Incontinence support in Melbourne, VIC
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Melbourne, VIC and 86 othersAlso servesAirport West, VIC · Albion, VIC · Altona Meadows, VIC · Altona North, VIC · Ardeer, VIC · Ascot Vale, VIC · Ballarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Bentleigh East, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Brooklyn, VIC · Brunswick, VIC · +74 more · State-wide provider
- 50+ families connected
- Specialises in Allied health, Personal care
Clover Leaf Sanctuary is among the highest-ranked NDIS registered providers in Melbourne, Victoria in our data. They have supported participants with incontinence. They have a track record of following through on more than 50 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Allied health and personal care are among their most-requested supports.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 7 othersAlso servesHoppers Crossing, VIC · Point Cook, VIC · Tarneit, VIC · Truganina, VIC · Werribee, VIC · Williams Landing, VIC · Yarraville, VIC · Regional provider
- Specialises in SIL, Personal care, Nursing
Cervino Disability Support Services is an NDIS registered provider in Melbourne, Victoria. They have supported participants with incontinence. Families most often connect with them for SIL and personal care. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 10 othersAlso servesBellfield, VIC · Clyde, VIC · Craigieburn, VIC · Dandenong, VIC · Dandenong North, VIC · Epping, VIC · Frankston, VIC · Melton, VIC · Melton South, VIC · Narre Warren, VIC · State-wide provider
- 5+ families connected
- Specialises in Cleaning, Personal care, Transport
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Elite Quality Care is an NDIS registered provider. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. Cleaning and personal care are among their most-requested supports. Registered across 11 NDIS support categories, including Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports, Innovative Community Participation and shared living support.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker, Registered Nurse, Social Worker
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Melbourne, VIC and 7 othersAlso servesBrisbane, QLD · Brisbane City, QLD · Central Coast, NSW · Joondalup, WA · Mandurah, WA · Perth, WA · Sydney, NSW · National provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within 2 hours
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Access Bright Disability Services is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and cleaning are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 15 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker
Melbourne, VIC and 18 othersAlso servesBallarat North, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Craigieburn, VIC · Cranbourne, VIC · Diggers Rest, VIC · Epping, VIC · Geelong, VIC · Kilmore, VIC · Kyneton, VIC · Lancefield, VIC · Melton, VIC · Mernda, VIC · +6 more · State-wide provider
- 50+ families connected
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning, Nursing
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Miracle Health Services is an NDIS registered and aged care approved provider. Personal care and cleaning are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 50 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Approved Aged Care provider (Department of Health)
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Disability Support Worker, Registered Nurse
Melbourne, VIC and 78 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Airport West, VIC · Armadale, WA · Bairnsdale, VIC · Ballarat Central, VIC · Ballarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Bentleigh, VIC · Boronia, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Bulla, VIC · Bunbury, WA · +66 more · National provider
- 50+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within 2 hours
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning, SIL
CarePro works across 11 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. They operate across multiple states. They are most often contacted for personal care and cleaning. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 24 othersAlso servesBallarat Central, VIC · Ballarat East, VIC · Beaconsfield, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Clayton, VIC · Cranbourne, VIC · Dandenong, VIC · Dandenong North, VIC · Endeavour Hills, VIC · Geelong, VIC · Geelong West, VIC · Hobart, TAS · +12 more · National provider
- 25+ families connected
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning, Nursing
Pentacle Group works across 10 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. They operate across multiple states. They have a track record of following through on more than 30 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They are most often contacted for personal care and cleaning.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 15 othersAlso servesBacchus Marsh, VIC · Caroline Springs, VIC · Craigieburn, VIC · Cranbourne West, VIC · Docklands, VIC · Footscray, VIC · Hawthorn, VIC · Keilor East, VIC · Meadow Heights, VIC · Melton, VIC · Mount Macedon, VIC · Port Melbourne, VIC · +3 more · State-wide provider
- 50+ families connected
- Specialises in Cleaning, Personal care
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Aurevia Healthcare is an NDIS registered provider. Registered across 16 NDIS support categories, including high intensity personal care, shared living support and daily personal care. Cleaning and personal care are among their most-requested supports. They operate across Victoria.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Developmental Educators, Disability Support Worker, Occupational Therapist
