NDIS
Perfect Fit Pedorthics is a registered provider for NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme).
The process we follow to service our clients is detailed below:
Initial Consultation to gather relevant information and important contact details (in person or via phone)
Service Agreement completed to progress to an AT Assessment (report & quote)
Liason with the participant’s Allied Health Team members (as required)
Service approval for commencement of Treatment Plan (assessment and fitting of footwear as well as modifications – if required)
*An appointment is required for all clients attending our clinic. This is to ensure we can focus on individual clients with minimal interruptions and dedicate our time to servicing your needs. Call or email to book an appointment.
NDIS
Supply of Customised Medical Grade Footwear meets all the reasonable and necessary criteria:
The support will enable participation in activities, making it easier to socialize.
- This support directly aligns with the intent and scope of the NDIS program.
This support will aid in carrying out activities that will facilitate social involvement by removing the disability-related hurdles that prohibit social participation.
- This support directly targets the NDIS participant.
This support represents good value for money since the expenditures are reasonable in comparison to both the benefits obtained and the cost of alternative supports.
- This support is evidence based which addresses the participants disability.
The support will assist in maintaining the existing level of functioning. The support is likely to be both successful and useful.
- This support assists the participant to achieve their goals now and in the short, medium and long term.
When considering the benefits of the support, the cost of other supports, and the long-term cost, the cost of this support is affordable.
- This support has cost associated with supply and participants may require the support to be identified as a Stated Support available by prescription from a certified pedorthist
This support is best funded or provided through NDIS, as it allows for independence and may not need much support in the future.
Prescription Foot Orthosis (Medical Grade Footwear and Orthotics) – Assistive technology
Assistive products externally applied to replace, wholly or in part an absent or deficient body segment which assists participant control and functioning of their neuromuscular skeletal systems. This includes:
- design, manufacture and fit of customised functional prosthetics and orthotics
- assessment and specification (prescription) of a product by a professionally qualified prosthetist, orthotist, pedorthotist, podiatrist, or occupational therapist trained in provision of that product
Assistive technology to help manage your foot care needs and improve mobility may include:
- Custom made orthoses
- Prescription Medical grade footwear.
- Customized footwear
- Custom made footwear.
- Maintenance and repair of your assistive technology.
NDIS may fund assistive technology if you can give us evidence* that:
- the assistive technology will reduce your need for other supports.
- Promotes improved independence
- it’s an NDIS support for you
*Perfect Fit Pedorthics can supply an AT Report or Outcomes Report to support your claim under Customised Prosthetics and Orthotics (0135).
We provided this service to our clients to support their claim and ensure that this support becomes a STATED SUPPORT in their new plan.
This approach will assist participants have funding specifically for this support and do not need to use funds that are more flexible.
What is NDIS assistive technology?
The National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS Assistive technology (AT) is basically any piece of equipment that lets you perform a task you wouldn’t otherwise be able to do, or makes it easier and safer for you to perform a task. NDIS assistive technologies can be life-changing for those with disabilities and support you to live a more independent life.
We can provide services under:
- Customised Prosthetics – 0135
When can specialised footwear be funded by NDIS?
When evidence to prove the support is needed for the participant’s disability, such as written referral from a therapist or podiatrist.
Perfect Fit Pedorthics uses this referral to assess the individual needs and provides evidence to show how the specialised footwear or orthotics will assist in daily living. To support an application, we will submit a report which includes:
- the need for orthopaedic supports to be directly related to the disability
- a recommendation on footwear options to support current and future needs
- determining that supports are reasonable and necessary
- evidence that the supports will help the participant to be substantially more independent
- reducing the need for other kinds of supports, and be of long-term benefit
To access NDIS funding for footwear or footwear modifications, individuals must undergo an assessment by a healthcare professional, such as a podiatrist, who can provide evidence of the person’s functional limitations and the need for specialized footwear or modifications. The assessment report is then submitted to the NDIS for review, and if approved, funding can be allocated to cover the costs.
Did you know……?
Medical Device:
- The World Health Organization (WHO), includes therapeutic footwear as “Assistive products for persons with disability” supported by NDIS.
- In Australia, the Certified Pedorthists develops the medical device prescription based on the referral received from the medical practitioners.
- If the need for specialized footwear is a direct result of a health issues, it is regarded as additional living cost that is solely and directly as a result of the disability or health issue needs.
- Pedorthic medical grade footwear intervention will reduce or avoid the long-term cost of other supports such as additional care or hospitalization due to falls risk.
No Barriers:
- Persons with disability often do not choose appropriate footwear for themselves - there is a tendency for ill-fitted footwear to go unnoticed.
- rarely get ‘‘sized’’ for shoes that fit. Furthermore, retail stores often do not stock the customized shoes needed for these customers.
- The use of inappropriate footwear may be related to socioeconomic factors.
- With the Australian government’s NDIS service, such socioeconomic constraints are no longer an issue and appropriate footwear should be considered a priority.
Obtaining footwear from an appropriately trained professional is recommended. What’s on your feet matters!