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Home Care Services in Cranbourne

Ability Aid Support provides home care services in Cranbourne for older people who want to stay in their own home, and for people with disability, whom we support through disability support services in Cranbourne: help with showering and dressing, meals, the housework, getting out, and Registered Nurse-led clinical care. The business was founded by a Registered Nurse in 2022. Our aged care support is paid for privately or funded through an NDIS plan, so nothing waits on an assessment. Please call us on 1300 70 12 40 and ask who would be assigned, and how often that changes.

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One Worker Who Knows the Routine

Knowing the small details, like when Mum takes her tablets, how she likes her shower done, or which door needs a bit of a nudge, makes a real difference to her day. That’s exactly what a consistent, familiar worker can offer

Care work is a field people move between employers in, and every one of those moves lands in somebody’s kitchen. What we focus on is keeping as much of that consistency as possible for the person receiving care. Ours is a consistency-focused staffing model: the same skilled support worker is matched to a person and stays with them, so the routine sits with someone who already knows it instead of being taught again. A team of 24 workers, employees and trusted contractors, is what makes that practical to roster.

When your regular carer is unwell or on leave, you hear from us before the visit rather than after it. Whoever covers works from the written care plan and the documented routine, and wherever possible it is someone who has already been to the house. For a person living with memory loss, that is not a scheduling nicety. It decides whether they open the door.

The Nurse Who Started Ability Aid Support

Ability Aid Support was founded by a Registered Nurse in 2022, with a background across hospitals, aged care and support work, and a focus on making sure people had a familiar face rather than a new worker every fortnight. The business supports approximately 30 people today, and about 90% of new clients come to us as a referral. Ability Aid Support is a registered NDIS provider and meets NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements. Staff screening, clinical qualifications, insurance and our service guarantees are set out in full on our About page.

What the Help Covers Day to Day

Support is built around whatever the list looks like in your house:

Personal care: showering, dressing, grooming, toileting, and help moving about safely.
Meals and daily living: cooking, shopping, laundry, and a prompt when tablets are due.
Domestic assistance: house cleaning and the garden.
Community access: getting to the doctor, the shops or a friend’s place with someone alongside.
Dementia care: the same faces, and the same order of doing things.
Recovering care after a hospital stay.
Palliative care at home, for a person who wants to stay in their own bed.
Overnight and 24/7 care, where a few hours a week is not enough.

None of that has to be booked separately. One carer can do the shower, hang the washing and drive to the podiatrist inside the same visit, which is the difference between one person in the house that morning and three.

Community Participation:

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In-Home Support Tailored to Your Needs

We offer in-home disability care services in Melbourne tailored to NDIS participants, helping with everything from personal care to domestic support.

Life skills

Life skills are the things we learn to help us live independently and handle everyday tasks.

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Community Participation

Community participation is about getting involved in activities and meeting people to feel included and connected.

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Behaviour Support

Behaviour support helps people understand and manage their actions in a positive way to improve their wellbeing.

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Domestic Assistance

Supporting everyday household tasks to maintain a safe and comfortable home.

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Personal Care

Providing respectful, compassionate support with daily hygiene and personal care needs.

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Complex care

We specialise in expert, tailored support for individuals with high-care needs to ensure their comfort and safety.

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Dementia care

We deliver compassionate, tailored support for individuals with dementia to enhance their quality of life and ensure their comfort.

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Palliative care

Offering compassionate, dignified support to ensure comfort and peace during end-of-life care, with a focus on emotional and physical well-being.

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24 x 7 care

We’re dedicated to providing reliable, round-the-clock support to individuals who require continuous care and supervision for their safety and well-being.

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Meal Preparation

Get expert assistance with planning and preparing nutritious, delicious meals tailored to your needs, making everyday dining easier and more enjoyable.

Explore our Meal Preparation support today.

Recovering care

Our personalised support aims to help you recover comfortably and safely after surgery or medical procedures.

Explore our Recovery Care support today.

Aged care

We provide compassionate support to help the elderly with daily living tasks, ensuring their comfort and dignity.

Explore our Aged Care support today.

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Who Handles the Wound Dressings and the Medication

A Registered Nurse does. Nursing care services in Cranbourne are RN-led and delivered where the person lives: wound care, PEG feeding and enteral care, medication administration, catheter and continence support, and ongoing management of chronic conditions. This is where our clinical experience counts most, keeping people at home through complex health needs.

Our in-house team is built around Registered Nurse-led clinical care and hands-on support work. If an occupational therapist has recommended rails and a shower stool, or a physio has set exercises, our workers follow those instructions and report back to the people who wrote them.

