Community Nursing Care

Community Nursing Care

Through the community nursing care program, participants are trained on how to take care of their health in scenarios such as medication, wound care, hygiene, and help with showering or dressing. There is usually a registered nurse or medical practitioner appointed who will monitor the patient’s progress and will amend the treatment and medication accordingly. Here are some of the services offered under the community nursing care program: 

Community Nursing Care is provided to participants who has complex individual support needs that are best met by someone who has medical training and experience to meet the participants’ complex health needs. Our NDIS community nursing care is needed when specific individual support needs include:

  • Very limited communication 
  • Behaviour support needs, and/or 
  • Medical needs / procedures such as ventilation or home enteral nutrition