Nursing Care at Home for Seniors in Adelaide

Nursing care at home for seniors in Adelaide helps you manage health needs without leaving home. Kindora Connect provides nursing care under Support at Home (formerly Home Care Packages), delivered by registered or enrolled nurses and arranged through VitalCare Support under your services and care plan.

Having a nurse come to you can mean fewer trips out, earlier notice of changes in your health and more confidence living at home.

What does nursing care at home include?

Support at Home nursing care is community-based nursing to meet clinical care needs. As arranged in your care plan, it can include:

• checking and monitoring your health conditions, such as blood pressure or blood sugar
• giving medications, including injections, when your care plan includes it
• wound care and looking after your skin
• clinical continence assessment and management
• health education, so you understand your condition and treatment
• linking you with specialist services when you need them

Some services belong to the health system rather than Support at Home, such as hospital care or specialist palliative care. Our nurses work alongside your GP and other health professionals.

Who does nursing care help?

Nursing care helps older people with health needs that are best managed by a nurse at home. For example:

• you have a leg wound that needs regular dressing
• you have come home from hospital and your care plan includes nurse visits while you recover
• you need help managing several medications safely
• bladder or bowel changes are affecting your confidence and need a clinical assessment

How does nursing care work under Support at Home?

Kindora Connect delivers Support at Home services as an associated provider through VitalCare Support. VitalCare Support is the registered provider and manages your Support at Home budget. Kindora Connect plans and delivers your day-to-day services and is your main contact for your care.

Read what being an associated provider means to see how this works for you.

Nursing is in the clinical supports service group. It needs to be one of your approved services and fit within your Support at Home budget. You do not pay a contribution for clinical supports such as nursing.

What does a typical nursing visit look like?

Your nurse arrives at the time arranged in your care plan and checks how you have been since the last visit. They carry out the care you need, such as changing a dressing or checking your blood pressure, and explain what they are doing as they go.

Before leaving, they record what they did and anything they noticed. If something has changed, they talk with you about it and, with your consent, let your GP or family know.