Home nursing providers in Ingle Farm, South Australia

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40 providers cover Ingle Farm · 4.3 providers respond to a typical request · 5 minutes to first enquiry acceptance across South Australia

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40 providers in Ingle Farm
Funded via NDIS, aged care, DVA or private fees
Wound care, medication and post-hospital care
Free. One request, providers contact you.

It only takes one minute and it's free.

Need a home nurse in Ingle Farm?

40 providers in Ingle Farm
Funded via NDIS, aged care, DVA or private fees
Wound care, medication and post-hospital care
Free. One request, providers contact you.

Activity figures describe Carevo enquiries, not appointments or care quality. Acceptance timing excludes unclaimed enquiries. Confirm current capacity directly. Measurement period and method.

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About Home Nursing in Ingle Farm

This guide compares in-home nursing care providers in Ingle Farm, ordered by service match, distance, register status and activity on Carevo. The 10 providers listed here service Ingle Farm and surrounding areas and can deliver registered and enrolled nurse care in your home for NDIS participants, aged care clients, and private patients. Several providers offer 24 hour home nursing care for clients with complex or high-dependency needs, and 24/7 nursing services are available for those requiring continuous clinical monitoring or overnight nursing support.

What to compare before choosing

Use these service-specific checks when you contact providers in Ingle Farm. Confirm each answer directly; a directory listing does not prove current capacity.

Clinical scope

The assigned nurse's registration and competencies must match the required procedure.

Ask: Who will deliver the care, and which current competencies cover my clinical needs?

Care-plan handover

Medication, wound and complex-care instructions need a controlled handover process.

Ask: How do you receive, verify and update instructions from my treating team?

After-hours coverage

A seven-day listing may not include escalation or replacement outside office hours.

Ask: What support is available if a visit is missed or my condition changes after hours?

Funding and consumables

Nursing time and clinical consumables may use different budgets or payment rules.

Ask: Which costs are included, and which consumables need separate approval or purchase?

Frequently Asked Questions

How quickly are home nursing enquiries responded to?

Across 1321 home nursing accepted enquiries on Carevo, the median enquiry acceptance time is 3 minutes. 74% of home nursing enquiries nationally have enquiry details accepted within 1 hour, and 89% within 24 hours. This is the national figure for one service, so it differs from any Ingle Farm figure above, which covers every service in the suburb.

How many in-home nursing providers are there in Ingle Farm?

There are currently 40 in-home nursing providers serving Ingle Farm listed on Carevo. These include NDIS registered providers, HCP-approved organisations, and private nursing agencies.

How much does in-home nursing cost in Ingle Farm?

In-home nursing rates in Ingle Farm typically range from NDIS weekday limits: EN $103.44/hour; RN $128.05/hour. Private quotes vary.. Registered Nurse rates are generally higher than Enrolled Nurse rates. NDIS participants should check the current NDIS Pricing Arrangements for applicable rate limits.

What is the difference between a Registered Nurse and an Enrolled Nurse?

A Registered Nurse (RN) has completed a three-year bachelor's degree and has a broader scope of practice. An Enrolled Nurse (EN) has completed a diploma-level qualification and works under the supervision or direction of an RN. For complex clinical tasks such as medication administration via IV or advanced wound care, an RN is generally required.

Can in-home nursing be funded through my NDIS plan?

Yes. Nursing falls under NDIS Core Supports (Assistance with Daily Life) for clinical care tasks. Some nursing assessments may also be funded under Improved Daily Living. Your plan needs to include funding in the relevant support category. Speak with your plan manager or support coordinator to confirm how nursing is funded in your specific plan.

Can I access DVA-funded nursing at home?

Yes. The DVA Community Nursing Program funds in-home nursing for eligible veterans holding a Gold or White Card. Services include wound care, medication management, continence care, and palliative nursing. A referral through your GP is usually required. Ask providers about their experience with DVA clients.

How quickly can I get a nurse visit arranged in Ingle Farm?

For non-urgent nursing needs, start times vary by provider and area, so ask each provider for its current wait time. For post-hospital discharge needs or time-sensitive clinical requirements, some providers offer faster scheduling. Contact providers directly and explain the urgency of your situation.

