We take the time to really listen, and by focusing on your strengths, our disability support services help you achieve your goals.
Your choices are our focus.
Focus Care was founded on a simple but powerful commitment to provide NDIS services that enable you to live life on your own terms.
As a boutique provider in Geelong, you will always speak to a real person who is committed to improving your experience of daily life.
Working towards your goals, big and small.
Your handpicked support worker can take you to places you want to go, and accompany you on outings you enjoy.
Services to feel more comfortable at home. From cooking, cleaning and tidying, to modifying it to better suit your needs.
Improving your experience of daily life with personal care, hoist and sling transfers, catheter care, bowel care + more.
Our nurses and nursing assistants can look after your clinical needs e.g. medication management, high intensity clinical care + more.
Explore your creativity, engage with others and express yourself through art, music, dance and pet therapy.
Developing your daily living skills to build confidence and support you to live an independent and socially active lifestyle.
Connecting people and communities through the NDIS
In Geelong, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) offers people with a permanent or significant disability, support to help them live independently, build skills and embrace community.
At Focus Care, your choices are our focus. We are proud to provide NDIS services that make you feel safe and supported, while also remaining independent and in control of the services and supports you receive.
What makes Focus Care the best choice for you?
What our clients are saying
Get maximum value with your Focus Care Support Coordinator
The friendly team of Support Coordinators at Focus Disability Services are passionate about supporting you to get the most out of your NDIS budget, dedicated to prioritising your choices, and willing to go above and beyond to meet your wants and needs, right here in Geelong.
Have a question about disability support?
Everyone’s needs are different. We’ve tried to answer some common questions below, but if you have a specific question, just get in touch with our friendly team.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a federal government scheme that represents a new way of delivering assistance to Australians in need of disability support. Unlike anything else before it, the NDIS when it is fully rolled out will provide funding to approximately 500,000 Australians aged under 65 with permanent and significant disability for services and supports.
Given the wide scope of the NDIS, for many of the around 4.3 million Australians living with a disability and in need of disability support the NDIS will represent the first time they receive the support they need. The NDIS is implemented by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
As a new model being rolled out nationally to provide funding and support to people with permanent and significant disabilities across Australia, the NDIS aims to supports people with a disability to live an ordinary life, with an approach that supports them throughout their life.
The NDIS provides a range of supports. These include:
Support to increase involvement in local communities
Support to facilitate greater independence
Support to enhance wellbeing; and
Support in gaining employment and skills
Managing your NDIS funds and coordinating your services with a Support Coordinator
If you are assessed as being eligible for NDIS assistance, you will receive funding on an annual basis to acquire the aids, services, support and equipment that you are deemed to need as a result of an assessment by the NDIA.
At this point, you can choose to self-manage your own funds, in which case you make claims to NDIS personally, you can select a Plan Manager to manage your funds for you or the NDIA is able to manage your funding for you.
If you’re eligible for NDIS assistance, you’ll receive annual funding to access the support you need. You can self-manage these funds, and make claims to NDIS personally, or let a Plan Manager, or the NDIA, manage your funding for you.
There are certain eligibility requirements you must meet in order to qualify for the NDIS. Specifically, you are deemed as eligible for the NDIS if you:
are under 65 years old when you make your application
are an Australian resident, permanent visa holder or Australian Citizen
and, meet the disability or early intervention requirements.
For those aged 65 years and over it is the case that in most situations you will be ineligible for the NDIS and will receive support through the federal government’s aged care system.
Eligibility for the NDIS is determined by the NDIA. To apply, fill in the NDIS Access Checklist, call the NDIA on 1800 800 110 for an access request form, fill it in, and return it. Or just give us a call, and we can start the process for you.
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What happens next?
Here’s what to expect after we have our initial chat.
We'll attend your home for a free, no-obligation care consultation.
We'll get to know you, your goals and your specific needs and will work with you to design your services around them.
You will be matched with a support worker and your services will commence.
A dedicated member of our team will take the time to really listen.
How it works
We’ll visit your home to get to know you, your goals and your specific needs
We'll work with you to design your services
You'll be matched with a support worker, and your journey will begin