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Domestic Assistance in Melbourne
Domestic assistance refers to services that help people with everyday tasks around the home, enabling them to maintain their independence and comfort. These are often provided to individuals who need assistance due to age, disability, or illness. Ability Aid’s domestic assistance services in Melbourne are here to help you manage household tasks with confidence, ease, and dignity.
Our services can be funded through NDIS funding or accessed privately. If you want to learn more about how we can support you, get in touch today to speak with our team or request a free consultation.
Why Choose Ability Aid for Domestic Assistance?
Enhanced Independence: Individuals manage their homes with minimal support.
Reduced Stress: A clean, organised environment improves mental well-being.
Caregiver Relief: Families feel confident in the individual’s ability to contribute.
Safety: Lower risks of accidents, foodborne illness, or pest infestations.
Building Comfort, Safety, and Independence at Home
Home Environment Assessment & Personalised Planning
Creating a safe, comfortable, and functional home is an important part of living independently, especially for individuals receiving domestic assistance in Melbourne through the NDIS. That’s why we work closely with participants and their families to assess the home environment and tailor a practical plan that supports everyday living and long-term goals.
Our Personalised Approach:
Understanding Your Needs
We begin by assessing your physical abilities, like strength, balance, and mobility, as well as your cognitive needs such as memory or focus. From there, we identify any barriers around the home, such as cluttered areas or unsafe appliances, and prioritise the tasks that matter most, like meal prep, laundry, or keeping key areas tidy.
Setting Personal Goals
Your home should support the way you want to live. Together, we’ll set meaningful goals, such as “prepare simple meals independently” or “maintain a clutter-free space”, that reflect your lifestyle, abilities, and aspirations.
Making Your Home Safer
A safe home is a confident home. We’ll check for tripping hazards, fire risks, or other safety concerns, and recommend simple but effective modifications like non-slip mats, handrails, or clearly labelled storage.
Reach out to our team today to learn how we can create a safer, more supportive home environment for you or your loved one with our domestic assistance in Melbourne.
Daily & Routine Household Tasks
A well-managed home environment plays a big part in supporting confidence and independence. At Ability Aid, we help individuals learn essential daily skills so they can take pride in their home and feel empowered in their everyday routines with the right level of support every step of the way.
Here are some of the everyday tasks we can help with:
Cleaning & Organisation
We offer hands-on guidance with everyday chores like sweeping, mopping, dusting, and keeping spaces clutter-free. Our team can also introduce practical organisation strategies, like labelled bins or colour-coded systems, to make home upkeep simple and stress-free.
Laundry Management
From sorting clothes to using the washing machine and dryer, we’ll walk you through each step at your own pace. We also tailor our approach to suit your preferences, including adapting techniques for sensory sensitivities, like using fragrance-free products or soft-touch fabrics.
Meal Preparation Support
We’ll support you with everything from planning simple meals to using kitchen tools safely. Whether it’s helping you learn to use the microwave or oven confidently or showing you how to store leftovers correctly, our focus is on safety, nutrition, and building your independence.
Waste Management
Keeping your home clean also means staying on top of waste. We can help you create easy-to-follow routines for taking out the rubbish, sorting recyclables, and managing compost, making your daily environment cleaner and more manageable.
Get in touch with our friendly team to find out how our domestic assistance services can make your daily life more independent and rewarding.
Skill-Building & Maintenance
Independence doesn’t happen overnight. It’s built gradually with the right encouragement, practice, and support. At Ability Aid, we focus on helping each participant develop the everyday skills they need to feel confident, capable, and in control of their own life.
Here’s how we support skill-building and ongoing growth:
Gradual Skill Transfer
We take a step-by-step approach that encourages independence at a comfortable pace. For example, you might begin by loading the dishwasher yourself while our support worker checks in after, slowly reducing assistance as your confidence grows.
Problem-Solving Practice
Life can be unpredictable, but with the right tools, you’ll feel ready to handle it. Through guided role-playing activities, we help you practise managing everyday situations like spills, appliance issues, or unexpected messes, so you know what to do when it counts.
Routine Development
Building a structure can make a big difference in daily life. Together, we can create easy-to-follow daily or weekly checklists for household chores, and set up gentle reminders using alarms, apps, or calendars to help you remember things like watering the plants or vacuuming.
Family/Caregiver Training
We also support families and caregivers by showing them how to encourage independence without stepping in too early. Simple strategies like saying, “Let them try first,” can go a long way in helping a loved one feel more capable.
Review & Adjust
As your goals and needs change, we adjust our support to match. Whether you’ve made progress, had a change in health, or are ready to take on something new, we’ll revisit your plan regularly to keep things on track.
Contact us to see how our domestic assistance services can help you or your loved one grow with confidence.
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