks. The line between them is delegation, not kindness.
- [What In-Home Support Actually Looks Like, Day to Day](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/in-home-support-day-to-day.html): In-home support is one of the most flexible parts of the NDIS, but also one of the least understood. Here is what a real week of support can look like.
- [Getting the Most from Community Access in Your NDIS Plan](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/community-access-ndis-plan.html): Community access funding can open up sport, social connection and everyday independence, if you know how to use it well.

### Local Guides
- [Moving From a Regional Town for Supports](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/moving-from-regional-nsw-for-supports.html): Families move to the city for thin markets, not for the city. What you gain, what you lose, and the questions worth settling before you go.
- [What a Saturday Looks Like in a Supported Home](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/saturday-in-a-supported-home.html): Weekends in a supported home are quieter, later and less scheduled than weekdays. Here is how a Saturday usually runs and what to ask about it.
- [Getting to a Medical Appointment Without a Car](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/medical-appointment-without-a-car.html): Book the transport before you book the appointment. Here is the order that works, and the three things that go wrong when it is done backwards.
- [What to Check About the Street Before You Move In](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/street-check-before-moving-in.html): Most of the decision is outside the house. Footpaths, bus stops, the shops you can reach alone: what to walk and check before you accept a room.
- [Visiting a SIL Home: Questions for the Staff](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-home-visit-questions-staff.html): The most useful answers on a home visit come from the workers on shift, not the person showing you around. Here is what to ask them and what to watch for.
- [Comparing Two SIL Homes: What to Look For](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/comparing-two-sil-homes.html): You have toured two homes and both seemed fine. Here is how to compare them properly, and the four things that decide how a house feels to live in.
- [Moving to a SIL Home Further From Family](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-home-further-from-family.html): Distance changes the rhythm of contact more than the amount of it. Here is what actually shifts when the right home is an hour away instead of ten minutes.
- [A Weekend in Goulburn: Getting Out and About](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/goulburn-weekend-guide.html): Goulburn is small enough to cross in ten minutes, which changes what a weekend can look like. Parks, the pool, Auburn Street and getting there.
- [Why Newer Suburbs Are Often Easier to Get Around](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/newer-suburbs-getting-around.html): Master-planned estates tend to have wide, continuous footpaths and consistent kerb ramps. They can also strand you without a car. What to check.
- [Train Travel Training on the T8 Line](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/travel-training-t8-line.html): Travel training is one route, repeated until it is boring. The T8 links Bexley North, Macquarie Fields and Campbelltown, which makes it a good teacher.
- [Finding a GP Who Gets It in South West Sydney](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/gp-health-services-south-west-sydney.html): The hard part is not finding a doctor. It is finding one who books a long appointment, has a room you can get into, and will still be there in three years.
- [Accessible Swimming in South West Sydney](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/accessible-swimming-south-west-sydney.html): How to work out whether a pool or a beach actually works for you in south west Sydney, and the five questions to ask before you drive there.
- [Getting Around South West Sydney Without a Car](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/south-west-sydney-transport-guide.html): Which south west Sydney suburbs have a station, which are bus country, and how NDIS transport, Opal and the taxi subsidy scheme fit together.
- [Living in Macarthur with an NDIS Plan: An Area Guide](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/macarthur-ndis-area-guide.html): Campbelltown, Narellan, Macquarie Fields and Camden from a participant's point of view: hospitals, transport, learning and where the homes actually sit.
- [Supported Independent Living in Bexley: A Local Guide](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-bexley-local-guide.html): Thinking about SIL in Sydney's St George area? What life in our Bexley home looks like, who it suits, and how to arrange a visit.
- [SIL in Macquarie Fields: Studio Living with a Station Next Door](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-macquarie-fields-local-guide.html): Private studio living, tailored on-site support, and a train station in the suburb itself. A local look at our Macquarie Fields SIL home.
- [Supported Independent Living in Goulburn: Regional Life, Real Support](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-goulburn-local-guide.html): A slower pace, shorter distances and a community that knows each other. What SIL looks like in our Goulburn home in the Southern Tablelands.
- [SIL in Prestons: A Quiet Base in South West Sydney](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-prestons-local-guide.html): An honest local guide to our Prestons SIL home in the Liverpool area: the street, the shops, the transport, and who the home suits.
