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Welcome to your Karista update

Karista has come a long way since our launch in January 2018, and we’d like to share with you what’s been happening since then.

Founded by our CEO Danielle Bodinnar, Karista is a simple idea. The idea was to create a website which took the stress out of trying to find an aged care or disability support provider for you and your loved ones. While there are many search directories for aged care and disability support services, most of them fail because they don’t take your needs and preferences into account. Getting a list of 50 odd providers and their contact details just isn’t helpful. You can’t even know whether they have capacity in your area, let alone whether they can meet your specific needs.

Karista are proud to solve this problem by taking into account your personal needs and communicating with multiple providers on your behalf. We are pleased to say each day our business is growing and has made a positive impact for many Australians.

We now have 378 providers on www.karista.com.au, and every day we are matching people to their ideal provider.

How can Karista help you find your ideal provider?

The Karista team understands the stress that comes with trying to find the right service provider, everybody in the team has been there. Our team members have either worked in healthcare or cared for loved ones. We understand the pain and frustration that can come with what often seems like an overwhelming task.

Karista can help by doing the hard work for you. We have established relationships with many providers in the disability and aged care sectors. If we don’t have the right fit for you on our website, we will keep working until we find one.

Our platform has a diverse range of providers, who offer many services ranging from the straight forward like an NDIS approved gardener, to the more complex where specialised support is required. Each provider has been personally welcomed by Danielle and the team, ensuring we understand the provider’s capabilities, staff resources, areas of expertise and costs.

It’s not only families and individuals we help, we’ve also developed relationships with many NDIS Support Cooridnators who find Karista to be a useful and efficient way to help their clients.

How can Karista help your business find ideal clients?

Karista is like a match making service for our clients. Instead of finding you a date, we match you with your ideal customer.

We do this by asking the right questions, we speak to our clients and understand their story and how we can best meet their needs. Before we contact you, we already know we’ve made the right match because we have understood our client’s needs, their location and if you offer the services required. Karista is a new and efficient way for you to meet new clients and develop lasting relationships.

By starting out on the right foot, many of our clients have grown into loyal customers for our service providers. Once our clients find a provider they can trust and who works at the right price point we are finding they develop long term relationships.

How can you be in touch with Karista?

If you’re looking for help or support getting in touch is easy, we have three ways:

  1. Make a request through www.karista.com.au - by searching for providers in your area. Simply click on the ‘Request Details & Pricing’ button and your request will be sent directly to our team so we can action your request straight away.

  2. Chat to us via Live Chat. Click on the chat icon on the bottom right hand of the screen and we can discuss your needs.

  3. Give us a cal! 1300 274 782

If you’re a service provider in the aged care or disability support sector and you want to grow your business follow the For Providers link at the top right hand corner of Karista to list your organisation.