Services
Community nursing
Clinical care at home, led by Registered Nurses.
When health needs change.
As dementia and related conditions progress, health needs often become more complex: swallowing difficulties, medication changes, seizures, wounds and continence. Our community nursing is led by a Registered Nurse and works hand in hand with each person's support workers, GP and specialists.
Our nurses also train our support workers on each person's health supports and sign off their competency, so the team in the home every day is confident and capable between nursing visits.
Community nursing is available in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba. Outside these areas, our high intensity supports are still available statewide under Registered Nurse clinical oversight. Call us to talk about options.
What our nurses provide.
Medication management.
Administration, organisers, reviews and liaison with the GP and pharmacist.
Complex wound care.
Assessment, dressings and prevention.
Enteral feeding.
PEG and other feeding tube care and management.
Swallowing and mealtimes.
Putting speech pathology mealtime plans into practice, safely.
Complex bowel care.
Planned, dignified bowel management.
Catheter care.
Indwelling, intermittent and suprapubic catheter management.
Subcutaneous injections.
Including insulin and other prescribed injections.
Seizure management.
Epilepsy and seizure management plans, and worker training.
Nursing assessments and plans.
Health care plans, worker training and competency sign off, and liaison with the GP and specialists.
We provide every disability related health support except tracheostomy and ventilator management.
Who it's for.
- NDIS participants with disability related health needs
- People coming home from hospital with new health needs
- People living with Huntington's disease who need swallowing, nutrition or seizure support
- People with high intensity needs who need nursing oversight
- People living in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast or Toowoomba
How it works.
Referral.
From a hospital, GP, coordinator or family. Same business day response.
Nursing assessment.
A Registered Nurse visits, reviews medical information and talks with the person and family.
Health care plan.
Written with the GP and specialists, and support workers trained and signed off.
Ongoing nursing.
Regular visits, reviews and quick action when things change.
One team
Nursing and support, together.
Because our nurses and support workers are one team, nothing gets lost between visits. The nurse writes the plan, trains the workers, signs off their competency and checks in. The workers deliver it every day.
Our standards
Our commitments. In writing.
- Same day
- Every referral answered
- RN led
- Clinical oversight by a Registered Nurse
- Signed off
- Every worker's competency on each health support
- One
- Named contact for the family
Where it's available.
Community nursing is available in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba. Outside these areas, our high intensity supports are still available statewide under Registered Nurse clinical oversight. Call us to talk about options.
How it's funded.
Community nursing is funded through the person's NDIS plan as disability related health supports. Our nursing is for NDIS participants only. For some supports, such as medication administration and injections, we need current orders from the person's doctor. We'll help gather what's needed.
“As a referring clinician, I need to trust that the providers I recommend can match the complexity of my patients' conditions. Dementia Care Queensland is the only NDIS provider I refer dementia patients to without hesitation. Their coordinators ask the right questions, understand disease progression, and plan ahead.”
Questions about community nursing
Keep care at home, safely.
Talk to us about nursing support in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast or Toowoomba.