Will my in-home nurse communicate with my GP?

Yes. Quality providers maintain clinical communication with your GP and other treating health professionals. After each visit, or when there is a change in your clinical status, the nurse should send a report or progress note to your GP. Ask about communication practices when you enquire with a provider.

Do in-home nurses need to be AHPRA registered?

Yes. All nurses practicing in Australia must be registered with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). You can verify a nurse's registration status on the AHPRA public register at ahpra.gov.au. Confirm that the nurses your provider uses hold current registration before commencing services.

Can I get 24 hour nursing care at home in Ingle Farm?

Yes, 24 hour home nursing care is available through select providers in Ingle Farm. This level of service is suited to clients with complex clinical needs, those recovering from major surgery or illness, or people in palliative care who require continuous nursing oversight. 24 hour nursing is typically arranged as a combination of day shifts and overnight nursing shifts, with AHPRA-registered nurses rostered across the full 24-hour period. Contact providers directly to confirm their capacity for continuous care and how they manage nursing handover between shifts.

Is 24/7 home nursing available in Ingle Farm?

Some nursing providers in Ingle Farm offer 24/7 nursing services, meaning a registered nurse is available or on-call at any hour of the day or night. This differs from round-the-clock rostered nursing in that some providers offer an on-call arrangement rather than a nurse physically present overnight. When enquiring about 24/7 nursing, ask whether the service provides a nurse on site or on-call, the response time for overnight call-outs, and how the service is funded, as continuous nursing support involves significant cost and may require a plan review if you are NDIS or HCP funded.

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How Much Does In-Home Nursing Care Cost in Ingle Farm?

In-home nursing rates in Ingle Farm typically range from NDIS weekday limits: EN $103.44/hour; RN $128.05/hour. Private quotes vary.. Registered Nurse (RN) visits generally cost more than Enrolled Nurse (EN) visits because of the additional qualifications and scope of practice involved. After-hours, weekend, and public holiday rates apply for most providers.

For NDIS participants, in-home nursing falls under NDIS Core Supports ("Assistance with Daily Life") or, in some cases, under the Improved Daily Living budget for nursing assessments. NDIS price limits apply to registered providers. Self-managed participants can negotiate rates directly with any provider.

Home Care Package holders can use their package budget to fund in-home nursing visits. Nursing is a common service at Level 3 and Level 4 packages where more complex health needs are involved. Your care coordinator will include nursing visits in your care plan and manage the costs from your package budget.

DVA-funded nursing is available to eligible veterans through the Community Nursing Program. Veterans with a Gold or White Card should speak with a provider experienced in DVA to confirm coverage for their specific nursing needs.

Private clients pay at the published market rate. Some providers offer reduced rates for regular ongoing visits, particularly for wound care or medication management services that occur on a fixed schedule.

Time	Indicative rate
Enrolled Nurse (EN) weekday	$50 - $70/hr
Registered Nurse (RN) weekday	$65 - $90/hr
Evening/weekend (EN)	$60 - $85/hr
Evening/weekend (RN)	$75 - $100/hr
Public holiday	$90 - $120/hr
Complex nursing (RN, specialist)	$90 - $120/hr

Rates are indicative and vary by provider and nurse level. NDIS participants should refer to the current NDIS Pricing Schedule. DVA and HCP clients should confirm coverage with their respective program before booking.

Sources: NDIS pricing schedule 2026-27 · Support at Home pricing and advised prices 2026-27

What does home nursing cost? Full pricing and funding guide

How to Pay for In-Home Nursing Care in Ingle Farm

In-home nursing in Ingle Farm can be funded through the NDIS, Home Care Packages, DVA, Medicare in some circumstances, or paid for privately.

NDIS: Nursing falls under Core Supports ("Assistance with Daily Life") for ongoing clinical support such as wound care, catheter care, and medication management. Some nursing assessments may be funded under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building). Your NDIS plan needs funding in the relevant support category. NDIA-managed participants must use NDIS registered nursing providers.

