Personal care supports involve assistance with daily personal activities, including help with or supervision of essential tasks in everyday life. This may include:

• Personal hygiene, such as showering, bathing, brushing teeth, dressing, and grooming
• Toileting, bladder and bowel management, and menstrual care
• Eating and drinking
• Attending appointments
• Using aids and appliances, including hearing and communication devices
• Mobility and transferring, such as moving in and out of bed or on and off the toilet
• Applying splints and providing basic first aid for injuries related to the participant’s disability.

Personal care supports can be provided in a variety of settings, including a participant’s home (whether alone or with family or others), during social, recreational, educational, or work activities, or while on holiday away from home.