Our Guide to Home Care and Aged Care Facilities - About Us
The DPS Guide to Aged Care website is a DPS Publishing Pty Ltd product and is complementary to the acclaimed publication, DPS Guide to Aged Care.
The history of the DPS Guide goes back to 1998 when DPS Publishing produced its first publication in South Australia.
DPS Publishing, or "David's Publishing Service" as it was known in the very early days, was established to produce quality information in an easy to read format for older people and their families.
As a Social Worker in the 1980's and 90's I assisted older people and their families to find residential and community aged care facilities.
In working with families it was always apparent that older people and their families faced a crisis of accommodation and care at a time not of their own making but due to an acute medical, social or financial crisis.
These people, their families and carers needed information in a timely, professional and respectful manner so that they could make real informed choices. One particular middle aged man, who was desperate to know and understand the processes for entry into aged care facilities for his ailing mother, asked whether we had a 'manual or yearbook' that could assist him. This was the seeded thought that led to the development of our very first printed Guide and ultimately the website.
The first publication was called the "Aged Care Facilities Yearbook'" and over the years it has evolved into the DPS Guide to Aged Care - one for each State and Territory and published on an annual basis. You may purchase a copy of the publication from our online shop.
This website was established in 2005 and is complementary to the publication and provides additional details.
The website is updated daily. We have dedicated staff who collect information about home care and aged care facilities from across Australia to ensure that the website is accurate and up to date.
Another information service that we offer is the DPS eNews and this is a daily email newsletter suitable for consumers and industry alike. To receive free copies of the DPS eNews please register as a member of the website.
DPS is always happy to hear from any user who has any feedback or advice about how the website might be improved.
David Baker, Managing Director
Web Traffic and Usage
The website is CAB audited. The main area of the site is used by more than 736,668 unique IP addresses (an IP address is a unique Internet Protocoal number which every household or business is allocated. though DPS has more than 1,200,000 IP's visiting the website throughout the year, more than 400,000 use the website regularly and are only recorded as 1 unique visitor) per annum viewing more than 12 million pages per annum.
Importantly the users of the website specifically are sourcing information about aged and community care, retirement living, aged care products and services.
List your Service or Product
Your service or product can be listed on the website from $429 per annum. Please use the enquiry form to send us your contact details and one of our staff will call you within 24 hours.
Profile your Service or Product
Full colour Website Profiles are available on the website and these can be purchased for $1,089 per annum. The Website Profiles consist of:
- 8 pictures
- 500 words of text
- company logo
- hyperlink to company website
- email enquiry form
- multi-media including video
Additional benefits free of charge with Website Profiles include:
- free use of the bed vacancy register
- free use of the employment vacancy register
- free access to the waiting list / electronic application form
- priority ranking on all lists
- free Organsiational listing with Logo and by-line
Sell your Products
The DPSShop enables suppliers of aged care products to sell their items online. The sale of the products are processed by DPS and distributed either by DPS or the suppliers.
Banner Advertising
There are a number of advertising options on the website and in the hard copy publication as well as the DPS eNews.Advertising can be Geo-Located so that only IP users from a particular State will see the advertisement. In addition advertisements can be linked to particular search results.
Costs of advertising are calculated based on the high usage of the DPS website, its recognition as a leader in providing accurate information in the field of aged care, home care, health and community care and an advertisement view rate of approximately $25 per 1000 views.
