Recovery at home can be challenging. We bridge the gap between hospital and home with wound care, mobility support, and domestic help, ensuring a smooth transition back to full independence.
Comprehensive Support for a Safe Recovery
Our priority is to ensure a seamless and safe transition from hospital to home. We tailor our support to align with your surgeon's discharge instructions and your personal recovery speed, offering flexible care ranging from a few days to several weeks.
- Medication & Pain Management: Strict adherence to pain relief schedules to prevent discomfort.
- Professional Wound Care: Registered Nurses provide clinical dressing changes to promote healing.
- Mobility Support: Assistance with transfers and walking to significantly reduce fall risks.
- Personal Hygiene: Discreet help with showering and dressing to maintain dignity.
- Domestic Support: We handle cleaning and meals so you do not strain yourself.
- 24/7 Monitoring: Overnight supervision for the critical first 48 hours.
Comprehensive Support for a Safe Recovery
Post-operative care eases the transition from hospital to home, with local caregivers and Registered Nurses tailoring support to your surgeon's discharge plan and recovery speed.
- Careful pain relief and medication support, guided by your medical team
- Professional wound care from Registered Nurses
- Assistance with mobility, personal care and everyday tasks
- Overnight monitoring through the critical first 48 hours
Post-operative care at home, tailored to you
Flexible short-term or ongoing care, from a few days to several weeks, matched to your recovery speed.
Post-operative care right across
Healesville
Our caregivers live and work locally, so care at home is never far away, anywhere in Healesville.
- Thomastown
- Lalor
- Epping
- Mill Park
- South Morang
- Yan Yean
- Doreen/Mernda
- Bundoora
- Whittlesea
- Greensborough
- Eltham
- Macleod
- Diamond Creek
- Watsonia/Nth
- Donavale
- Warrandyte
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Post-operative care in Healesville:
How we can help
How soon should I book post-operative care?
We recommend booking as soon as your surgery date is confirmed. This allows us to prepare your home and match the right team to your specific needs. However, we understand that medical schedules change, and we can often accommodate last-minute requests if your discharge date moves.
Do I need a Nurse or a Caregiver?
This depends on the complexity of your recovery. A caregiver is well suited to help with mobility, meals, hygiene and medication prompts. If you require injections, complex wound dressings or clinical monitoring, we will assign a registered nurse. Many clients combine both for complete support.
Is there a minimum booking time?
No, our service is flexible. You can book a Settle-in Service for just the day of discharge, or ongoing support for several weeks. There are no lock in contracts, so you can simply use the service until you regain your strength and independence.
Delivering a WOW Customer Experience
We are so grateful to the team at Nurse Next Door Melbourne North. Dee is an amazing communicator and always happy to offer help or advice . We Would definitely recommend their services to anyone considering at home care.
Elizabeth Donaldson
Cannot speak highly enough of the Nurse Next Door team. Nurse next door has provided engaged and pro-active care for our Mum. We are so pleased to have finally found an organisation that is responsive and has great staff that engage well with our Mum, and who actually identify issues rather than us having to chase things up. The whole aim is to ensure Mum can stay at home for as long as possible and Nurse Next Door makes that a lot more possible, and gives us (daughters) more comfort.
Sarah R
Amy is very professional and on time. She has excellent nursing knowledge/ skills and cares for her patients greatly. Nurse Next Door is 100/10 in the way everything has been handled and professionalism. I would recommend them to anyone needing nursing/ care services.
Paul Crawford
Exceptional care! After my mother-in-law had a stroke, Dee and Shanna from the leadership team visited us right in the hospital to organize a home care plan. My MIL is a fiercely independent woman in her 80s, and we expected her to resist care entirely. Instead, the caregivers were incredibly lovely, thoughtful, and encouraging. Having Registered Nurses oversee everything gave our family total peace of mind. We cannot recommend Nurse Next Door Melbourne North more. Thank you for everything!
Nikita Elliott
Jodie from Nurse Next Door is so friendly and helpful, her knowledge and care is outstanding. I highly recommend the services Nurse Next Door Melbourne North offer to be of the highest standard.
Glenn Parkins
Dee, Shanna and the whole team at Nurse Next Door delivered exceptional, personalised end-of-life care for my mother. They were engaged, compassionate, responsive and reliable during a very difficult time. They worked seamlessly with the local palliative team, and made my mother's wish to stay at home until the end a reality. Thank you all, you truly made a unforgettable difference.
