Aged care home providers in South Australia
Compare aged care home providers across South Australia (SA). 294 families in South Australia have used Carevo to find a provider.
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Best Aged Care Home providers in South Australia
Showing 10 of 1384 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
Heart For Care Disability Services is among the highest-ranked NDIS registered providers in Adelaide, 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 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
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
Based in Adelaide, South Australia, CarePro is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and SIL 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 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
Destiny Community Services works across 11 NDIS support categories in Adelaide, South Australia. They operate across multiple states. They are most often contacted for cleaning and personal care. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
Lovely to talk to quick response overall lovely definitely will be choosing destiny to help me :)
Verified care seeker, Devonport
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New Port, SA and 33 othersAlso servesBraybrook, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Brunswick, VIC · Carnegie, VIC · Caroline Springs, VIC · Chadstone, VIC · Coburg, VIC · Collingwood, VIC · Cranbourne, VIC · Dandenong, VIC · Doncaster, VIC · Essendon, VIC · +21 more · State-wide provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Social support
Based in New Port, South Australia, Auslife Disability Care 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 20 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, 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
Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Nurses Caring 4 You is an NDIS registered provider. Support coordination and SIL 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. Registered across 15 NDIS support categories, including Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education, household tasks and daily personal care.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Disability Support Worker, Gardener
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
Based in Mawson Lakes, South Australia, SA Nursing Care is an NDIS registered provider. Registered across 14 NDIS support categories, including household tasks, Support Coordination and community nursing. They have a track record of following through on more than 30 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They support both NDIS and aged care funding.
Adelaide, SA and 36 othersAlso servesBallarat North, VIC · Bayswater North, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Boronia, VIC · Braybrook, VIC · Carrum Downs, VIC · Chadstone, VIC · Cheltenham, VIC · Coburg North, VIC · Cranbourne, VIC · East Melbourne, VIC · Eltham, VIC · +24 more · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · SIL · Cleaning
Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Nation Care is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and SIL 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. They operate across multiple states.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
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
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker
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
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Nursing
Synergy Community Services is an NDIS registered provider in Mawson Lakes, 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 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 5 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Mawson Lakes, SA · Mount Gambier, SA · Port Augusta, SA · Salisbury, SA · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Nursing
Based in Munno Para, South Australia, TwinView Health is an NDIS registered provider. Registered across 8 NDIS support categories, including daily personal care, household tasks and daily living skills. They have a track record of following through on more than 15 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They also offer plan management.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Developmental Educators, Disability Support Worker
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 offer nursing and 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.
1,384
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 CommissionAged Care Home at a Glance
Funding
Government residential care subsidy (AN-ACC), Basic daily fee, Hotelling contribution, Non-clinical care contribution, Accommodation payment (RAD/DAP)
Availability
Monday to Friday
Wait Time
Initial consultation within 48 hours
Cost
$0-$150/session
Hours
Office hours + emergency support
Median Response
6 minutes
Aged Care Home in South Australia (SA): what to know
Carevo lists 1,384 aged care home 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.
1,384
Providers in SA
155
Aged care approved
124
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 | 265 | Adelaide |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 261 | Port Adelaide |
| Salisbury | 257 | Mawson Lakes |
| Playford | 167 | Munno Para |
| Charles Sturt | 124 | Seaton |
| Marion | 108 | Marion |
| Tea Tree Gully | 97 | Modbury |
| Onkaparinga | 92 | Morphett Vale |
| West Torrens | 84 | Brooklyn Park |
| Norwood Payneham St Peters | 62 | Norwood |
Providers delivering government-funded aged care in South Australia must be registered with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, and you can check any provider on the Commission's public register. 155 of the 1382 providers listed for this service in SA hold aged care approval.
How much does aged care home cost in South Australia?
Aged Care Home in South Australia typically costs $0-$150/session (subsidised options available). Actual rates vary by provider, funding type, and the level of support required.
How to pay for aged care home
Funding options include Government residential care subsidy. Eligibility depends on your assessment and plan.
Aged Care Home by suburb in South Australia
Browse providers in the busiest areas, or use any suburb page to see who services your postcode.
What is residential aged care?
Residential aged care is government-approved, live-in support in a nursing home for older Australians who can no longer be safely supported at home, covering accommodation, meals, personal care and nursing (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2025). Entry requires a comprehensive assessment through the Single Assessment System, formerly known as an ACAT assessment, confirming the person meets the approval criteria for residential care.
How to choose a provider for this service
Facility choice comes down to a few checkable facts, not a brochure tour. Confirm the home is government-approved to provide residential aged care and check its most recent quality and safety record with the Aged Care Quality and Safeguards Commission. Ask how quickly the facility can respond to a placement enquiry, particularly if you are working against a hospital discharge deadline. Get the fee breakdown in writing before you commit: Basic Daily Fee, Hotelling Contribution, Non-Clinical Care Contribution and any Accommodation Payment (RAD/DAP), since these vary by facility and by entry date. The rankings above weigh registration status, response speed and coverage using the criteria explained in the methodology section, drawn from 2,619 aged care providers on Carevo’s records.
Which funding pays for residential aged care?
Residential aged care is funded mainly through the AN-ACC subsidy, a government payment made directly to the approved provider, topped up by resident contributions set through a means assessment of income and assets (Department of Health and Aged Care, Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential Care, 20 March 2026). To qualify, a person needs a comprehensive assessment through the Single Assessment System confirming they need residential-level care. NDIS and Support at Home funding do not cover residential aged care itself, though NDIS supports can continue for eligible younger residents with disability-related needs.
Availability
Carevo lists aged care providers across 4,782 suburbs nationally, drawn from 28,038 providers on the platform. If residential care isn’t the right fit yet, compare it against staying at home with Support at Home funding, or read the broader overview of aged care services in Australia.
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many aged care home providers are there in South Australia?
There are 1384 aged care home 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 aged care home cost in South Australia?
Aged Care Home in South Australia typically costs $0-$150/session (subsidised options 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 aged care home providers?
By local government area, coverage on Carevo is deepest in Adelaide (265 providers), Port Adelaide Enfield (261 providers), Salisbury (257 providers). Regional SA is covered too: many providers service wide areas beyond their base suburb.
Are these aged care home providers approved by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission?
155 of the 1382 providers listed for this service in SA hold aged care approval. You can verify any provider on the Commission's public register before signing an agreement.