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Verified care seeker, Geelong
Melbourne, VIC and 9 othersAlso servesBalwyn, VIC · Balwyn North, VIC · Blackburn, VIC · Box Hill, VIC · Box Hill North, VIC · Box Hill South, VIC · Doncaster, VIC · Kensington, VIC · Maribyrnong, VIC · Regional provider
- 50+ families connected
- Specialises in Cleaning, Personal care
Medispark Health Care works across 13 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. Active on Carevo in the past week. They are most often contacted for cleaning and personal care. They also offer support workers and physiotherapy.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 5 othersAlso servesBoronia, VIC · Clyde North, VIC · Dandenong, VIC · Doveton, VIC · Frankston, VIC · Regional provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in Personal care, Support coordination, SIL
Wings for Care works across 13 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. They also offer accommodation support. They have a track record of following through on more than 20 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They are most often contacted for personal care and support coordination.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
How we rank providers
Rankings in Melbourne are based on real outcomes between providers and families on our platform. They are recalculated daily and cannot be purchased or influenced by advertising.
- How this list is built. Providers shown here offer nursing, personal care, support work, allied health, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, the support types most relevant to incontinence. They are then ranked by demonstrated experience with incontinence, providers who have actively claimed and supported incontinence referrals rank above those who only list it as a capability.
- Outcomes with families. We measure what happens after a family contacts a provider. Providers where families report positive outcomes rank higher. Multiple signals are weighted across a rolling window.
- Condition-specific track record. Providers who have accepted and worked with incontinence referrals on Carevo rank above those who only list the condition as a capability. We weight providers using their demonstrated experience with this cohort, not self-declared specialisations.
- Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
- Registration and compliance. NDIS registered and government-approved aged care providers are weighted for meeting quality and safeguards standards.
- Local presence. Providers confirmed in Melbourne rank above those covering only the broader region.
What "Trusted" means. The Trusted badge is awarded to providers with a consistent record of positive outcomes with families on our platform. It is based on multiple behavioural signals and family feedback, and it cannot be purchased.
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providers in Melbourne
32,111
providers nationally
What "Verified care seeker" means. Any care-seeker feedback shown above is from a real person who used Carevo to connect with that provider and then told us how it went. We only publish feedback tied to a genuine, matched enquiry, never anonymous, unsolicited, or paid reviews.
What people with Incontinence in Melbourne usually need help with
Incontinence is a common condition among older Australians that can significantly affect dignity, confidence, and quality of life if not properly managed. Home care services through a Home Care Package or the Support at Home program can fund nursing assessments, continence aids, and personal care support to help manage incontinence at home. With the right support and products in place, many older people are able to maintain their independence and continue living comfortably at home.
For chronic and complex medical conditions, the best starting point is usually identifying whether the main need is nursing, personal care, therapy, or a flexible combination, then comparing local providers who can adjust support when symptoms change.
What people usually compare locally
- • Availability of nursing or clinical staff with experience in the specific condition
- • Flexibility to adjust support at short notice during symptom changes
- • Coordination with local GPs, specialists, and hospital services
- • Whether the provider can deliver both personal care and clinical support through one service
Language support in Melbourne
Melbourne has a large Mandarin-speaking community (8.4% of residents), so finding incontinence support in a shared language matters here. These are the main languages spoken at home locally (ABS Census 2021). When you get matched, ask providers which of their staff speak your language and whether they can keep that worker as your regular. Interpreters are free through TIS National for NDIS appointments, and My Aged Care can arrange them for aged care assessments.
Speaker counts are persons using the language at home in this postcode. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (table G13). Carevo connects families with providers and does not deliver care itself.
Services and providers to compare first in Melbourne
For chronic health conditions, nursing care, personal care, and allied health are usually the first services to compare. Start with providers who can coordinate with your medical team and adjust support during symptom changes. Use the service links below to pressure-test provider fit, not just to browse every option in the area.
