Alternating Air Mattresses in Adelaide

Pressure care at home for Adelaide families

Adelaide quietly leads the country in a statistic nobody celebrates: it has the oldest age profile of any Australian capital. That means more households caring for a parent in their eighties or nineties, more fragile skin, and more families discovering — usually suddenly — what a pressure injury is and how quickly one develops. Sleep Sophie supplies alternating air mattresses to Adelaide homes with free delivery and free professional installation, and this page is written for the families doing that caring.

The mattress itself: the Sophie Alternating Air Mattress is registered on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) as a medical device, with alternating pressure cells, a quiet pump offering adjustable firmness and cycle settings, and a waterproof, breathable cover that goes in the washing machine. Long Single pricing is From $3,945 – $4,750, everything included. Call 1300 9 SLEEP any weekday.

Helping older South Australians age in place

Pressure injury risk climbs steeply after 75 — thinner skin, less padding over bony points, more hours in bed — and a single serious wound can be the event that ends independent living. The right support surface changes those odds. For many Adelaide families, an alternating pressure mattress is one of the small set of investments that makes "mum stays in her own home" a plan rather than a hope. It also lightens the load on the carer — often a spouse in their eighties themselves — because the mattress carries part of the repositioning burden through the night that would otherwise fall on ageing shoulders.

This is also where funding usually comes from. For most of our Adelaide customers the pathway is not the NDIS but the Support at Home program through My Aged Care, whose Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme funds equipment — the high tier covers up to $15,390. We prepare quotes, deal with the provider, and can invoice them directly, so the funding conversation is one your family has once, not weekly.

Arranging care from interstate? We handle everything

A pattern we see constantly: the parent is in Glenelg or Prospect, and the adult children are in Sydney or Melbourne. Coordinating equipment from a thousand kilometres away is exactly what our phone-first model is built for. You call us, we handle the consultation and the funding paperwork, our team delivers and installs at your parent's home, demonstrates the pump and settings to them — and to any local carer — slowly and properly, and takes the packaging away. Then we call you back and tell you it is done. No showrooms to visit, no freight to organise, no asking a neighbour to assemble anything. If siblings are sharing the decision, put us on speaker or ring separately with your questions — we would rather answer twice than have a family second-guessing a purchase this important.

How alternating pressure therapy works

Skin breaks down when the weight of the body presses tissue against bone long enough to shut off its blood supply. An alternating air mattress prevents that by never letting the pressure settle: its air cells inflate and deflate in a continuous programmed sequence, so every part of the body gets regular relief without the person moving at all. For someone who can no longer turn themselves easily — or a carer who cannot lift — that cycle works all night, silently.

Choosing the right risk level with your GP, OT or wound nurse

Alternating surfaces are usually recommended from medium risk of pressure injury upwards. If your parent has already had skin damage, spends most of the day in bed or a chair, or has lost noticeable weight, ask their GP for a risk assessment or a referral to an occupational therapist or wound nurse — and put us on the phone with whoever that is. We speak with SA clinicians regularly and will make sure the settings match the prescription. Repositioning and skin checks remain essential alongside any mattress.

Free delivery and installation across Adelaide and SA

Adelaide metro, the Hills, Fleurieu, Barossa and regional SA

Delivery and installation are free across metropolitan Adelaide from Gawler to Seaford, through the Adelaide Hills, down the Fleurieu Peninsula, into the Barossa, and out to regional South Australia — Murray Bridge, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln and beyond. There is no minimum spend to qualify and no surcharge at the state border, because our service is Australia-wide by design. Wherever the bed is, the price on this page is the price.

From the RAH, Flinders or Calvary to home

Hospital discharge is the moment many Adelaide families first hear the words "pressure care." If your parent is at the Royal Adelaide, Flinders Medical Centre or Calvary and the discharge team has recommended an alternating mattress, give us the expected date: we will schedule installation so the bed is ready before they walk — or are wheeled — back through their own front door. We work with discharge planners and OTs as a matter of routine, and the entire arrangement can be made by a family member in another city.

Funding options in South Australia

Support at Home (My Aged Care)

The lead option for older South Australians, as above: AT-HM scheme, high tier up to $15,390, and we handle the process with your provider end to end.

NDIS

For younger South Australians with disability, the Sophie is NDIS-approved assistive technology. With an OT recommendation we supply the quote and documentation your plan needs, and we can bill plan managers and providers directly.

DVA

South Australia's veteran community is significant, and DVA support may apply. Documentation for an application is available on request — mention it when you call.

Hot Adelaide summers and skin integrity

Adelaide summers bring runs of 40-degree days, and heat is not just a comfort issue for someone confined to bed — sweat-damp skin is measurably more vulnerable to friction and breakdown, and heatwaves are when carers most need to increase skin checks and fluids. The Sophie's cover is engineered for exactly this problem of heat and moisture against the skin: waterproof against accidents yet vapour-permeable, so moisture moves away from the skin instead of pooling beneath it. Underneath, the Sophie range's Hygroflex® foam was independently tested by RMIT University's School of Engineering and released heat 27% faster than memory foam — a meaningful margin in a Norwood sleepout in February.

Pricing and inclusions

Included in every Adelaide order: free delivery, free professional installation on the existing bed (standard or adjustable base), a patient, unhurried demonstration for the person and their carers, and removal of all packaging. Sleep Sophie is an Australian company rated 4.8 from 223 reviews on ProductReview.com.au and 4.6 from 90 Google reviews.

“Best purchase I have made in a long time, I can adjust the bed depending on my needs… The massage feature is something else and if that is not enough the night light under the bed is great… Thank you Sophie Beds I could not be happier”

— Shaun, SA · verified Sophie adjustable bed review on ProductReview.com.au

One phone call sorts it out

Ring 1300 9 SLEEP (1300 975 337), Monday to Friday 9am–5pm AEST, Saturday and Sunday by appointment — whether you are in Adelaide or arranging things for someone who is. More reading: Support at Home funding, NDIS funding, and adjustable beds in Adelaide, which pair naturally with pressure care.

We also install alternating air mattresses in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth — useful if you are the interstate relative doing the organising.