Home Instead Home Care Package fees (now Support at Home): what they charge and what it buys
- Weekday personal care
- $122 an hour
- Publishes full price list
- No
- Verified
- 24 July 2026
Weekday, as part of the bundled 'Independence' service group
Home Instead publishes a weekday personal care rate of $122 an hour (Weekday, as part of the bundled 'Independence' service group), National average only. Home Instead runs a franchise model, so each local office sets its own list., effective 1 November 2025.
Every figure on this page checked 24 July 2026.
Home Instead has rebranded to Dovida. The published figures are a national average only (the provider's own PDF labels them 'average costs only'). Each local franchise office sets its actual price list, so treat this as indicative, not a quote.
What that rate buys, in hours per week
This uses Home Instead's published weekday personal care rate, applied to the current Support at Home , after the 10% set aside for .
| Level | Hours per week at Home Instead's rate |
|---|---|
| Level 4 | ~4.3 hours a week |
| Level 6 | ~7.0 hours a week |
| Level 8 | ~11.4 hours a week |
A baseline for comparison, not a quote. Full 8-level breakdown and other rate points on the hours calculator. 10% care management allocation: Support at Home Program Manual v4.2, section 8.9 (care management account).
What this covers
Weekday domestic help
$122 an hour
Care management
$120 an hour flat
Short visits
Not published
GST basis
unstated
Source: Home Instead's published schedule , verified 2026-07-24. Publishing a price list is not a claim that Home Instead is cheap or best. It means you can check the price against your own invoice, and hold this to it. Booking structure, care management, and which services are actually approved matter just as much as the headline rate. Contributions are separate again. Clinical services carry none. Independence and everyday-living services are .
Your package
Level 4·$7,617 a quarter
about $30,469 a year
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A Level 4 package buys roughly
- 3.5 to 5.5 hours a week of everyday help
- 2.5 to 4 hours a week of nursing and clinical care
- 1.5 to 3 hours a week of allied health
Or any mix, from one budget.
At published full-service weekday rates, after the standard 10% care management fee. Not a quote. Care management cap: Support at Home Program Manual v4.2, section 8.9 (care management account).
Which rate should we use?
Home Instead
GST basis not stated. Schedule effective 1 November 2025. Verified 2026-07-24. Source
An example week
Adjust it to match your plan
Available services depend on what is in your approved plan.
Everyday help
Personal care, domestic help, social support, respite, nursing assistants
This week
a weekday morning, plus a bit more
Nursing and clinical care
Enrolled and registered nursing, allied health assistants
≈ one nurse visit a week
Home Instead doesn't publish a rate for nursing and clinical care. Showing the market range instead.
Allied health professionals
Physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other allied health professionals
Home Instead doesn't publish a rate for allied health professionals. Showing the market range instead.
about $488 of $527 a week
Room for roughly half an hour more everyday help a week.
This calculator is here to give you a feel for what a package can buy. It is an estimate built from providers' published prices, not advice or a quote. Rates and rules change, and your own agreement is what counts. Check the numbers with your provider or My Aged Care before you rely on them.
Evenings and weekends cost more
These figures are weekday daytime. Providers load: Evening about +3-25% · Saturday +21-51% · Sunday +44-76% · Public holidays +86-150%.
Allied health is mostly weekday-only.
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A few things worth knowing
- Short visits usually cost more than a pro-rata slice of the minimum visit length.
- Some providers blend Saturday and Sunday into one weekend rate rather than pricing them separately.
- Overnight respite is often priced as a flat block, not an hourly rate.
Rate sources: Department of Health, Funding classifications for Support at Home · Support at Home program classifications and budgets (PDF) . Individual provider and tier rates carry their own verified dates alongside each figure above. Budgets verified against the Department of Health on 2026-07-22; budgets index every 1 July, rates re-verified each January and July.
Compare other providers
- myHomecare $130.20 an hour an hour for weekday personal care.
- Five Good Friends $110 an hour an hour for weekday personal care.
- Mable Does not publish an hourly rate, so you have to ask them directly.
Where to go next
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Tell Vera what the package is and what it currently buys. You'll come away with a plan for getting more from the same budget, whether that's a conversation with the provider or a change.
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