The Incontinence provider network on Carevo
105 providers on Carevo have supported people with incontinence through real matched requests, with 12 doing so more than once.97 are registered NDIS providers. Matching is based on real provider history, not self-described claims.
Supports they provide
- • Support workers
- • Personal care
- • Nursing
- • Allied health
Where providers are
Providers experienced with incontinence are listed in more than 760 suburbs across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, and other states.
Often supported alongside
Providers who support incontinence most often also have experience with Autism, Psychosocial Disability, Schizophrenia, Stroke, and Post-Stroke Care.
About Melbourne, VIC
Providers listed
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How to check a provider's credentials
Carevo lists the registration details a provider reports and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm them yourself. Here is what each listing shows and where to check it. A listing on Carevo is not an endorsement.
NDIS registration
Listings show whether a provider reports being NDIS registered. You can confirm a provider's current registration and approved support types yourself on the NDIS Commission's public provider register.
Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards CommissionAged care approval
Listings show aged care approval where it is recorded. You can check a provider's current approval and the services they deliver on the Australian Government's My Aged Care find a provider service.
Source: My Aged Care (Department of Health and Aged Care)ABN you can check
Most listings include the provider's Australian Business Number, shown on the profile. You can look it up on the Australian Business Register to confirm the business is registered and active.
Source: Australian Business RegisterComplaints process
If you have a concern about any provider, you can lodge a complaint with the NDIS Commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission at any time. We also accept complaints via our own channel.
Source: NDIS Commission / Aged Care CommissionCare Services Available in Melbourne
Provider counts by service type in Melbourne
* Services commonly accessed for this condition
What happens after you request support in Melbourne
1. Identify clinical and daily needs
Work out whether the main gaps are nursing or clinical support, personal care during difficult periods, therapy, or help managing daily routines around variable symptoms.
2. Compare flexible providers
Look for providers who can adjust support hours and intensity when symptoms change. Compare how they coordinate with your medical team and handle urgent or unplanned needs.
3. Confirm medical coordination
Ask how the provider communicates with your GP or specialist, whether nursing staff are available, and what happens if you need to increase or pause support at short notice.
For aged care, confirm whether the provider has nursing staff available, how they coordinate with your GP and specialists, and whether support can be adjusted quickly during periods of increased symptoms.
Melbourne at a glance
Nearest hospital
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Public transport
Free Tram Zone
Pharmacies
Chemist Warehouse Bourke Street • Priceline Pharmacy Melbourne Central
Community support
City of Melbourne Seniors Festival • Multicultural Hub programs
Australia's most multicultural city. Diverse international communities including Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Indian.
Flat CBD grid with excellent tram accessibility. Free City Circle tram. Most buildings have lift access.
Frequently Asked Questions
What home care services are available for incontinence management in Melbourne?
Older Australians managing incontinence in Melbourne can access continence nursing assessments, personal care support, continence aids funded through a Home Care Package, and pelvic floor physiotherapy to improve bladder control. Carevo connects people in Inner Melbourne with aged care providers who handle continence management with care and respect for dignity.
Can a Home Care Package cover continence products in Melbourne?
Yes, a Home Care Package can fund continence products such as pads, bed protectors, and continence garments as part of your overall care plan in Melbourne. A continence nurse or your care coordinator can help you identify the most appropriate products and ensure they are included in your package budget. Carevo connects people in Inner Melbourne with Home Care Package providers who manage continence care comprehensively.
Is there a nurse who can assess my incontinence and help me manage it at home in Melbourne?
Yes, continence nurse advisors and registered nurses in Melbourne can conduct home assessments to identify the type and cause of your incontinence and recommend a management plan including exercises, medications, products, and lifestyle changes. Nursing assessments can be funded through a Home Care Package or the Support at Home program. Carevo connects people in Inner Melbourne with nursing providers experienced in continence care.
How can physiotherapy help with incontinence in Melbourne?
