Personal care

The most common home care service. A trained care worker visits your elderly parent at home to help with showering, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility. Personal care is about maintaining dignity and independence when daily tasks become physically difficult for older Australians and seniors.

The right aged care professional makes this feel like support, not intrusion. That depends entirely on carer matching, consistency, and continuity of care from your home care provider.

Nursing care at home

Clinical aged care delivered by registered nurses and enrolled nurses in your parent’s own home. Wound care, medication management, catheter care, clinical assessments, post surgical monitoring, and chronic disease management.

Not every home care provider offers nursing care at home. A provider that started as a nursing agency, like Chris Barnard Health, has clinical capability built into its aged care workforce from the ground up.

Domestic assistance

Help around the house. Cleaning, laundry, ironing, meal preparation, grocery shopping, and general household maintenance. These are the home care services that keep the home safe and liveable for elderly people ageing in place.

Domestic assistance is often the first home care service families ask about because it is the most visible sign that your parent is struggling to manage alone.

Respite care

Temporary home care support so family carers can rest. A professional care worker steps in for a few hours, a day, or longer while the regular carer takes a break. Respite care is not a failure. It is what keeps family caregiving sustainable.

Respite care can be funded through Support at Home, a Home Care Package, or paid privately through your home care provider.

Dementia support

Specialised in home care for elderly people living with dementia. Trained aged care professionals provide personal care, safety supervision, routine maintenance, social engagement, and overnight support when needed.

Continuity of care matters more in dementia home care than in any other aged care service. Familiar faces reduce confusion and distress. A home care provider with aged care specific workforce depth can assign consistent carers who know your parent’s triggers, preferences, and communication needs.

Post hospital and recovery care

Home care support after hospital discharge, surgery, or a health event. Personal care, nursing care at home, medication management, domestic assistance, and mobility support to help your elderly parent recover safely at home rather than staying in hospital longer than necessary.

The speed of home care after hospital discharge depends on your aged care provider’s workforce. A provider with more than 1,000 aged care professionals can mobilise within days.

Allied health

Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech pathology, and dietetics delivered at home. Allied health home care services help older Australians maintain mobility, prevent falls, and manage chronic conditions as part of their aged care plan.

How home care is funded

Home care services can be funded through Support at Home, a Home Care Package, NDIS, or paid privately. Government funded aged care is accessed through My Aged Care, which coordinates the assessment and approval process. Private in home care requires no assessment and can start within days.

Your home care budget determines how many hours and what types of aged care services your parent receives. Choosing an approved aged care provider with transparent fees ensures your parent’s home care budget goes toward actual care, not administration.

Why the provider matters as much as the service

Every home care service on this page is only as good as the aged care provider delivering it. A provider with a small aged care team cannot deliver consistent personal care, reliable nursing care at home, and genuine carer matching across Melbourne, regional Victoria, and Tasmania.

A provider with genuine aged care workforce depth can.

Chris Barnard Health

Chris Barnard Health is an approved aged care provider and registered NDIS provider delivering every home care service on this page across Melbourne, regional Victoria, and Tasmania. Our aged care specific workforce of more than 1,000 aged care professionals started with a specialist nursing agency in 2010 and has grown into one of Melbourne’s most experienced home care and aged care providers.

Call 1300 602 469 and tell us what your parent needs. It is what Melbourne’s leading and largest aged care specific workforce was built for. So every home care service your parent receives is consistent, reliable, and delivered by someone they trust.