Home Care Packages (HCP): Nursing is a fundable service at all HCP levels, though it is most common at Levels 3 and 4. Your care coordinator includes nursing in your care plan and arranges the visits. Costs are drawn from your package budget.

Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA): The DVA Community Nursing Program funds in-home nursing for eligible veterans. Services include wound management, medication management, continence care, post-hospital support, and palliative care. A DVA referral through your GP is usually required.

Medicare: Medicare does not directly fund ongoing in-home nursing. However, some nursing services delivered as part of a GP chronic condition management plan (GPCCMP) may attract a Medicare rebate. Speak with your GP about whether a care plan is appropriate for your situation.

Private payment: Private nursing is available without referral or funding approval. This suits people who need a short-term clinical service, are waiting for funding to be arranged, or prefer to pay directly for convenience and flexibility.

What to Expect from In-Home Nursing Care in Ingle Farm

In-home nursing services bring clinical care to your home, avoiding unnecessary hospital visits and supporting recovery, chronic disease management, and end-of-life care in a familiar environment. Services are delivered by AHPRA-registered nurses with current professional indemnity insurance.

Common in-home nursing services include wound dressing and management, medication administration and review, catheter and continence care, IV therapy, diabetes management, post-surgical care, palliative and end-of-life nursing, and falls risk assessment. Providers should clearly describe which services their nurses are credentialed to deliver.

Some providers in Ingle Farm offer after-hours nursing and 24 hour home nursing care for clients who need continuous clinical oversight, overnight nursing, or urgent clinical response outside standard business hours. If you need 24/7 nursing support, ask providers specifically about their after-hours arrangements, on-call nurse availability, and how overnight shifts are staffed.

The process begins with a nursing assessment, either in person or by phone, where the nurse reviews your medical history, current medications, clinical needs, and home environment. They develop a nursing care plan and agree on a visit schedule with you and your care team.

Expect your provider to coordinate with your GP and other health professionals. A well-run nursing service sends clinical notes back to your GP and flags any changes in your health status promptly. This communication is important for safe and coordinated care.

All nursing providers must comply with AHPRA registration standards and relevant clinical practice guidelines. Ask about the nurse's specific experience with your condition or care needs before confirming a booking, particularly for complex or specialised clinical services.

How to check a provider's credentials

Carevo shows register-sourced status fields and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm the current entry 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 Commission

Aged care approval

The aged care approval label is sourced from the Australian Government's My Aged Care provider register. Confirm the current entry and the services listed there before choosing a provider.

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 Register

Complaints 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 Commission

Home Nursing at a glance

Funding: NDIS Core Supports, Support at Home (replaced Home Care Packages), DVA, Private
Availability: 7 days a week
Wait time: Confirm current availability and a start date directly with the provider
Cost: NDIS weekday limits: EN $103.44/hour; RN $128.05/hour. Private quotes vary.
Hours: Flexible scheduling, including weekends and overnight
Median enquiry acceptance: 3 minutes

Care demand in SA

In the last 90 days, participants, families and coordinators across SA made 436 care requests through Carevo, and 38% were marked urgent. The funding mix was 47% NDIS, 40% Home Care Package or aged care, and 13% privately funded.

Based on real requests submitted to Carevo across SA. Updated each build.

South Australia Regulations & Compliance

In South Australia, NDIS providers may be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and registered providers comply with the NDIS Practice Standards. Registration is mandatory only for specified supports and circumstances, such as specialist disability accommodation, plan management, and supports involving regulated restrictive practices. Self-managed and plan-managed participants may generally choose registered or unregistered providers; NDIA-managed participants must use registered providers. Aged care services are regulated under the Aged Care Quality Standards. South Australia requires NDIS worker screening through the DHS NDIS Worker Check, and registered providers are audited against the NDIS Practice Standards.

NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission

Phone: 1800 035 544

Website: ndiscommission.gov.au

Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission

Phone: 1800 951 822

Website: agedcarequality.gov.au

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About Ingle Farm

Ingle Farm sits within the Salisbury (City) council area, home to around 8,825 residents. Connecting with a home nursing provider who already works locally means shorter travel and familiarity with nearby services.

