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In Home RespiteCare

In Home Respite Care, So You Get a Break

A registered NDIS provider sends a support worker to your home, day or night.

  • Free
  • No obligation
  • NDIS registered
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Who is the respite for?

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What Is In Home Respite Care?

In home respite care is when a support worker comes to the home of a person with disability and takes over their care, so the family or carer can have a break. It can be a few hours, a regular evening, a whole day or overnight. On the NDIS it's usually paid from the participant's flexible Core supports budget.

The person stays at home with their own routines, room and equipment. The worker does what you'd usually do in that time: personal care, meals, company and outings, and if needed a sleepover or awake overnight shift.

It's different from short stays away from home, which the NDIS funds separately as short-term accommodation. Our page on how NDIS respite works explains both.

How it works

Three Steps to Talking With a Provider

  1. Tell Us What Would Help

    Who the respite is for, the kind of shifts, how often, the funding and the postcode. About two minutes.

  2. We Find a Provider

    We pass your details to one registered NDIS provider who can send a support worker to your home.

  3. They Get in Touch

    The provider contacts you to talk about care needs, times, the worker and prices.

Your details only go to the provider we match you with. If they can't help, we'll find someone who can. More about how it works

Respite That Comes to You

A support worker comes to the home and takes over the care, for a few hours, a day or overnight. The person stays where they're comfortable.

  • A man in a wheelchair reading in his kitchen while a woman cooks behind him

    Their Own Routines

    Meals, showers and bedtime the way they're used to, in their own home.

  • A bedside lamp glowing on a nightstand at night

    Overnight If You Need It

    A sleepover or awake overnight shift, so you can sleep through or go away for a night.

  • A woman in a wheelchair in a park on a sunny day, a younger woman beside her

    Out and About

    Time at the park, the shops or a favourite activity with the support worker.

Respite Explained

Plain-English guides, checked against the NDIA's own guidelines and the NDIS pricing schedule.

A Break That Works for Everyone

Carer Gateway says respite works best when it's planned and regular, so you always know when your next break is.

  • A woman by a sunny window, holding a cup of tea

    Time to Rest

    Sleep, a quiet cup of tea, or your own appointments, without watching the clock.

  • Three women hugging and smiling, one of them with Down syndrome

    Time for the Family

    Time with partners and other children, which often gets squeezed out.

  • Two women in wheelchairs laughing over a giant game of four in a row

    Someone New to Enjoy

    For the person you care for, respite can be fun time with someone other than family.

For Families and Carers

Worn out, a change in your own health, or your current provider can't cover the shifts? Tell us once and we'll pass it to a registered provider, instead of you ringing around.

Get matched

For Support Coordinators

Send the age, shift type, frequency, care needs and postcode. We pass it to a registered provider who can staff it and let you know who's picking it up.

Refer a participant

How We Choose Providers

We only pass your details to providers who meet all of these.

  • Registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
  • Workers with NDIS worker screening clearances
  • Can staff the shifts you need where you live
  • Agree to contact you quickly, and we check that they did
How we check providers
A young man with cerebral palsy smiling, in a blue hoodie

How In Home Respite Is Funded

The NDIA says flexible Core funding can pay for a support worker to help at home when family can't, or to give them a break. Providers charge at or below the NDIS maximum prices: for 2026-27, $73.58 an hour for standard weekday daytime support and $311.79 for a sleepover.

More on NDIS respite funding

Questions People Ask

What is in home respite care?

A support worker comes to the person's own home and takes over their care for a few hours, a day or overnight, so the family or carer gets a break.

Does it cost anything to use this service?

No. It's free for you. Providers pay us when we introduce them to someone, which is how we keep it free. Providers' prices are capped by the NDIS for NDIA-managed and plan-managed funding.

Are you the NDIS, or a respite provider?

Neither. inhomerespitecare.com.au is an independent service that connects families with registered NDIS providers. We're not part of the NDIA or the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and we don't employ support workers.

Does the NDIS pay for respite at home?

It can. In-home respite is usually paid from the flexible Core supports budget in the participant's plan, if it meets the NDIS funding criteria.

Is this for aged care respite?

No. This site is for people with disability on the NDIS. Respite for older people is arranged through My Aged Care, and Carer Gateway (1800 422 737) can help any carer in an emergency.

What if the provider can't help?

We pass your details to another registered provider, one at a time, up to three in total. Your details never go out to a group of providers at once.

Ready for a Break?

It takes about two minutes, and it's free.

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