What It Costs, and Why There Is No Waiting List

There is no single hourly figure to publish up front. The price turns on how many hours you want, when they fall, whether a nurse is involved, and how the support is funded. NDIS-funded supports are billed against the NDIS Price Guide, so the scheme sets those rates. Private clients are quoted a fixed rate with GST added. The consultation and the written quote are both free and carry no obligation, and payment is due in full, invoice by invoice.

Ability Aid Support’s aged care support is paid for privately or funded through an NDIS plan, which means help can begin without waiting for an assessment or a place to come free. If a subsidised package is the right answer for your family, My Aged Care is where that begins, and plenty of people arrange private help to cover the wait.

Why Choose Ability Aid Support for Home Care in Berwick

Choosing the right home care provider is crucial for your independence and peace of mind. Here’s what sets our services apart:

Person-Centred Approach

We develop customised support plans that respect your choices, preferences, and NDIS goals

Qualified, Compassionate Team

Our 24 well-trained workers include registered nurses and trained support professionals

Consistency You Can Trust

90% of our clients stay with us, appreciating the familiar faces and reliable service

Clinical Excellence

From wound care to complex medical support, we bring hospital-level care to your home

Consistent Support Local Understanding

We know Berwick’s unique challenges and work proactively to address them

Transparent Pricing

All services follow NDIS pricing guidelines with no hidden costs

Extensive Support

From daily living to clinical care, we’re your single trusted provider

Our evidence-based practices and commitment to dignity make sure that you receive support that improves your independence rather than diminishing it.

Don’t let daily challenges compromise your independence or force you from the Berwick home you love. Start your journey to supported independence – Call 1300 70 12 40 for your free assessment

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The Point Where a Move Makes More Sense

Care at home holds up while the needs are reasonably predictable, while the house can be made safe to move around in, and while the hours between visits are covered by someone. We’ll always give you an honest read on when that balance is shifting, whether that’s a person needing to be watched through the night, the home needing more support to stay safe, or the clinical picture moving faster than scheduled visits can follow. For some families, moving into residential care is the right call, and we’ll say so plainly.

There is more ground in between than people assume. An overnight carer, or a 24/7 roster, keeps some people in their own bed well past the point a first look suggested. Which of those fits your parent is what the free consultation is for.

Cranbourne, Cranbourne East and Getting Hold of Us

We come to the house. Our workers drive to homes off Sladen Street and High Street, along the South Gippsland Highway, and out through Cranbourne East. Travel time is built into the roster rather than discovered on the day. Cranbourne sits in the City of Casey, and the same team covers the neighbouring suburbs, disability support services in Hallam included.

Please call 1300 70 12 40 or email admin@abilityaidsupport.com.au. Enquiries are answered within 2 hours during business hours, with a full response guaranteed within 24 hours. We are open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Saturday by appointment, and closed Sunday.

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the hours, the times of day, whether nursing is part of it, and how the support is funded. NDIS services follow the NDIS Price Guide. Private clients are quoted a fixed rate plus GST. Both the consultation and the written quote are free, so the numbers are in front of you before anything is agreed.

The same carer, wherever the roster allows. That is the point of the staffing model, and it is why most families move to us from somewhere else.

You are told before the next visit, not when a stranger arrives. The replacement is briefed from the care plan and the routine already documented for that house, and we try to use someone who has covered there before.

Yes. The team includes Registered Nurses for wound care, PEG feeding, medication administration and chronic condition management. All staff are screened, trained and insured. We do not provide allied health, so physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology stay with the practitioners you already have.

Yes, and that is the usual arrangement rather than a special request.

Tell us and we act on it. Our satisfaction and reliability guarantees mean concerns are addressed promptly with a change to the roster, the plan or the worker, and we follow up to confirm the change held.

Six months in, the measure of a home care arrangement is whether your dad still knows the person letting themselves in the back door. Simply call 1300 70 12 40 or email admin@abilityaidsupport.com.au, and we’ll tell you who that would be.

Trusted by people all over Australia

"I’ve tried a few services before, but none compare to Ability Aid Support. Their professionalism and genuine care make them stand out. I recommend them to everyone!"

Michael Stager

"I trust Ability Aid Support because they deliver exactly what they promise—compassionate and reliable care. I feel valued as a client and as a person."

Gareth Mack

"The support workers at Ability Aid are incredible. They listen, they care, and they make me feel like I’m in good hands every time."

David Easton

Everyone's welcome here

At Ability Aid Support, we believe in inclusivity, no matter the race, gender, age or beliefs, you’re welcome here and we vow to give everyone the same 5-star treatment.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land we work on, and we pay ou rrespects to elders past, present and emerging.