Support at Home
These are the prices we charged people for Support at Home services in July and August 2026. We publish them every two months so you can see what we charge before you agree to anything.
Provider
Provider ID
Period covered
Next update
How we price
Because you choose the worker, the price follows their rate. That is why we show a range as well as the most common price. Care management is funded separately by the government and is not charged on top of your service prices.
Support at Home groups every service into 12 types. We publish a price for each service we delivered, under the type it belongs to.
11 services priced
1 service priced
3 services priced
2 services priced
2 services priced
2 services priced
3 services priced
3 services priced
Not delivered this period
6 services priced
4 services priced
1 service priced
Service type 1 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Allied health assistance
$126.50
$126.00 to $165.00
Podiatry
Prices for this service vary widely. The range is the better guide.
$214.50
per hour
$104.00 to $198.00
Social work
Only a small number of these services were delivered in this period.
$132.00
per hour
$132.00 to $132.00
Speech pathology
$95.45
per hour
$95.00 to $130.00
Diet or nutrition
Prices for this service vary widely. The range is the better guide.
$196.90
per hour
$45.00 to $196.00
Physiotherapy
$207.00
per hour
$132.00 to $207.00
Psychology
Only a small number of these services were delivered in this period.
$278.30
per hour
$278.00 to $286.00
Exercise physiology
$174.30
per hour
$63.00 to $175.00
Occupational therapy
$220.00
per hour
$195.00 to $242.00
Counselling or psychotherapy
Only a small number of these services were delivered in this period.
$132.00
per hour
$74.00 to $113.00
Nutrition supports
Only a small number of these services were delivered in this period.
$49.50
per hour
$23.00 to $117.00
Service type 2 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Home support care management
$154.00
per hour
$138.00 to $154.00
Service type 3 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
General house cleaning
$66.00
per hour
$65.00 to $83.00
Laundry services
$71.50
per hour
$55.00 to $77.00
Shopping assistance
$66.00
per hour
$65.00 to $94.00
Service type 4 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Gardening
$66.00
per hour
$66.00 to $110.00
Assistance with home maintenance and repairs
$92.40
per hour
$68.00 to $97.00
Service type 5 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Flexible respite
$110.00
per hour
$79.00 to $187.00
Community and centre based respite
$71.50
per hour
$71.00 to $408.00
Service type 6 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Meal delivery
Covers both meals supplied and help preparing meals. Ask us for a quote.
$75.45
per delivery
Varies
Meal preparation
$55.00
per hour
$55.00 to $83.00
Service type 7 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Registered nurse clinical care
$181.50
per hour
$110.00 to $184.00
Enrolled nurse clinical care
$127.00
per hour
$127.00 to $130.00
Nursing assistant clinical care
$186.10
per hour
$186.00 to $187.00
Service type 8 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Assistance with self-care and activities of daily living
$71.50
per hour
$66.00 to $93.00
Assistance with the self-administration of medication
$81.90
per hour
$80.00 to $101.00
Continence management (non-clinical)
Charged per item, not per hour. Ask us for a quote.
$1.10
per hour
Varies
Service type 9 of 12
We did not deliver this service in July or August 2026, so there is no price to publish. Contact us if you need it.
Service type 10 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Group social support
$44.00
per hour
$44.00 to $80.00
Individual social support
$71.25
per hour
$70.00 to $96.00
Accompanied activities
$66.00
per hour
$66.00 to $86.00
Cultural support
$67.25
per hour
$67.00 to $68.00
Digital education and support
$61.60
per hour
$61.00 to $73.00
Assistance to maintain personal affairs
$80.95
per hour
$71.00 to $81.00
Service type 11 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Acupuncture
$88.00
per hour
$88.00 to $138.00
Chiropractics
$72.40
per hour
$72.00 to $107.00
Remedial massage
$165.00
per hour
$129.00 to $165.00
Osteopathy
$112.20
per hour
$112.00 to $127.00
Service type 12 of 12
Service
Most common price
Most charges fall between
Direct transport
Charged per kilometre travelled. Some trips are charged as a flat fare.
$1.10
per kilometre
$1.00 to $72.00
Most common price is the price we charged most often during standard business hours over the two months. This is the figure the Aged Care Rules 2025 require us to publish, under section 166-1005.
Most charges fall between shows the middle half of what people actually paid. Half of all charges sat inside that range, a quarter sat below it and a quarter above.
Prices include GST where GST applies. Work outside standard business hours, on weekends and on public holidays is charged at the worker’s own higher rate plus our 10 per cent, so it is not included in the figures above.
These are prices, not quotes. Before you agree to a service we will tell you the exact price for your worker in writing, and it will be in your service agreement.
Published 17 September 2026. Covers 1 July to 31 August 2026.
All registered Support at Home providers have the same fee structure:
– Care Management is capped at 10% of the funding set by the government.
– All other administration costs are included in the unit prices of services.
This means the only pricing difference between providers is the unit cost of each service, like nursing or personal support, where most funding is spent.
Local Guardians is different because we’re an independent provider. We don’t employ carers or set fixed service prices. Instead, our clients self-manage and choose their own carers at the best market rate, with a flat 10% administration fee added to the service cost.
Fees
Under Support at Home, the government keeps 10% of each participant’s care funding for Care Management. This amount pays the provider’s Care Managers for the time they bill when planning, checking, and adjusting care to meet each person’s needs and follow government rules. If not all of the 10% is billed and it isn’t used to support other participants’ care management, the government keeps what’s left.
The 10% also works a bit like insurance – care management is a mandatory government defined service, and everyone must receive it. Some people will need more support than others, and when that happens, the provider must still deliver the care management required, even if the time spent goes beyond what can be paid for.
Because we don’t employ care staff or earn a margin from care services we add a 10% Administration Fee to each service provider invoice. This covers the costs associated with being a Registered Provider – things like quality, compliance, governance, payment processing and support. None of this can be covered by Care Management billing and is what keeps Local Guardians running behind the scenes.
Important: You only pay this fee when you receive services. If you’re not using your funding in a particular period, there are no fees charged.
The good news? Choosing your own third party service providers means you can still save money. Here’s how:
As an example, a traditional ‘full service’ provider (who has their own care workforce) might charge $90/hour for a support worker. With us, you can engage a support worker of your choice for $50/hour + our admin fee ($5), totaling $55/hour. That’s $35 less per hour – resulting in significantly more care hours from the same budget.
Under the Support at Home program, personal contributions are only applied when services are actually used. This is fairer than the previous system, where a fixed fee was charged regularly regardless of service use.
To support timely payment of your service providers, a Wallet is maintained with a minimum balance (generally around two weeks of expected personal contributions), held safely in trust. If the balance falls below this level, it is automatically topped up by direct debit. Any unspent balance always remains your money and is fully refundable if you leave.
Because contributions are triggered when invoices are received and claimed (which may be after the service date), amounts can vary from month to month. The Wallet helps smooth these timing differences, reduces unexpected bills, and ensures providers can be paid promptly alongside government funding.
Importantly, each time a top-up notification is issued, you retain visibility and decision-making over contribution-attracting expenses, as these are directly linked to the services you choose to use.
Read our blog: /understanding-support-at-home-and-personal-contributions/
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