Silver Chain Home Care Package fees (now Support at Home): what they charge and what it buys
- Care management
- 10% of the budget set aside for care management
- Publishes full price list
- Yes
- Verified
- 24 July 2026
delivered at $175 an hour
Silver Chain publishes a weekday personal care rate of $129 an hour (Weekday, 6am-6pm), Western Australia, effective 1 November 2025.
Every figure on this page checked 24 July 2026.
Silver Chain publishes a separate price list per state. This entry reflects the Western Australia list. The East Coast list (effective 1 July 2026, and the basis for the KinCare rates below since Silver Chain acquired KinCare) publishes weekday personal care at $134 an hour. Check the linked schedule for your state.
What that rate buys, in hours per week
This uses Silver Chain's published weekday personal care rate, applied to the current Support at Home , after the 10% set aside for .
| Level | Hours per week at Silver Chain's rate |
|---|---|
| Level 4 | ~4.1 hours a week |
| Level 6 | ~6.6 hours a week |
| Level 8 | ~10.8 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
$121 an hour
Care management
10% of the budget set aside for care management, delivered at $175 an hour
Short visits
$120 per visit · a 45-minute personal care visit, their shortest booking unit
GST basis
exclusive
Source: Silver Chain's published schedule , verified 2026-07-24. Publishing a price list is not a claim that Silver Chain 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?
Silver Chain
GST exclusive. 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
Allied health professionals
Physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other allied health professionals
about $516 of $527 a week
This week is fully allocated.
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
- Bolton Clarke $126 an hour an hour for weekday personal care.
- Blue Care $135 an hour an hour for weekday personal care.
- Anglicare Southern Queensland $120 an hour an hour for weekday personal care.
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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