Alternating Air Mattresses in Hobart

Island-wide pressure care, delivered and set up in your home

Tasmania has fewer specialist equipment suppliers than any mainland capital, and families here are used to a smaller choice and a longer wait. Pressure care shouldn't work that way. Sleep Sophie supplies alternating air mattresses across Hobart and the whole state with free delivery and free professional in-home installation — the mainland range, brought to your door and set up properly, with no island premium attached.

The Sophie Alternating Air Mattress is an ARTG-registered medical device: alternating pressure cells, a quiet pump with adjustable firmness and cycle settings, and a waterproof, breathable, machine-washable cover. It sits on standard and adjustable bases alike, so in most homes nothing else needs changing. Long Single pricing runs From $3,945 – $4,750, all-inclusive. Call 1300 9 SLEEP to talk it through.

Delivery areas: Hobart to the North West, free right across Tasmania

We deliver and install throughout Greater Hobart — the City of Hobart, Glenorchy, Clarence and Kingborough, from Sandy Bay and New Town to Rosny, Bridgewater and Blackmans Bay — and because the service is genuinely Australia-wide, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie, the North West Coast, the East Coast and the Huon Valley are covered on exactly the same free basis. There is no Bass Strait freight line waiting at the end of the quote. If there's a bed at the end of the road, we can get a mattress onto it.

Professional installation, not a courier drop

On the day, our team sets the mattress up on the bed already in the room, connects and programs the pump for the person who will sleep on it, walks the household through the controls, and leaves with the packaging. If a carer starts next month and needs the same walkthrough, call us and we'll do it again over the phone.

How alternating pressure protects fragile skin

Pressure injuries form where body weight presses tissue against bone — heels, sacrum, hips, elbows — cutting off blood flow until skin breaks down. The Sophie's air cells inflate and deflate in sequence, constantly shifting the supporting surface so every area is regularly relieved. The firmness and cycle settings tune to the individual, and the pump is quiet enough for a partner to sleep beside it.

We'll also tell you what it doesn't do, because honest suppliers should: it doesn't replace repositioning, skin checks or clinical oversight. An alternating surface dramatically reduces mechanical load on at-risk tissue, but pressure care is a routine, not a purchase. Your OT or wound nurse sets that routine; our equipment makes it work better.

The oldest state, and staying at home

Tasmania is the oldest state in Australia — a median age of 42 at the 2021 Census, the highest in the country, with around one in five Tasmanians now 65 or over. That demographic reality makes pressure care a bigger part of everyday family life here than almost anywhere else, and most of our Tasmanian enquiries come not from the person who will use the mattress but from a son or daughter — often one who has moved to the mainland — working toward a single goal: keeping a parent in their own home rather than moving into residential care. Good equipment at home is frequently the piece that makes that possible, and a pressure injury that could have been prevented is one of the classic tipping points toward earlier residential care. Spending a fraction of an AT-HM budget on the right support surface is, bluntly, one of the best-value decisions in aged care.

Coming home from the Royal Hobart Hospital?

Many families first call us while a parent is still on the ward at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart Private or Calvary Lenah Valley, working out what needs to be ready at home before discharge. Tell us the expected date and we'll plan delivery and installation to land before it, working directly with the hospital OT so settings and suitability are right the first time. Family arranging this from the mainland can manage the whole process by phone.

Cool, damp winters and moisture at the skin

Hobart's cool, damp climate is genuinely relevant to skin care, not just a line on a forecast. Moisture trapped against skin weakens it long before pressure finishes the job, so the Sophie cover is waterproof on the outside yet vapour-permeable — perspiration escapes rather than sitting where body meets bed — and the whole thing zips off for the wash. The Hygroflex® foam used across the Sophie range was independently tested by RMIT University's School of Engineering, which measured it releasing heat 27% faster than memory foam. Cooler, drier skin is more resilient skin.

Hire vs buy in Tasmania

Tasmanian search results are full of hospital-equipment hire, and for a genuinely short-term need — weeks, not months — local hire can be the right call, and we'll point you to it. But as a try-before-you-buy strategy, hiring has a flaw: rental fees accumulate with no end date and no equity, and the unit you trial is rarely the unit you'd buy. For an ongoing need, a phone consultation that answers your clinical questions, followed by a purchase your funding scheme actually covers, gets you a better mattress sooner and cheaper. Sleep Sophie sells only — no hire fleet, no reason to string out a rental.

NDIS and Support at Home funding in Tasmania

NDIS

The Sophie Alternating Air Mattress is NDIS-approved assistive technology, usually funded following an OT assessment of pressure-injury risk. We provide specifications, quotes and documentation in the format assessors expect, and can invoice plan managers and providers directly, so self-managed, plan-managed and agency-managed participants all end up in the same place.

Support at Home (My Aged Care)

For older Tasmanians, the Support at Home program funds equipment through its Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme. The high tier covers up to $15,390 — comfortably enough for a pressure care mattress — and we prepare the quote and paperwork with your provider so administration doesn't hold things up.

DVA

Veterans and war widows may be eligible for support through DVA. Documentation to accompany an application is available on request — mention it when you call.

Pricing and what's included

Every price includes free delivery anywhere in Tasmania, free professional installation and setup, a full demonstration of the pump and settings, and removal of all packaging — no itemised extras, and no Bass Strait surcharge. When you compare quotes, compare the delivered-and-installed figure. Sleep Sophie is rated 4.8 from 223 reviews on ProductReview.com.au and 4.6 from 90 Google reviews.

“Everything about this purchase, from initial enquiry, to the ongoing customer service, through purchase, arranging delivery and installation has been so easy! Everyone at Sleep Sophie has been a pleasure to deal with. The bed itself is awesome.”

— Angie, QLD · verified Sophie adjustable bed review on ProductReview.com.au

Speak to a real person about pressure care

Call 1300 9 SLEEP (1300 975 337) Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm AEST, or Saturday and Sunday by appointment. Whether you're comparing quotes or starting from a hospital hallway conversation, we'll give you a straight answer — including "you don't need our most expensive option" when that's true. Explore Support at Home funding, NDIS funding, or complete the setup with an adjustable bed in Hobart.

Sleep Sophie also delivers and installs alternating air mattresses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.