Personal care providers in South Australia
Compare personal care providers across South Australia (SA). 294 families in South Australia have used Carevo to find a provider.
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Best Personal Care providers in South Australia
Showing 10 of 1268 providers·How we chose these
Adelaide, SA and 57 othersAlso servesAlderley, QLD · Ashmore, QLD · Avoca, QLD · Baldivis, WA · Banks Creek, QLD · Beenleigh, QLD · Benowa, QLD · Brisbane City, QLD · Browns Plains, QLD · Bundaberg West, QLD · Bunya, QLD · Burpengary, QLD · +45 more · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Social support
Also supports Acquired Brain Injury · Stroke · Prader-Willi Syndrome · Dementia
Heart For Care Disability Services is among the highest-ranked NDIS registered providers in Adelaide, South Australia in our data. Cleaning and social support 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. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Responded to my enquiry straight away
Verified care seeker, South Brisbane
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
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Nursing
Also supports Dementia · Post-Stroke Care · Incontinence
SA Nursing Care is an NDIS registered provider in Mawson Lakes, South Australia. They have a track record of following through on more than 30 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Families most often connect with them for cleaning and nursing. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
Adelaide, SA and 6 othersAlso servesHobart, TAS · Kotara, NSW · Old Beach, TAS · Rankin Park, NSW · Sydney, NSW · Wallsend, NSW · National provider
Specialises in Cleaning · Personal care · Gardening
Specialist for Dementia · Acquired Brain Injury · Arthritis
Destiny Community Services works across 11 NDIS support categories in Adelaide, South Australia. They are most often contacted for cleaning and gardening. They have a track record of following through on more than 50 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Participants often connect with them for dementia support.
Lovely to talk to quick response overall lovely definitely will be choosing destiny to help me :)
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Adelaide, SA and 31 othersAlso servesAlbany Creek, QLD · Alexandra Hills, QLD · Birkdale, QLD · Caboolture, QLD · Canberra Airport, ACT · Capalaba, QLD · Carindale, QLD · Collinsville, QLD · East Brisbane, QLD · Hope Island, QLD · Ipswich, QLD · Logan, VIC · +19 more · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Social support
Also supports Prader-Willi Syndrome · Huntington's Disease · Age-Related Hearing Loss
Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Pursue Services is an NDIS registered provider. Cleaning and social support are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 25 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
- Business address on file
Adelaide Airport, SA and 33 othersAlso servesAberfoyle Park, SA · Ballarat East, VIC · Balwyn, VIC · Balwyn North, VIC · Box Hill, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Brunswick, VIC · Camberwell, VIC · Chadstone, VIC · Christies Beach, SA · Cobram, VIC · Coburg, VIC · +21 more · National provider
Specialises in Support coordination · Allied health
Also supports Chronic Fatigue Syndrome · Fibromyalgia · Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome · Diabetes
Based in Adelaide Airport, South Australia, Apex Health Professionals is an NDIS registered provider. Support coordination and allied health 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. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Team includes Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist
Adelaide, SA and 8 othersAlso servesBallarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Footscray, VIC · Geelong, VIC · Melbourne, VIC · Perth, WA · Truganina, VIC · Werribee, VIC · National provider
Specialises in Support coordination · SIL
Also supports Incontinence · Mobility Impairment
Nurses Caring 4 You works across 15 NDIS support categories in Adelaide, South Australia. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. 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 support coordination and SIL.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Disability Support Worker, Gardener
Adelaide, SA and 76 othersAlso servesAirport West, VIC · Armadale, WA · Bairnsdale, VIC · Ballarat Central, VIC · Ballarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Bentleigh, VIC · Boronia, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Bulla, VIC · Bunbury, WA · Carrum, VIC · +64 more · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · SIL · Cleaning
Also supports Epilepsy · Stroke · Dementia · Post-Stroke Care
CarePro is an NDIS registered provider in Adelaide, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for SIL and cleaning. Registered across 14 NDIS support categories, including SDA, daily personal care and high intensity personal care. They operate across multiple states.
