Get to know the SDA design types

These homes go beyond just accessibility. They’re built with advanced features to accommodate individuals after the highest level of personal care and mobility support to live their best life. In a Nesti HPS home, you’ll find:

• Ceiling hoists and automated doors to assist staff with movement and transfers.
• 24/7 power supply to keep essential equipment running in an emergency.
• Wider hallways and open layouts to move easily through the whole home.
• Smart home automation, allowing for fingertip control of lighting, air conditioning, and intercom access.

The ideal category if you: find that living in a standard home limits your independence. Here you’ll experience a safe environment where you can receive tailored care from a support team, best equipped to do so.

Fully Accessible (FA) is about creating homes where physical disabilities don’t limit anyone’s ability to live as free and independent as they wish. After all why should using a wheelchair or assistive devices mean a home that can’t accommodate all the features you want? Hint: it shouldn’t. Here your home is a space where everything is within reach, easy to use, and seamless to move through. Inclusions in your FA home will be:

• Step-free from entry to doorways. There’ll be no stairs or double-storeys. It’s all one level for easy movement.
• Kitchen considerations to make cooking and cleaning a breeze. Think adjustable bench-tops, accessible sinks, and easy-to-reach storage.
• Modified bathrooms with roll-in showers, grab rails, and hoist-friendly designs.
• Cue the lights, control the climate, and automate the doors, for assistive tech at your fingertips.

The ideal category if you: are after a home that removes barriers and promotes an effortless, accessible living environment.

This category is all about a highly-durable build, as the ‘Robust’ name suggests, reducing the need for repairs and maintenance.

However, it goes beyond just structural. Careful thought (from clever Design Consultants) goes into materials, colour palettes, and floor plans, to provide a calm and controlled environment for tenants who need more than standard living conditions.

Because safety and comfort are top priorities, you’ll find these homes include:

• Reinforced walls, doors, and windows to minimise damage.
• Solid soundproofing to reduce noise and distractions.
• Open floor plans that allow for easy supervision while maintaining privacy.
• Neutral tones & textures to promote a calm and cosy environment, where lighting and colours are designed for areas of low stimulus.

The ideal category if you: need a home environment that keeps you – and your support team – safe while you manage any potentially harmful or complex behaviours.

If you have a sensory, cognitive, or intellectual disability – Improved Liveability (IL) may be the way to go. Here, your home will include sensory and tactile features to make for an easy, breezy, ‘liveable’ home, including:

• Intuitive navigation to help you orientate and move through all the spaces at home.
• Great lighting & good contrast to provide great visual cues for low vision residents.
• Tech enhancements to support communication and way-finding.
• Soundproofing or noise reduction for a quiet sanctuary that doesn’t overstimulate.

The ideal category if you: are living with sensory, cognitive, or intellectual differences. An IL home can greatly reduce stress and grant you a better quality of life.