ILO works, customers want it, so why aren’t we offering it?

Many in the NDIS have considered Individualised Living Options (ILO) as the source of community integration that the scheme initially promised.

However, the data continues to demonstrate that ILO still represents a vanishingly small amount of accommodation payments, and the growth is limited in both a rate and absolute sense. In this article, we review the ILO market from a data-driven perspective.

The state of ILO and where it is going

ILO can seem like a brilliant but distant concept for people outside of WA. There is a good reason for this. Of the ~$50,000,000 spent on ILO last year, 74% was spent in WA. This isn’t unusual, given that WA largely pioneered and operationalised the ILO model.

ILO Lift-off – A provider perspective and a warning

We know the agency is seeking to balance the scheme and there is a strong chance this balance will be achieved by a SIL to ILO transition. So, ILO is coming and we should be thrilled about it. ILO will facilitate a much more personalised, natural and goal oriented support for people with a disability. Are you ready for the change?

An indicative ILO price model and its implications

The NDIA Consultation Paper, An Ordinary Life at Home, revealed many insights into the transformation proposed by broad ILO uptake. Curiously, several scenarios were provided that allow us to form a view on how the model might be priced and what the implications may be for customers, providers and ILO teams.

Supported Independent Living: The beginning of the end – and what comes next

It is certainly no secret that the Agency has had concerns with the rising cost of Supported Independent Living (SIL) for some time. The NDIA’s last quarterly report identified that 23,368 (5.4%) participants were accessing SIL, with a staggering 27% of total NDIS supports committed to those 5.4% of participants.