A pelvic floor physiotherapist in Melbourne can assess your pelvic floor muscles and design an exercise program to strengthen them, which can significantly improve bladder and bowel control for many older people. These sessions can take place in your home and may be funded through a Home Care Package or the Support at Home program. Carevo can connect you with physiotherapy providers in Inner Melbourne who specialise in continence.
Can continence products and nursing support be funded through aged care in Melbourne?
Continence products such as pads, catheters, and bed protection can be covered under a Home Care Package or the Support at Home program for eligible people in Melbourne, alongside nursing visits from a continence nurse who can assess the cause of incontinence and develop an individual management plan. Eligibility is determined through My Aged Care, and the level of package funding reflects the complexity of your care needs. Carevo connects people in Inner Melbourne with continence nurses and support providers.
Understanding Urinary and Bowel Incontinence
Incontinence (involuntary loss of bladder or bowel control) is common and becomes significantly more prevalent with age, with severe incontinence affecting around 1.8% of Australians, an estimated 391,000 people (AIHW analysis of the ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2012). It is one of the most common reasons older Australians require home care support and one of the leading reasons for entry into residential aged care. Urinary incontinence includes stress incontinence (leaking during coughing, sneezing, or exercise), urge incontinence (sudden strong urge followed by leaking), overflow incontinence, and functional incontinence (inability to reach the toilet in time due to mobility or cognitive limitations). Faecal incontinence affects approximately 1 in 20 Australians. Despite being common, incontinence remains stigmatised and underreported. Many people suffer in silence for years before seeking help. With the right assessment, treatment, and support, incontinence can often be significantly improved or managed effectively.
How incontinence affects daily life
Incontinence affects daily life through the constant need for bathroom access, the fear of embarrassing leakage, and the practical burden of managing continence products. Social outings become anxiety-provoking when public toilets may not be accessible or nearby. Sleep is disrupted by nocturia (waking to urinate). Skin irritation and breakdown can occur from prolonged contact with urine. The emotional impact includes shame, embarrassment, depression, and social withdrawal. Many older Australians restrict their activities, stop going out, and become isolated because of incontinence. The financial cost of continence products is also significant, though some are subsidised through the Continence Aids Payment Scheme.
What to look for in a provider
Good incontinence providers start with a proper continence assessment rather than jumping straight to pad management. Ask whether they have access to a continence nurse or physiotherapist who specialises in pelvic floor health, whether they assess the cause of incontinence (not all incontinence is the same), and how they maintain dignity during personal care. Red flags include providers who only supply pads without investigating the cause, who do not know about pelvic floor exercises or bladder training, or whose workers handle continence care without sensitivity and respect for the person's dignity.
How to access funding
For older Australians, incontinence support is accessed through My Aged Care (1800 200 422). A Home Care Package can fund continence assessments, nursing, personal care, and continence products. The Continence Aids Payment Scheme provides a subsidy for continence products for eligible Australians. The National Continence Helpline (1800 330 066) provides free advice and can connect people with local continence services. A continence assessment by a specialist nurse or physiotherapist should be the first step before developing a management plan.
Sources: AIHW: Incontinence in Australia (ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers) · NDIS Our Guidelines: Continence supports
Funding and costs for incontinence support in Melbourne
Lower
$9,500
per year
Typical
$17,000
per year
Higher
$37,500
per year
Home Care Package budgets range from ~$9,500/yr (Level 1) to ~$37,500/yr (Level 3). People with incontinence as their primary need may only require Level 1-2, but those with co-occurring mobility or cognitive issues often need Level 3-4.
Illustrative ranges only. An individual plan is set by the NDIA on assessed need, not by diagnosis, and varies widely. Pricing basis: NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026-27.
Continence assessments by a specialist nurse cost $100-$200. Continence products cost $1,500-$4,000+ per year (partially subsidised). Personal care workers cost $50-$70/hr.
Figures are indicative and based on the current NDIS Price Guide and published Home Care Package rates. Actual costs depend on your plan, provider, and location.
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