What to do for son who is homeless and needs NDIS SIL

Hey @Mags ,

Sorry to hear about the situation of your son. It sounds incredibly complicated.

Is there an NDIS advocate you can get in contact with?

Hey,

I'm so sorry to hear about your son's situation.

It wouldn't be the NDIS directly providing a property. SIL houses are owned by NDIS providers so speaking with a few providers is your best bet. I'd ask which state you're in, but I'm unsure if that's allowed here!

Feel free to ask me questions

Thank you for the reply. I think I have worked out how to use this website. It is, in itself, complex and I am so burnout and stressed from caring for my son, I have limited ability to take on other tasks.

The situation with my son is enormously complex.

There must be someone else out there who has been through the same experience?

My son is on a disability pension, has NDIS support workers, is under the mental health act. Is now homeless. This Occupational Therapist has written a report recommending a SIL property with 11 hours of care a day. But we have been told it will be months before the application is even looked at and it will be most unlikely that he would be funded for a property. I am hearing that the NDIS do not fund for what they see as 'homelessness'. They do not recognise that the person's ill-mental health is responsible for their inability to manage a property.

My son can barely remember to close the fridge let alone manage a home. I have contacted an Advocacy service.

Does anyone have any experience of this and could offer some advice.

Hey @Mags just a lil tip, if you want other members to be notified that you've responded, you can tag them - use the @ symbol and a drop down will appear, and you can choose their name. If their name isn't there, you can type it out and it should then appear for you to select, then it will show up in blue, like this: @AnonymooseOG