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This service provides qualified nursing care to help manage and monitor medical conditions at home. You may need someone to help you take medication or care for wounds. You may need someone to provide a general health assessment and recommend a specialist for you. Nursing services provide clinical care to help maintain or regain your health at home.
This service includes:
- Registered Nurse – providing specialised clinical care
- Enrolled Nurse – providing clinical care
- nursing assistant – providing clinical care under a nurse’s supervision
- nursing care consumables – covering the cost of specialised products used to deliver clinical care that would not normally be carried by a nurse.
This service does not include:
- services that are better funded through other health programs, such as specialist palliative care
- medication and scripts.
How it could help
- Wound care and management
- Someone to help you take your medication
- General health and other assessments
- Improving your self-management through general health and treatment education
- Recommending you to specialist services
- Covering the cost of products used in delivering clinical care such as dressings
How can I access this service?
This service can be provided through the Commonwealth Home Support Program or Support at Home program. Your aged care assessor determines your eligibility to access these programs and this service.
Support at Home program
Designed for those with more complex and intensive care needs. It provides ongoing access to services, assistive technology and home modifications to help you stay living independently at home for longer.
How this service is helping others
Fatima found that nursing care and social support helped get her out and about
Fatima lived with Parkinson’s disease and was finding it harder to exercise. After her husband passed away, life became much more challenging. So she contacted My Aged Care.
Getting extra support around the home helped to manage Stella’s Parkinson’s
As Stella's Parkinson’s disease worsened, she and her husband John worried they wouldn’t be able to manage things. So he called My Aged Care to see if they could get some support.
How help at home supported Uncle Charlie’s changing care needs
At first, Uncle Charlie only needed meals. But when his mobility declined, he and his daughter Tess talked to their health clinic nurse who helped them arrange an assessment through My Aged Care.
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How do I get assessed for services?
An aged care assessment determines whether you are approved to access services. Using our online tool, you can check if you meet the requirements for an assessment before you apply for one.