Mawson Lakes, SA and 9 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Elizabeth Downs, SA · Elizabeth East, SA · Ingle Farm, SA · Mount Gambier, SA · Para Hills West, SA · Parafield Gardens, SA · Salisbury, SA · Salisbury North, SA · National provider
Specialises in Allied health · Personal care
Also supports Multiple Sclerosis
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker
Munno Para, SA and 5 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Mawson Lakes, SA · Mount Gambier, SA · Port Augusta, SA · Salisbury, SA · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Nursing
Also supports Dementia
TwinView Health is an NDIS registered provider in Munno Para, South Australia. They have a track record of following through on more than 15 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Families most often connect with them for cleaning and nursing. Registered across 8 NDIS support categories, including daily personal care, household tasks and daily living skills.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Developmental Educators, Disability Support Worker
Auldana, SA and 5 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Hilton, SA · Ingle Farm, SA · Mitchell Park, SA · Salisbury, SA · State-wide provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Transport
Also supports Multiple Sclerosis
All Around Family Care works across 13 NDIS support categories in Auldana, South Australia. They also offer plan management. They are most often contacted for cleaning and transport. They operate across South Australia.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
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 Daily Personal Activities and High Intensity Daily Personal Activities, or offer personal care.
- 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.
1,268
providers in South Australia
28,928
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.
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 CommissionPersonal Care at a Glance
Funding
NDIS Core Supports, Support at Home, DVA, Private
Availability
7 days a week
Wait Time
Usually within 1-2 weeks
Cost
$50-$90/hour
Hours
Flexible scheduling, including weekends
Median Response
6 minutes
Personal Care in South Australia (SA): what to know
Carevo lists 1,268 personal 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 231 support requests through Carevo in the last 90 days.
1,268
Providers in SA
293
NDIS registered
74
Active in last 30 days
231
Requests, last 90 days
70%
Connected within 1 hour
Coverage by region in South Australia
| Region | Providers | Busiest area |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 148 | Adelaide |
| Salisbury | 93 | Salisbury |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 89 | Port Adelaide |
| Playford | 86 | Munno Para |
| Tea Tree Gully | 41 | Modbury |
| Charles Sturt | 39 | Seaton |
| Marion | 31 | Edwardstown |
| Gawler | 29 | Gawler |
| Onkaparinga | 26 | Morphett Vale |
| West Torrens | 25 | Adelaide Airport |
Workers delivering NDIS supports in South Australia need the NDIS Worker Check, administered by the SA Department of Human Services Screening Unit. 293 of the 320 personal 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.
How much does personal care cost in South Australia?
Personal Care in South Australia typically costs $50-$90/hour (NDIS / Support at Home subsidised rates available). Actual rates vary by provider, funding type, and the level of support required.
How to pay for personal care
Funding options include NDIS Core Supports. Eligibility depends on your assessment and plan.
Personal Care by suburb in South Australia
Browse providers in the busiest areas, or use any suburb page to see who services your postcode.
Personal care under the NDIS
Personal care is paid support with the daily tasks most people do for themselves: showering, dressing, grooming, toileting and moving safely around the home. The NDIS funds it as Assistance with Self-Care Activities inside the Core Supports budget, with hourly caps set in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2025-26. A support worker delivers it in your home, at the level of help you actually want.
It is the most requested service on Carevo, named in 855 of the 4,347 tracked inquiries (data updated 2026-06-27). Price limits for disability support workers rose 3.95 per cent on 1 July 2025, taking the standard weekday self-care cap to $70.23 an hour (NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2025-26). For older Australians, Support at Home replaced Home Care Packages on 1 November 2025 and funds the same tasks under eight classifications (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2025).
What is included in NDIS personal care services?
Personal care covers hands-on and prompted help with self-care. Day to day, a support worker helps with:
- Showering, bathing and drying, with as much or as little help as you choose
- Dressing and undressing, morning and evening routines
- Grooming: hair care, shaving, oral hygiene, nail care
- Toileting and continence aid management
- Safe transfers in and out of bed or a chair
- Help with eating and drinking at meal times
- Medication prompts at the right times
Complex needs, such as PEG feeding or severe dysphagia support, are billed under separate high-intensity items with a $75.98 weekday cap (NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2025-26).