- [SIL in Jordan Springs: A New Suburb Built for Easy Movement](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-jordan-springs-local-guide.html): Wide streets, consistent footpaths, a lake for walking and a calm master-planned setting. Our Jordan Springs SIL home, honestly described.
- [SIL in Edmondson Park: Independence with a Step-Free Station](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-edmondson-park-local-guide.html): Lifts at the station, a town centre next door and light-filled interiors. Why Edmondson Park is our strongest home for independent travel goals.
- [SIL in Carnes Hill: An Active Week Without the Travel](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-carnes-hill-local-guide.html): A library, gym, courts, skate park and accessible community centre on one precinct, minutes from home. Our Carnes Hill SIL home up close.
- [SIL in Hinchinbrook: A Settled Street and Room to Breathe](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-in-hinchinbrook-local-guide.html): A generous front yard, an established quiet suburb and realistic bus-based travel. A local look at our Hinchinbrook SIL home.
- [Specialist Disability Accommodation in Narellan: A Family's Guide](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sda-in-narellan-family-guide.html): What High Physical Support actually means, feature by feature, inside our enrolled SDA home in Narellan on Sydney's south west edge.
- [SDA in Campbelltown: Inside a High Physical Support Home](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sda-in-campbelltown-family-guide.html): A feature-by-feature walk through our Campbelltown SDA home: hoisting provision, backup power, seated-height living and a private courtyard.

### NDIS Explained
- [Reasonable and Necessary, in Plain English](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/reasonable-and-necessary-explained.html): Six criteria decide whether the NDIS funds a support. Here is what each one asks, in plain terms, and what evidence answers it.
- [What to Take to a Plan Reassessment Meeting](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/plan-reassessment-what-to-take.html): A short summary, your evidence, your spending and a list of what changed. What to bring to an NDIS plan reassessment, and what to leave at home.
- [What a Provider Report Can and Cannot Say](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/provider-report-reassessment.html): Ask your provider for a reassessment report and you will get facts about support delivered, not a clinical opinion. Here is why, and how to use it.
- [Next Funding Period Late? What to Do This Week](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/funding-period-late-what-to-do.html): If the next block of your plan money has not appeared, work in this order: check the date, warn whoever claims, then get it on the record.
- [NDIS Jargon: 25 Terms in Plain English](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-jargon-glossary.html): Twenty-five NDIS terms translated into the sentence a person would actually say, grouped by money, people, housing and paperwork.
- [How to Write NDIS Evidence a Planner Can Use](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/how-to-write-ndis-evidence.html): Good NDIS evidence describes function, frequency and consequence in plain sentences. Here is a checklist for building a file a planner can actually work from.
- [Funding Periods: What to Ask in Your Meeting](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/funding-periods-what-to-ask.html): Funding periods decide when your plan money arrives, not how much. These are the questions to ask in the planning meeting, and the wording that gets answers.
- [How to Prepare for a Support Needs Assessment](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/support-needs-assessment-prepare.html): An assessment is a structured conversation about what an ordinary day takes. Preparing properly means describing the average week, not the best one.
- [Making Your NDIS Budget Last the Whole Plan](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/make-ndis-budget-last.html): Most plans run short because of pacing, not overspending. A practical checklist for tracking a budget across funding periods before it becomes a problem.
- [DES or SLES: Which Employment Support Fits?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/des-vs-sles.html): SLES is NDIS-funded preparation for work. Inclusive Employment Australia, the programme that replaced DES, finds and keeps the job. Which fits when.
- [Evidence That Moves an NDIS Plan Reassessment](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-reassessment-evidence.html): Reassessments turn on recent, specific evidence about function on ordinary days. Here is what strong evidence contains and what quietly weakens a file.
- [NDIS Funding Periods: Budgeting in Shorter Blocks](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-funding-periods.html): A funding period releases part of your plan budget at a time instead of all of it. Here is how to pace supports when the money arrives in blocks.
- [Plan Manager or Support Coordinator?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/plan-manager-vs-support-coordinator.html): A plan manager handles the money. A support coordinator helps you build and run the supports. Different jobs, different budgets, and you can have both.
- [Preparing for Your First NDIS Planning Meeting](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/first-ndis-planning-meeting.html): The meeting rewards preparation more than eloquence. Bring a week in writing, name the goals plainly, and know which questions to ask before you leave.
- [How to Apply for the NDIS, Step by Step](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/how-to-apply-for-ndis.html): You make an access request, you attach evidence from the people who treat you, and the NDIA decides. Most refusals are about the evidence, not the disability.
