Get more hours from your funding. Choose local providers and keep control of your care.

A local Care Advisor helps you compare services, manage funding and avoid being locked into one provider.

No call centres, a local person who answers the phone and helps sort things out.

Why Families Choose Local Guardians

Traditional Providers

Local Guardians

Traditional Providers

Local Guardians

How we work

We’re not a full-service provider, and that’s by design. We focus on helping you get the right support, from the right people, at the best price.

We understand your needs

A local Care Advisor works with you to understand your goals and the level of control you have.

You choose your support workers

Use your own, or we help you find the right people locally.

We manage everything behind the scenes

Funding, payments, compliance and support – handled for you.

Choose who delivers your care

Most providers use their own carers and service teams. We help you compare local providers so you can choose the people and services that work best for you.

Work with one local Care Advisor

One responsive person who knows your situation and helps you make confident decisions.

Compare local options, keep providers you trust

Use local knowledge and provider earch support to compare options in your area.

Change services more easily

Choose who delivers your services, keep the providers you trust, and change when needed.

Get better value from your funding

A lean independent model helps more of your budget go toward real support at home.

Understand your funding

Choose who delivers your services, keep the providers you trust, and change when needed.

Choose who delivers your care

Most providers use their own carers and service teams. We help you compare local providers so you can choose the people and services that work best for you.

Work with one local Care Advisor

One responsive person who knows your situation and helps you make confident decisions.

Compare local options, keep providers you trust

Use local knowledge and provider earch support to compare options in your area.

Change services more easily

Choose who delivers your services, keep the providers you trust, and change when needed.

Get better value from your funding

A lean independent model helps more of your budget go toward real support at home.

Understand your funding

Choose who delivers your services, keep the providers you trust, and change when needed.

Choose who delivers your care

Most providers use their own carers and service teams. We help you compare local providers so you can choose the people and services that work best for you.

Work with one local Care Advisor

One responsive person who knows your situation and helps you make confident decisions.

Compare local options, keep providers you trust

Use local knowledge and provider earch support to compare options in your area.

Change services more easily

Choose who delivers your services, keep the providers you trust, and change when needed.

Get better value from your funding

A lean independent model helps more of your budget go toward real support at home.

Understand your funding

Choose who delivers your services, keep the providers you trust, and change when needed.

Local Support In Your Area

Our local Care Advisors live and work in your community. We understand local services, providers and pricing – so you get the right support, faster.

Local Advisors

One person who knows your area

Local knowledge

We know local providers and services

Local Advisors

One person who knows your area

Local Advisors

One person who knows your area

Melbourne

Across Melbourne’s spread of suburbs, older people age at home near family, trams, shops and carers all close by.

Outer Eastern Suburbs

Outer eastern Melbourne near the Dandenong foothills offers big blocks for ageing at home, carers travelling further between visits.

Eastern Suburbs

Melbourne’s leafy eastern suburbs let older people age at home among quiet streets, parks and carers close by.

Wide Bay Burnett

Across Wide Bay Burnett, from Bundaberg to Hervey Bay, older people age at home, carers spanning coast and inland.

Meet some of our local advisors

Stephanie Watts

Shoalhaven & Illawarra

Meena Gahlot

City of Hume

Rebecca Stone

Not sure where to start?

Talk to a local advisor who can point you in the right direction.

See how much more care your funding can buy

Traditional providers charge significantly more per hour — meaning your government funding runs out faster. See the real difference for your situation.

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Rates sourced from provider websites and government HCP schedule. Local Guardians rates include 10% care management fee. Individual rates may vary.

Plan your care in just a few minutes

Not sure what Support at Home can fund, or what it might cost? We help you set care goals, understand funding, calculate contributions, and build a clearer plan.

Insights & Resources

Helpful articles and insights for older Australians and their families.

Trusted by Clients

Families value practical help, responsive advisors, and a model that gives them more control.

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Sandra Carmody
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Our Care Advisor, Debbie, has been very helpful and extremely patient! She also has a good sense of humour and has so far, been a delight to deal with.
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Doreen Collins
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Doreen Buckley Laura has been professional and ever so helpful at all times. She has made rhe transition to Lical Guardians so easy for me. She responds to my queries immediately and is quite frankly the best coordinator I have had and this is my 3rd provider. Thank you Laura. You are amazing Aug 12th 2026 I am happy for Laura but sad for us, her clients, about her upcoming maternity leave. Laura is the best service person I have encountered ever. She is professional, patient, super helpful, responds to all queries immediately and is always understanding when I make errors and so willing to help with everything. She is what every company and group would want in a service employee. Thank you Laura for.all your help guidance and support these last few months. Best of Luck as you embark on maternity leave and may the birth of your new Bub bring lots of joy and happiness
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Heulwen Carroll
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We do not have any issues with Local Guardians. We self manage the package. Debbie Ellicott is my current go to person in this organisation.They do seem to have quite a high turnover of staff. Whilst contact with Debbie I can only give her positives and no negatives. Their software could be a lot more user friendly I think.
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Anastasia Vasiliou
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Debbie Ellicott Is a very capable and experienced care advisor. Her knowledge in Aged care has greatly benefited us to navigate through the complex process. She is very quick to give advice and support and is very accommodating with her time and expert knowledge. She responds to all our calls and emails promptly. We highly recommend her and feel so privileged to have her support us at Local Guardians.
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Eleanor Bell
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Very happy with their service
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Leslie Heilikmann
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Efficient agency
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Ian Corbett
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Local Guardians have been fantastic to deal with. Extremely helpful and insightful. Karen Denny has been a lifesaver helping me through the difficult task of understanding how Aged Care Hope Packages work and all the legal requirements
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Gary Bevern
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The assistance that Karen Denny has provided me has been excellent. I wish her well in her forthcoming retirement. Gary Bevern.
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Rachel Wagner
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Laura has been very efficient; respectful and informative.
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Leone
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I've only tried one provider so there's nothing with which to compare Local Guardians. However, I have no complaints with my self managed package. Karen gets back to me promptly if I need some bureaucratic thing cleared up and the new changes in November were no problem. I'd recommend this provider.
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David & Sue

Sunshine Coast

"We were able to keep Mum’s cleaner."

Other providers wanted us to use their staff only. Local Guardians helped us keep services Mum already trusted.

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Margaret

Gold Coast

"We finally understood the funding"

Our advisor explained everything in plain English and helped us compare providers instead of pushing one company.

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Helen

Gympie

"We now get more support hours."

We changed providers and now more of the funding goes toward actual care and support.

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Robyn

Sunshine Coast

"We had more local options."

We were given a shortlist of providers in our area and could choose what suited us best.

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