Optimise schedules, maximise care
Meet Darcie, in-home aged care and home health optimisation software that puts care first.
Smarter planning
using mathematical optimisation
Darcie is Biarri’s optimisation engine built to help care providers across in home care and home health services create smarter, more efficient schedules at scale. By applying mathematical optimisation to workforce planning, Darcie helps organisations balance competing operational priorities while improving outcomes for both staff and clients.
Purpose built for
complex care operations
Darcie serves organisations across Australian, New Zealand, Europe, the UK and USA managing complex in-home care workforce scheduling at scale.
Designed for:
- Large-scale in-home care and home health services
- Mobile workforce operations
- Multi-region service delivery
- High-volume scheduling environments
Darcie balances multiple scheduling factors
As organisations grow, the number of possible scheduling combinations continues to increase and Darcie handles it all simultaneously.
Workforce Availability
Contracted hours and staff availability managed in real time.
Continuity of Care
Client preferences and consistent worker relationships prioritised.
Travel Time
Minimised travel between visits through optimised routing.
Skill Matching
Qualification and compliance requirements met for every visit.
Geographic Coverage
Service windows and regional coverage factored to every schedule.
Workforce Agreements
Compliance with enterprise and workforce agreements built in.
The benefits of optimised in-home care scheduling
Improve workforce utilisation
Care workers spend more time delivering services, less time navigating inefficient schedules.
Reduce travel time
Optimised routing cuts unnecessary travel between visits.
Strengthen continuity of care
Client-worker relationships are considered for more consistent care delivery.
Support sustainable growth
Manage increasing visit volumes without increasing operational complexity.
Customer Success
Australian Unity Optimise Scheduling and Rostering
Darcie assisted one of Australia’s largest providers of home care services to implement advanced workforce planning algorithms that optimise staff-rosters and scheduling of home care visits, travel and breaks.
15%
Reduction in cost
to service a home visit.
to service a home visit.
15%
Reduction in average
travel minutes per visit.
travel minutes per visit.
90%
Visits delivered as planned
up from 60%.
up from 60%.
A QUICK DEMO
How Darcie Works
Darcie creates a schedule designed to deliver the best balance between operational efficiency and care quality supporting both initial schedule creation and ongoing maintenance as changes occur.
Ready to transform your scheduling?
Move beyond manual rostering and reactive scheduling. By applying mathematical optimisation to workforce planning, you and your team can manage the full complexity of modern day care delivery.
Book a consultation and see Darcie in action.
Our initial conversation will explore how optimisation could support your scheduling operations with our expert team.
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Key trends and how smarter workforce planning can prepare providers
More than ever, it will be important for organisations to pay attention to how over- or under- scheduled their staff are. Over staffing leads to burnout, overtime payments, and unhappy workers. Under scheduling can cause issues with compliance and also lead to retention staffing issues.
Why better scheduling is critical for providers
With a rapidly ageing population, increasing demand for personalised care, and a complex regulatory environment, managing operations efficiently is more important than ever. One of the most important items in an in-home care organisation’s toolbox is a scheduling and rostering tool that will solve these problems.
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Smarter rostering and optimised planning are no longer optional, they’re your key to delivering individualised care, meeting compliance requirements, and staying ahead of rising operational costs. Now is the time to take control, adapt with confidence, and turn these challenges into an opportunity to lead.