- [Spent Your NDIS Funding Early? What to Do](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-funding-run-out-early.html): The NDIA does not top up a plan because it is empty. Work out why it emptied, then choose between reprioritising and asking for a reassessment.
- [NDIS Transport Funding: What Your Plan Covers](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-transport-funding.html): NDIS transport funding pays for you to get places when disability stops you using public transport. Here is what it covers and what it does not.
- [How to Compare NDIS Providers: A Real Checklist](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/compare-ndis-providers-checklist.html): Most provider comparisons measure the wrong things. Twelve questions that actually separate a good NDIS provider from a polished one.
- [Positive Behaviour Support: What a PBS Plan Actually Does](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/positive-behaviour-support-explained.html): PBS starts from one idea: behaviour is communication. What a behaviour support practitioner does, what a good plan looks like, and the rules that protect you.
- [Agency, Plan or Self-Managed? Choosing How Your NDIS Runs](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-plan-management-options.html): The three ways to manage NDIS funding change which providers you can use, who pays the invoices and how much admin lands on you. Here is the real difference.
- [What Support Can the NDIS Fund? The Main Types, Explained](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/types-of-ndis-supports.html): Help at home, community access, day programs, short stays, therapies and coordination: the main NDIS support types and how a real week combines them.

### Sector News
- [Have Your Say on the Future of SIL](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-consultation-have-your-say.html): The government is asking what good Supported Independent Living looks like, and whether it should commission SIL directly. Submissions close 13 September 2026.
- [NDIS Planning Rules: Consultation Now Open](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-framework-planning-rules-consultation.html): The draft rules for new framework planning are out for comment until 14 October 2026. They cover how your needs are assessed and how your budget is worked out.
- [NDIS Banning Orders Hit a Record: What It Means](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-banning-orders-record-quarter.html): The NDIS Commission issued 111 banning orders between April and June 2026, its highest quarter. Here is how to check a provider and what a ban changes.
- [Inclusive Communities Fund: Have Your Say](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/inclusive-communities-fund-consultation.html): A $200 million fund will help sports clubs, libraries and arts groups include people with disability. Consultation closes 11.59pm on 31 August 2026.
- [New NDIS Laws Pass: What Starts on 27 August](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-laws-pass-parliament.html): The Governor-General signed the NDIS reform laws on 20 August 2026. Your plan did not change. The first changes start on 27 August.
- [The New Way of Planning: How to Help Test It](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/new-way-of-planning-testing.html): New framework planning rolls out from April 2027. The NDIA is testing it now, and participants can apply to take part until 31 December 2026.
- [NDIS Bill Passes the Senate: What Happens Next](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-bill-passes-senate.html): The Senate agreed to the Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Bill on 18 August 2026. Here is what it changes and what still has to happen.
- [NDIS Community Participation and Capacity Building Cuts](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/ndis-support-determinations-october.html): A support determination can only reduce two parts of an NDIS plan. Here is which budgets are in scope from 1 October 2026, and which are protected.

### Supported Independent Living
- [Trial Stays Before You Commit to a SIL Home](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-trial-stay-checklist.html): A tour shows you a house on its best day. A trial stay shows you a Tuesday. What to arrange, what to watch for, and what to ask afterwards.
- [SIL Handbook Part 8: Staying Involved](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-staying-involved.html): After the move, a parent stops being the roster and becomes a parent again. What to hand over, what to keep, and how to stay useful without running the house.
- [What SIL Funding Does Not Pay For](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-funding-what-it-excludes.html): SIL funding pays for support workers and very little else. Here is what sits outside it, where each cost is actually met, and what to budget for.
- [SIL Handbook Part 7: When the Home Has to Change](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-home-has-to-change.html): Part 7 of the SIL Handbook: notice periods, keeping the tenancy, records to take, provider handover, and what happens to SIL funding when a home changes.
- [Sleepover Shifts: What the Arrangement Covers](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sleepover-shift-what-it-covers.html): A sleepover buys a worker asleep on site and available, not a worker awake all night. What it covers, and what a disturbed night changes.
- [What a SIL Vacancy Listing Really Tells You](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-vacancy-listing-explained.html): A SIL vacancy is one bedroom in a house that already has people in it. Here is what a listing tells you, and the four things it never says.