Which part of an NDIS plan funds personal care?
Personal care is funded from Core Supports, under the Assistance with Daily Life category. Core is flexible, so you can generally shift funds between daily life, consumables, transport and social participation.
Funding depends on your plan including it and on the support meeting the statutory NDIS support definition introduced on 3 October 2024 by the “Getting the NDIS Back on Track” changes. Providers cannot charge above the caps in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2025-26; the cost section above lists the current rates by state.
NDIS eligibility rules for personal care
Any NDIS participant whose disability affects their ability to manage self-care can ask for personal care in their plan. The planner funds it when it is reasonable and necessary, which usually means evidence of functional impact, often an occupational therapy assessment.
Becoming a participant requires applying before you turn 65, being an Australian citizen, permanent resident or protected SCV holder, and having a permanent and significant disability (NDIS, 2025). If you are over 65 and not already a participant, personal care comes through the aged care system instead.
Does Support at Home cover personal care for older people?
Yes. Personal care is a listed Support at Home service, with eight funding classifications from about $10,731 to $78,106 a year (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2025).
From 1 October 2026 personal care moves into clinical supports, which carry no participant contribution. Until then a means-based contribution can apply, so check your situation with your provider or My Aged Care (1800 200 422). CHSP continues as a separate program and moves to Support at Home no earlier than 1 July 2027. Both dates are from the Department of Health and Aged Care (2025).
Four checks that separate providers
The rankings above use the methodology explained at the top of this page. Your own shortlist comes down to four checks:
Registration category. Agency-managed plans can only use providers registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission for Assistance with Daily Personal Activities. Plan-managed and self-managed participants can also use unregistered providers, often cheaper but not audited against the NDIS Practice Standards. Check any registration claim on the Commission’s public register.
Pricing transparency. A provider should hand you a written rate schedule against the 2025-26 caps without being chased. Vague answers about weekend loadings or travel charges are a warning sign.
Response time. A missed morning shift means someone does not get out of bed. Across Carevo, 70 per cent of inquiries get a provider response within an hour, so slow communication before you sign rarely improves after.
Coverage and consistency. Ask whether the provider staffs your suburb, not just your city, and whether you get a regular worker rather than a rotating roster. With 28,004 NDIS providers listed on the platform, you do not need to accept a casual pool for intimate care.
Questions to ask a provider before signing a service agreement
- What is your NDIS registration number and which registration groups does it cover? A good answer matches the NDIS Provider Register and covers daily personal activities.
- Do all your support workers hold NDIS Worker Screening clearances? A good answer is yes, verifiable through the NDIS Worker Screening Database.
- Can I see your full rate schedule, including evenings, weekends and travel? A good answer is a written schedule at or below the 2025-26 caps.
- Who covers shifts when my regular worker is sick or on leave? A good answer is a named, briefed backup process, not “whoever is free”.
- Can I choose the gender of my support worker for intimate care, and will that be written into the agreement? A good answer is yes to both.
- Have you ever been subject to Commission compliance action? A good answer is a straight no, consistent with the Commission’s public compliance register, or an honest account of what changed.
Where providers are available
Personal care providers on Carevo cover 4,782 suburbs nationally, with the deepest supply in the capitals. See the city pages for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, or the suburb directory below for smaller areas. NSW alone has 9,513 listed providers. Many households pair personal care with domestic assistance from the same provider, so one worker covers both.
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.
Helpful NDIS resources for South Australia
Guides to help you understand your plan, budget, and supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many personal care providers are there in South Australia?
There are 1268 personal 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 personal care cost in South Australia?
Personal Care in South Australia typically costs $50-$90/hour (NDIS / Support at Home subsidised rates available). 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 70% 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 personal care providers?
By local government area, coverage on Carevo is deepest in Adelaide (148 providers), Salisbury (93 providers), Port Adelaide Enfield (89 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 personal 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. 293 of the 320 personal care providers listed in SA on Carevo are NDIS registered.