Population 65+

2,842 (21.8%)

State avg 20.5%

Need help with daily activities

1,130 (8.7%)

State avg 6.9%

Median personal income

$658/wk

Weekly, persons 15+ (ABS)

Data: ABS Census 2021

Language support in Ingle Farm

Ingle Farm has a large Punjabi-speaking community (4.3% of residents), so finding home nursing services 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.

Punjabi care in Ingle Farmਪੰਜਾਬੀ5594.3%

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.

Response figures are based on 19 home nursing services requests across South Australia over the last 180 days, as we do not yet have enough requests in Ingle Farm to report a local figure. 5% of those requests received no response. Measured on enquiries across all services in Salisbury over the last 180 days. That is 0.07 enquiries per provider listed across Salisbury in that period (416 at the time, a wider area and an earlier date than the Ingle Farm count above). How we calculate our numbers

How we rank providers

Rankings in Ingle Farm use directory relevance and observable activity on Carevo: service match, distance, register-sourced status fields, whether an enquiry can reach the provider, and recent response and connection activity. Rankings are recalculated daily. They do not assess care quality or recommend a provider.

How this list is built. Providers shown here are registered with the NDIS for Community nursing care for high needs, or offer nursing.
Activity on Carevo. We measure recent actions such as connecting on an enquiry, opening its contact details, responding, and an inquirer reporting whether a connection helped. These are platform activity signals, not an assessment of the support delivered.
Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
Register-sourced status. NDIS registration fields come from the NDIS Commission provider register. Aged care approval fields come from the My Aged Care register. These statuses are ranking inputs, not Carevo endorsements, and you should confirm the current register entry before choosing a provider.
Carevo enquiries. Providers who have paused requests from us are moved down among providers with the same relevance. They stay visible and are marked as not receiving Carevo enquiries.
Recent activity. Providers active on Carevo recently (a connection, a login, or a profile update) get a small boost, the same signal shown as "Active this week" on their card. It is deliberately small: stronger relevance and condition evidence outweigh a recent login.
Local presence. Providers confirmed in Ingle Farm rank above those covering only the broader region.

What the enquiries status means

It answers one question: would a request sent through Carevo today actually reach them? It is not a rating, it is not about the provider's books, and it is not a statement about their capacity, their waiting list, or the quality of their care.

Receiving: At least one contact on their account is set up to receive new requests from us, and someone has signed in recently enough for us to say a person is there.
Not receiving: Every contact on the account has unsubscribed or paused, so we have no way to pass an enquiry on.
No status shown: We cannot tell either way, so we say nothing rather than label the provider. The account is set to receive enquiries, but nobody has signed in recently, or there are no contact details on file. It is not a negative mark, and most listings sit here.

A provider who is not receiving our enquiries may well be taking new clients directly. Providers set this themselves and can turn it back on at any time from their Carevo account or from any email we send them. Providers not receiving our enquiries are moved down the list and never hidden. It is refreshed daily, so a provider who resumes, or signs in, reappears within a day.

What the Carevo activity rating means

The Strong activity rating describes how a provider behaves on Carevo, not the care they deliver.

Where it starts: Every provider starts at a baseline of 50.
What moves it: Enquiries from the last 90 days. The strongest positive is a care seeker naming that provider as the one who helped them. The clearest negative is connecting on an enquiry and never opening the contact details.
How it is kept honest: Recalculated daily from scratch, shown only above the baseline and only with at least two scored signals, and removed automatically when either stops being true. It cannot be purchased.

It is not an endorsement, a recommendation, or an assessment of care quality, and we do not screen providers for complaints. Complaints are handled by the NDIS Commission and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. See the full activity rating methodology.

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Sources and content responsibility

Carevo maintains this service guide. The funding and directory wording was checked on 15 September 2026. This is not a clinical review. Confirm a practitioner's qualifications, suitability, fees and current availability before booking.

Travel must be agreed before booking under the applicable funding rules. Carevo does not publish a verified 2026-27 per-kilometre cap. Ask for an itemised quote. Send a correction.

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