Self-management gives Lifetime Care participants the ability to choose their own support providers and to organise their own care team.

When you have been a participant for a couple of years, your needs may be more stable, compared to the early stages after your injury.

Lifetime Care has a range of self-management options available to participants who are considered suitable, to support you to move beyond rehabilitation and develop independence as you readjust to normal life. You may be able to manage some or all the supports in your My Plan.

Self-managing participants accept more responsibility when they manage their own supports. Participants have a set budget for their treatment and care services for a period, which is used to obtain the supports needed.

It is important to consider if you want to assume that responsibility and the impact that managing your own supports has on your time