Home nursing services enable your loved one to recover from an operation or injury in the comfort of their own home. Services can be provided on a planned or emergency basis. We offer flexible, short-term and long-term nursing care options to suit the needs of your loved one.

Dealing with chronic illness, injury, surgery, disability or end of life can be physically challenging and mentally and emotionally draining. It is even worse when we age. We have less reserves of energy to deal with everyday challenges. Pain and fatigue impairs our ability to function and leaves us feeling isolated and anxious about the future.

We understand what you’re going through. With the right kind of home nursing services and personal care, we aim to improve your overall wellbeing and minimize your hospitalizations. This might include complex nursing care, healthy meal preparation, transport to physiotherapy or other health professionals, access to support groups, or more light activity and socializing.

 

NURSE HOME CARE DESIGNED AROUND YOUR LIFE

We meet with you and the significant people in your life, identify your health and personal care needs, and make sure you have the right information to make informed choices about your home care options. Then we work closely with you in designing a solution.

Common Home Nursing Needs:

Aged care: support with medications, mobility and a variety of other needs for older people.

Post-operative care: home nursing care to recover after surgery and monitor the transition home.

Post-hospital care: home nursing care to monitor the transition home after being in hospital.

Post injury care: home nursing care to recover after an injury.

Rehabilitation support: home nursing care to help maintain independence and assist with rehabilitation after an injury or health problem.

Palliative care: professional home nursing support to enable your loved ones to spend their last stages of life in the comfort of their own home.

Dementia: home nursing support with medication and specialized needs for people with dementia.

Parkinson’s Disease: home nursing care to assist with medication and specialized needs for people with Parkinson’s disease.

Chronic Diseases: experienced nursing support for your loved ones coping on a daily basis with chronic life long disease.

Other conditions could include:

cerebral palsy

motor neuron disease

multiple sclerosis

diabetes

huntington’s disease

respiratory disease

heart disease

cystic fibrosis

gastrointestinal diseases

What to Expect When you request in-home nursing services from Private Care:

We listen

We present options

We work closely with your loved one, family members and health care professionals to plan what nursing services are suitable

We develop a tailored nursing plan for you and update it as your condition or preferences change

NURSE HOME CARE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO YOUR CHANGING NEEDS

At Golden Bridge, we improvise and adjust the support combinations to remain in step with you and your needs. Some examples of home nursing options include:

Home from hospital program

Mobility and transfers

Personal care from trained and experienced carers

Specialised nursing care from trained and experienced registered nurses

Ongoing support and advice to carers and loved ones

Liaison and cooperation with doctors, specialists and allied health professionals

Ongoing, active supervision from an experienced, registered nurse care coordinator

24-hour back-up from an on-call registered nurse

Medication management

Wound care

Stoma care

Continence care

Complex nursing care

The duration of your service is completely flexible. Our generous, three-hour sessions might mean that you only need us once or twice a week. We’ll be guided by you and your needs:

Live-in or 24-hour care

Casual, respite or infrequent care

Daily through to weekly care

Overnight care