What are the three main types of aged care services in Australia?

The Support at Home program, Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), and residential aged care.

What do aged care workers do?

Support workers provide support to people with disabilities and can work in people’s homes, in specialised care settings on a full-time, part-time or casual basis, depending on the needs of the client. Aged care support workers can provide support in the following areas: domestic support, social support, nursing, personal care, speech therapy, psychology, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services. Learn more about what an aged care support worker does .

What are support activities in aged care?

Aged care support workers on Mable offer a wide range of services to meet various needs across Australia. These include: Social Support: assisting with social activities, companionship, community engagement, and more. Domestic Support: gardening, meal prep, helping with household tasks, grocery shopping, and more. Personal Care: assisting with daily personal activities like bathing, dressing, grooming, and more. Nursing Services: offering medical care and health management by qualified nurses. Therapeutic Services: including speech therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and psychology support. Through these services, clients will have access to the social, mental health, or physical support they need to maintain their well-being and independence and improve their overall quality of life. For more insights into the support services offered via Mable, check out our guide to the support you can find on Mable .

Find aged care support workers on Mable

Access local aged care support services and flexible home help solutions using your aged care funding.

Become a support worker

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Connect with a support worker

You can either post a job and wait for responses, or search through local support workers to find the best match for you. You'll be able to see their qualifications, reviews, interests and indicative rates.

Book a session

Agree on job details with a support worker, including rates and a session time. Every session booked on Mable comes with insurance to cover the support worker's actions while providing your care.

Manage your ongoing support

Mable has a range of tools and resources to help you organise your bookings and payments. Live your kind of independence knowing you're in charge of your support with Mable.

Search and book aged care support workers

Book aged care support on Mable with your Support at Home funding (previously Home Care Package).
Search workers using 70+ filters. Read qualifications, reviews, hobbies, languages and indicative rates on workers’ profiles.
Communicate with aged care support workers using our online messaging features. Agree on shift length and rates directly.

Find the right services for you

On Mable, you can choose the services that suit your goals and support needs.

Daily living, social and community activities

Housework, organising transport, gardening, meal prep, and more.

Personal care

Showering, hoist transfer, exercise assistance, toileting, and more.

Qualifications needed for workers

Nursing

Wound care, medication management, respite support, and more.

Qualifications needed for workers

Allied health

Occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy and speech therapy.

Qualifications needed for workers

Get more control over your aged care support services

Once your Support at Home funding (previously Home Care Package) is approved, you must choose an approved provider to access your funds.
If you want to explore self-managing your Support at Home funding, look for a provider that offers you genuine self-management.
By choosing to self-manage, you benefit in multiple ways – you get greater value, more choice and better control. Learn more about choosing a provider.
With Mable, you build your own team and choose the support services for aged care that will enable you to stay in your home and continue to enjoy your independence. Tips for building your own support team.

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Your support,
your way

Choose a support worker that matches your personality and needs, then decide when and where you receive support. Check support workers profiles to find their qualifications, reviews, and indicative rates.

Pay less for
your support

Our fees are lower than traditional providers, so you could get more hours of support. Mable has no set rates – discuss and agree on rates with independent support workers before support is delivered.

Insurance with
every booking

Book confidently knowing that each session booked and invoiced through Mable comes with insurance for support workers, including: Personal Accident cover, Medical Malpractice cover, and General & Products Liability.

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As someone who self-manages a Support at Home Package, Mable means that we can employ the right people to do the right job for us! It puts the control back in our hands and means that the money that we are allocated for care goes further.

Sharyn

Mable is a great solution to finding home-based help for your elderly parent/parents...Our Mable carer writes notes at the end of each visit and is willing to take on extra days of care when I am away. Having the same person whom my mother trusts is a godsend...it's the way to go if you don't want a truckload of different people turning up to help at inflexible times and whose services are limited to fixed tasks.

Meredith

Mable has made managing support for my parents so much easier and allowed them to have control of the process. The workers are well vetted, and the platform is safe to use for both parties.

Anne

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You may be eligible for Support at Home funding (previously Home Care Package) if you are aged 65 or older (50 or older if you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) and are living at home.
Check whether you meet the requirements for a Support at Home assessment with the My Aged Care assessment eligibility checker.
If you're eligible, an assessment will take place with an assessor at your home. If you're approved for Support at Home funding, you will be notified by mail.
Once you are allocated your funding, you can start using it to book aged care services on Mable.
Aged care services available on Mable include personal care, domestic assistance, nursing care, therapeutic services, and other support with daily living.

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* The 31% online employed provider fee represents the difference between what the client pays and the support worker earns as a percentage per hour of support for disability support workers. The rate is taken from the current price guide on their website as at April 2026.

The traditional provider fee is based upon a sample of traditional providers offering services in disability and aged care. The fee represents the amount the client pays and the support worker earns as a percentage per hour of support. Prices have been taken from their websites as at April 2026.

Self-management fees are calculated using HomeMade which is part of the same group of companies as Mable.

** The Mable rate is based on an average weekday hourly agreed rate for social support and domestic assistance in aged care and disability support observed on the Mable platform from 1 April 2026 - 30 September 2026. It includes an agreed rate of $60/hour plus Mable's Client Platform Fee of 7.95%, totalling $65.

The online-employed platform rate displayed is the hourly rate to consumers (including superannuation) of $69.09/hour for weekday shifts occurring between 6.00am and 8.00pm. The rate is taken from the current price guide on their website as at April 2026.

The traditional provider rate is taken from the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, valid from 1 July 2026. The line item is: - Assistance with Self Care Activities- Standard - Weekday - Daytime, item number 01_011_0107_1_1 of $70.23.

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