Community nursing care providers in South Australia
Compare community nursing care providers across South Australia (SA). 342 families in South Australia have used Carevo to find a provider.
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Best Community Nursing Care providers in South Australia
Showing 10 of 954 providers·How we chose these
Munno Para, SA and 5 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Mawson Lakes, SA · Mount Gambier, SA · Port Augusta, SA · Salisbury, SA · State-wide provider
- 10+ families connected
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning, Nursing
TwinView Health is among the highest-ranked NDIS registered providers in Munno Para, South Australia in our data. Personal care and cleaning are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 20 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Developmental Educators, Disability Support Worker
Adelaide, SA and 5 othersAlso servesCentral Coast, NSW · Elwood, VIC · Perth, WA · Sydney, NSW · Sydney Olympic Park, NSW · National provider
- 10+ families connected
- Specialises in Nursing, Allied health, Support coordination
Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Intensive Care At Home is an NDIS registered provider. Nursing and allied health are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 20 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Mawson Lakes, SA and 15 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Greenacres, SA · Magill, SA · Modbury, SA · Munno Para West, SA · Para Hills, SA · Parafield Gardens, SA · Plympton, SA · Prospect, SA · Rosewater, SA · Salisbury, SA · Salisbury North, SA · +3 more · State-wide provider
- 25+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within 2 hours
- Specialises in Personal care, Nursing, Cleaning
Based in Mawson Lakes, South Australia, SA Nursing Care is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and nursing are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 30 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Registered across 14 NDIS support categories, including household tasks, Support Coordination and community nursing.
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- 5+ families connected
- Specialises in Cleaning, Social support, Nursing
Based in Angle Vale, South Australia, Bayleaf Care is an NDIS registered provider. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them. Cleaning and social support are among their most-requested supports. Registered across 7 NDIS support categories, including shared living support, transport assistance and community nursing.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Registered Nurse
Mawson Lakes, SA and 19 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Adelaide Airport, SA · Bedford Park, SA · Burnside, SA · Burton, SA · Elizabeth Downs, SA · Elizabeth Grove, SA · Gawler, SA · Klemzig, SA · Marion, SA · Mount Barker, SA · Munno Para, SA · +7 more · State-wide provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning, Nursing
Synergy Community Services works across 9 NDIS support categories in Mawson Lakes, South Australia. Active on Carevo in the past week. They are most often contacted for personal care and cleaning. They operate across South Australia.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Registered Nurse
Munno Para, SA and 4 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Evanston Gardens, SA · Gawler, SA · Smithfield, SA · Regional provider
- Fast responder, usually replies within 2 hours
- Specialises in Nursing, Personal care
Nursing Centred Care Australia works across 11 NDIS support categories in Munno Para, South Australia. Active on Carevo in the past week. They are most often contacted for nursing and personal care.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker, Registered Nurse
Adelaide, SA and 8 othersAlso servesBallarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Footscray, VIC · Geelong, VIC · Melbourne, VIC · Perth, WA · Truganina, VIC · Werribee, VIC · National provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in Support coordination, SIL
Nurses Caring 4 You is an NDIS registered provider in Adelaide, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for support coordination and SIL. Registered across 12 NDIS support categories, including Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education, household tasks and daily personal care. They operate across multiple states.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Disability Support Worker, Gardener
Auldana, SA and 5 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Hilton, SA · Ingle Farm, SA · Mitchell Park, SA · Salisbury, SA · State-wide provider
- 5+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within 2 hours
- Specialises in Personal care, Cleaning, Transport
All Around Family Care is an NDIS registered provider in Auldana, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for personal care and cleaning. Registered across 10 NDIS support categories, including Innovative Community Participation, shared living support and high intensity personal care. They operate across South Australia.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Adelaide, SA and 43 othersAlso servesBallina, NSW · Banora Point, NSW · Blacktown, NSW · Bondi Junction, NSW · Brisbane, QLD · Brisbane City, QLD · Byron Bay, NSW · Campbelltown, NSW · Central Coast, NSW · Chisholm, NSW · Coolamon, NSW · Cronulla, NSW · +31 more · National provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in SIL, Personal care
Admire Disability Services is an NDIS registered provider in Adelaide, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for SIL and personal care. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them. Registered across 8 NDIS support categories, including daily personal care, shared living support and community participation.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker
- Specialises in Nursing, Transport
Based in Norwood, South Australia, Advocare Australia is an NDIS registered provider, with a team that includes registered nurse and taxi or bus driver.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Registered Nurse, Taxi or bus driver
How we rank providers
Rankings in South Australia 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 are registered with the NDIS for Community nursing care for high needs, or offer nursing.
- 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.
- 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 South Australia 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.
954
providers in South Australia
32,111
providers nationally
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 CommissionCommunity Nursing Care at a glance
- Funding
- NDIS Core Supports, Support at Home, DVA, Private
- Availability
- 7 days a week, including after-hours
- Wait Time
- Usually within 1-5 business days
- Cost
- RN $123.65/hour, EN $99.88/hour weekday daytime
- Hours
- Flexible scheduling with urgent visit options
- Median Response
- 6 minutes
Community Nursing Care in South Australia (SA): what to know
Carevo lists 954 community nursing care providers with active coverage in South Australia, concentrated around Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Whyalla but reaching regional SA as well. Families in SA made 264 support requests through Carevo in the last 90 days.
