What is Community Nursing Care?
Community Nursing Care is an NDIS support delivered by registered and enrolled nurses in participants' homes and community settings. It provides access to professional clinical care outside of hospital environments, enabling participants with complex health and disability support needs to live safely in their own homes without requiring unnecessary hospitalisation or residential care.
At Disability Dream Care, our community nursing team brings together highly experienced nurses who specialise in supporting people with disability. They work collaboratively with GPs, specialists, allied health professionals, and support workers to provide coordinated, person-centred clinical care. All nursing staff hold current AHPRA registration and relevant clinical competencies required for the tasks they perform.
Nursing care can be provided on a regular scheduled basis, on an as-needed basis for specific clinical tasks, or in response to changes in health status. Our team maintains detailed clinical documentation and communicates proactively with the participant's broader health care team to ensure continuity of care and early identification of any emerging concerns.
What's Included
- Wound assessment, management, and dressing changes
- Medication management, administration, and delegation to support workers under nursing supervision
- Catheter and continence management (indwelling urinary catheter care)
- Stoma and bowel management
- Subcutaneous and intramuscular injections
- Diabetes management — blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration
- Development and review of health management plans and nursing care plans
Who Is This For?
Community Nursing Care is available to NDIS participants who require clinical nursing support to manage a health condition or disability-related health need in the community. This includes participants with chronic wounds, complex medication regimens, continence equipment needs, insulin-dependent diabetes, post-surgical care requirements, and disability-related conditions that require regular clinical review and management by a qualified nurse.
Outcomes We Aim For
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