Personal Care for Seniors at Home in Adelaide

Personal care for seniors at home in Adelaide is help with the private, everyday tasks that get harder with age, like showering, dressing and grooming. Kindora Connect delivers personal care under Support at Home (formerly Home Care Packages), with visits planned around your routine and your dignity.

Accepting help with personal care can feel like a big step. We go at your pace, explain what we are doing, and leave the tasks you can still manage to you.

Our office is in Modbury, and we visit older people for personal care across the surrounding northern and north-eastern suburbs.

What does personal care at home include?

Personal care under Support at Home covers help with self-care and daily living activities. Depending on your approved services, it can include:

• showering, bathing and washing your hair
• dressing and undressing, including putting on compression stockings
• shaving, oral care, skin care and grooming
• toileting and help changing continence aids
• help with taking your own medication, such as reminders at the right time
• getting ready in the morning or settling in for the night

Who does personal care help?

Personal care suits older people who want to stay at home but find some self-care tasks unsafe or tiring. For example:

• balance problems make getting in and out of the shower risky
• arthritis makes buttons, zips and shoelaces hard to manage
• your partner has been helping you shower and needs support too
• you have come home from hospital and need extra help for a while

How does personal care work under Support at Home?

Kindora Connect delivers Support at Home services as an associated provider through VitalCare Support. VitalCare Support is the registered provider and manages your Support at Home budget. Kindora Connect plans and delivers your day-to-day services and is your main contact for your care.

Read more about what being an associated provider means for you.

Personal care must be one of the services approved for you after your aged care assessment, and it is paid from your Support at Home budget. From 1 October 2026 the Australian Government fully funds personal care, so there is no out-of-pocket cost if personal care is approved in your support plan.

Personal care sits in the independence service group until 30 September 2026. From 1 October 2026 it moves to the clinical supports group.

What does a typical personal care visit look like?

Your support worker arrives at the time agreed with you, says hello and checks how you are feeling today. They set up the bathroom so everything is within reach, then help with the parts of your shower and dressing you have asked for.

You choose your clothes and how you like your hair done. Before leaving, your worker makes sure you are comfortable and safe, and lets your family know if anything has changed, with your permission.