954
Providers in SA
709
NDIS registered
70
Active in last 30 days
264
Requests, last 90 days
69%
Connected within 1 hour
Coverage by region in South Australia
| Region | Providers | Busiest area |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 182 | Adelaide |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 167 | Enfield |
| Salisbury | 140 | Mawson Lakes |
| Playford | 93 | Elizabeth |
| Marion | 72 | Marion |
| Tea Tree Gully | 64 | Modbury |
| Charles Sturt | 61 | Findon |
| Onkaparinga | 52 | Morphett Vale |
| West Torrens | 44 | Adelaide Airport |
| Prospect | 36 | Prospect |
Workers delivering NDIS supports in South Australia need the NDIS Worker Check, administered by the SA Department of Human Services Screening Unit. 709 of the 724 community nursing care providers listed in SA are registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Unregistered providers can still deliver many supports if your plan is plan managed or self managed.
NDIS price caps do not change by state: the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits set the same maximum rates in South Australia as everywhere else in Australia. Higher caps apply in areas classified remote or very remote, which covers parts of South Australia.
What families say about providers in SA
Feedback shared by families after connecting with providers on Carevo. Quotes are anonymous and providers cannot edit them.
“Yes responded to msg. Good rates”
“They were excellent in all respects, from emails and phone calls and picking me and taking me home from dental surgery, and a very lovely nurse called Manreet. Highly recommended.”
How much does community nursing care cost in South Australia?
Community Nursing Care in South Australia typically costs RN $123.65/hour, EN $99.88/hour weekday daytime (NDIS Community Nursing Care price limits; Support at Home nursing is fully government funded with no participant contribution). Actual rates vary by provider, funding type, and the level of support required.
How to pay for community nursing care
Funding options include NDIS Core Supports. Eligibility depends on your assessment and plan.
Community Nursing Care by suburb in South Australia
Browse providers in the busiest areas, or use any suburb page to see who services your postcode.
What Is Community Nursing Care?
Community nursing is clinical nursing delivered in a person’s home rather than a hospital or clinic, provided by Registered Nurses (RNs) or Enrolled Nurses (ENs) who exercise clinical judgement for tasks such as wound care, medication management and complex health monitoring. Under the NDIS Pricing Arrangements 2026-27, it sits in the Community Nursing Care registration group (0114), separate from delegated personal-care support.
Because a nurse is making clinical decisions, this is different from personal care or domestic help. Common reasons for a referral include dressing a wound, giving injections, managing a catheter or stoma, monitoring blood pressure and blood sugar, and setting up medication so it is taken correctly.
Who It Is For and How It Is Funded
Community nursing suits NDIS participants whose plan includes clinical health supports, people recovering from surgery or hospital discharge, and people managing chronic conditions such as diabetes or wound care. NDIS participants access it through Core Supports under registration group 0114. Older Australians access equivalent nursing as a clinical care service under Support at Home, which the Department of Health and Aged Care confirms is fully government funded with no participant contribution, distinct from the income- and asset-tested Independence and Everyday Living categories.
After A Hospital Stay
A large share of community nursing follows a hospital discharge, when someone is well enough to go home but still needs a wound checked or medication supervised for a few weeks. For people in South Australia, home nursing can shorten a hospital stay and lower the chance of readmission by catching problems early. A visiting nurse also flags when something needs a GP or a return to hospital.
Finding Community Nursing Care In South Australia
Two things decide fit: whether the provider employs Registered Nurses for the clinical tasks your plan calls for, and whether they cover South Australia within the timeframe you need, including after-hours visits where wound or medication schedules do not fit a nine-to-five round. Ask both before booking.
Carevo currently lists 28,038 providers, and community nursing providers can be compared alongside broader home nursing and clinical care services on the platform. Providers covering South Australia vary in after-hours capacity, so confirm availability when you get matched.
Chronic and complex wound care
Community nurses are the main providers of ongoing wound care at home, managing chronic and complex wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, pressure injuries and slow-healing surgical wounds. Chronic wounds affect hundreds of thousands of Australians, and the right dressing regimen with regular review at home prevents the deterioration and hospital admissions that follow a missed or wrong dressing. A good community nursing provider assesses the wound, follows a clear dressing plan, escalates to the GP or a wound specialist when healing stalls, and coordinates the supply of dressings your plan or funding covers.
How this page is compiled
The provider rankings and figures on this page come from Carevo platform records, including provider registrations, measured response times and coverage, together with the cited official sources. Carevo is an Australian platform that connects families with vetted NDIS and aged care providers. Carevo does not deliver care itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many community nursing care providers are there in South Australia?
There are 954 community nursing care providers with active listings in South Australia (SA) on Carevo. Providers are ranked by trust score based on real outcomes with families on our platform, not by who pays for placement.
How much does community nursing care cost in South Australia?
Community Nursing Care in South Australia typically costs RN $123.65/hour, EN $99.88/hour weekday daytime (NDIS Community Nursing Care price limits; Support at Home nursing is fully government funded with no participant contribution). Actual rates vary by provider and the level of support required.
How quickly can I start with a provider in South Australia?
Providers in South Australia respond to new requests in a median of 6 minutes, and 69% of families are connected within an hour. Most services can start within 1-2 weeks.
Does Carevo cover regional South Australia or just the capital?
Both. Carevo lists providers across all of South Australia, including regional and rural areas. Many providers service wide regions, and some supports (like plan management) are delivered Australia-wide by phone and online portal.
Which areas of South Australia have the most community nursing care providers?
By local government area, coverage on Carevo is deepest in Adelaide (182 providers), Port Adelaide Enfield (167 providers), Salisbury (140 providers). Regional SA is covered too: many providers service wide areas beyond their base suburb.
Do I have to use an NDIS registered provider for community nursing care in SA?
It depends on how your plan is managed. Agency-managed (NDIA-managed) funding can only be spent with registered providers, while plan-managed and self-managed participants can also use unregistered providers. 709 of the 724 community nursing care providers listed in SA on Carevo are NDIS registered.