- [SIL Handbook Part 6: Choice and Consent](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-choice-consent.html): Part 6 of the SIL Handbook: who decides what in a shared home, how consent works when a decision is supported, and when a house rule is a restriction.
- [What a SIL Roster of Care Actually Looks Like](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-roster-of-care.html): A roster of care is the hour-by-hour table that prices SIL: who is on shift, at what ratio, and what happens overnight. Here is how to read one.
- [SIL Handbook Part 5: Settling In for the Long Run](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-long-run.html): Part 5 of the SIL Handbook: how a supported home keeps working as needs change, what gets reviewed each year, and how goals stay live after settling in.
- [How Long Does It Take to Move Into a SIL Home?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-move-in-timeline.html): From first enquiry to move-in day, most SIL moves take months rather than weeks. Here is what each stage involves and which step usually holds things up.
- [Overnight Support in a Shared SIL Home](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-overnight-shared-home.html): In a shared home one worker usually covers the whole house overnight. The questions that matter are who is awake, for how many people, and what happens at 3am.
- [What Happens to SIL Funding at Reassessment?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-funding-at-reassessment.html): SIL funding is not renewed automatically. The roster of care is re-quoted and the NDIA decides again. Here is what gets reviewed and how to prepare for it.
- [SIL Handbook Part 4: The First 90 Days](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-first-90-days.html): Moving in is not the finish line. The first three months are when the roster, the household and the routine get built, and when most fixable problems appear.
- [Can a Couple Live Together in SIL?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-couples-living-together.html): Yes. Nothing in the NDIS rules stops a couple sharing a SIL home, but the funding is worked out per person and the housing is a separate question.
- [Supported Independent Living Around Penrith](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-penrith-options-transport.html): What SIL looks like in the Penrith area: which suburbs, how people get to Penrith station and Nepean Hospital, and what to check before you move.
- [SIL Shared or Solo: Which Setting Suits You?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-shared-vs-solo.html): Shared SIL buys company and more support hours for the same money. Solo buys quiet and control. Here is how to work out which one fits.
- [SIL Handbook Part 3: Finding and Touring Homes](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-finding-touring-homes.html): Part 3 of the SIL Handbook: how the vacancy market actually works, how to shortlist homes, and how to compare two tours without guessing.
- [SIL Handbook Part 2: Eligibility and Evidence](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-eligibility-evidence.html): SIL is not a separate eligibility test. It is a funding decision inside your plan, and it is won or lost on how your support needs are documented.
- [How to Find a SIL Vacancy: Where to Look](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/find-sil-vacancies-sydney.html): There is no single register of SIL vacancies. Here are the four places rooms actually surface, and what to ask before you tour.
- [What to Check About a Suburb Before Moving](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-south-west-sydney.html): Transport, hospitals and the shape of a week differ street by street. Here is what to check about an area before anyone moves in.
- [Can You Choose Your Housemates in SIL?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-choosing-housemates.html): You cannot pick names off a list, but you can meet everyone, say no to a home, and have real say in who moves in next. Here is how it works.
- [How Many Hours of Support Do You Get in SIL?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-support-hours.html): There is no standard number of SIL hours. Support is set by a roster of care, and the ratio matters more than the raw hours. Here is how it is built.
- [Questions to Ask a SIL Provider Before You Sign](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-provider-questions-checklist.html): Thirty questions worth asking before you sign a SIL service agreement, grouped by the house, the people, the money and what happens when it goes wrong.
- [SIL Handbook Part 1: What Is Supported Independent Living?](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-handbook-what-sil-is.html): SIL funds the support in a home, not the home itself. Part one of our handbook: what supported independent living really is, and four myths about it.
- [From Hospital to Home: How NDIS Discharge Planning Works](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/from-hospital-to-home-ndis.html): Medically ready and NDIS ready are two different days. How discharge planning, MTA and the right home turn a hospital exit into a real homecoming.
- [Who Pays for What in SIL? Rent, Board and Your NDIS Plan](https://allcaredisabilities.com.au/blog/sil-who-pays-for-what.html): SIL funds your support workers, not your rent. Here is who pays for what in a supported home, and where each dollar usually comes from.

## Notes

- Two SDA homes (Narellan, Campbelltown) are enrolled High Physical Support dwellings.
- All content is written for participants, families and support coordinators in plain English.
- Article dates are publication dates. Prices, rates and planning rules are stated as at the
  date shown, because NDIS pricing changes; check the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits
  for current figures.