Murray Thomlinson
Clear and practical presentation for Seniors Epping Probus Club has been enthralled with the two onsite programs presented during the past 12 months Highly recommend them
Peter Egan
Nurse Next Door are not just an NDIS provider they really care for their participants. Shanna periodically calls in to check how my husband is going which just gives that personal touch. Administratively, if we need to change transport to an appointment last minute they are just a phone call away no matter what time of the day - even weekends! Then getting back with it resolved and organised pretty much straight away! This gives us piece of mind as we would have been charged and lost nNDIS hours for missed / cancelled appointments last minute by the other providers. Not to mention how wonderful the support workers are that transport my husband. Always friendly , conversational and eager to help him into the car. He’s built a rapport with them and that he even invites them and shows them our pets, etc…. after the trip. At Christmas time we get invited to an end of year party catered by Nurse Next Door as a thank you to the participants and their workers, where they present awards to their workers as well as. It’s lovely to meet everyone face to face- Shanna, Dee, Daniel and the team. We even had a surprise Christmas package dropped off at our front door! As my husband’s condition progresses I know we’ll need to rely more on the nursing assistance his support workers can provide. Nurse Next Door prioritises that personal touch to their professionalism.
Linda Orsillo
Jodie has been very responsive and prompt with her email communication. She has also done an excellent job arranging for nurses to visit the client on time.
Melissa Connor
We are very grateful for the support and care we have received. The Melbourne North team have been professional, compassionate, and understanding throughout our journey. They have shown great patience while we adjusted to accepting the need for support, always respecting the pace at which support was accepted and encouraging independence. Their assistance has made a real positive difference in our lives, and we recommend their services.
Yvette Wilkinson
I cannot speak highly enough of Nurses Next Door and lovely Dee who helped me at the last minute to organise care for my grandparents. All the nurses were extremely knowledgeable and caring. Thank you so much to Nurses Next Door for your excellent care and kindness. Thank you!!!
Jemma F
What a great and personalised service that we receive on a regular and going nature for our daughter! Nurse next door are prompt, friendly, and detailed with their support and care, thank you so much!
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Excellent communication 24/7, very kind and helpful, commendable, thank you.
Mehmet Altikulac
Nurse Next Door became part of our lives during a very difficult chapter, and I will always be grateful for the care and support they gave my mum. From the beginning, they made an effort to understand Mum, her needs and our family. As her condition progressed and things became harder, they continued to support us with patience, flexibility and understanding. Knowing we had people around us who genuinely cared made such a difference. What I appreciated most was the way Mum was treated. She was always approached with dignity and respect, and we never felt like we were just another family receiving a service. Their support continued right through Mum’s final stages, and even after she passed away, their kindness did not stop. That meant a lot to me and showed the type of people behind the care. A special thank you to Jade and everyone at Nurse Next Door who supported Mum and our family. I will always remember the kindness you showed us during such an important and difficult time in our lives. I would absolutely recommend Nurse Next Door to any family looking for care that feels genuinely personal.
Y Teef
Having nurse next door care for my Mum has been the best decision our family has made. The support we have received along the way has been so amazing and we cannot thank the whole team enough. Nothing was too much effort and the girls and our support workers have become like second family. Thankyou for everything.
Sarah T
After major surgery, my husband required dressing changes, and some monitoring, so we were lucky enough to get a suggestion that Nurse Next Door could help. We were so lucky to have them on board. The nurses we saw were truly wonderful. Very kind and knowledgeable. Nothing was any trouble. I would highly recommend Nurse Next Door. P.S. Keep your eye out for the little pink cars zipping about, give them a wave..they would appreciate that. X0
Barb Elder
Just like the name suggests they are like your neighbours next door. When you need a helping hand they will be there caring for you. I had the pleasure of meeting Shanna and Sheenal. Both of them are professionals and is pleasant dealing with them. I strongly recommend the company,
Dan
Highly recommended! Very caring with open communication and thorough in their processes! Thank you
Anthony Farso
We recently engaged services to support mum at home, and from the first initial call, the staff have been accommodating and very understanding to mums needs. And as a bonus, have great care staff that are happy to care on weekends too! Thank you to Danielle and vibrant Di for engaging with mum, and making her feel important.
Beth Magann
We have been using nurse next door for my grandparents. The combination of general care and nursing trained staff ensures high quality care. Communication has been excellent. Danielle has been a pleasure to work with.
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Why Nurse Next Door?
Quality Home Care That’s Personal and Professional
Every Care Plan is thoughtfully crafted, and every Caregiver is meticulously chosen to meet your needs.
Quality Home Care That’s Personal and Professional
We Match You with Your Perfect Caregiver
We hand-pick the right person from our trusted team of Caregivers based on your needs, preferences and personality.
We Match You with Your Perfect Caregiver
Reliable Care with Our Attendance Monitoring System
Our activity monitoring system closely monitors every visit to ensure Caregivers arrive on time and schedules run smoothly.
Reliable Care with Our Attendance Monitoring System
Qualified & Insured Caregivers You Can Trust
Our Caregivers and Nurses are licensed, insured and highly qualified, with a minimum of two years’ experience.
Qualified & Insured Caregivers You Can Trust
We Aim to Provide You The Same Caregiver Everytime
We want you to see a familiar face every visit. Your perfect match Caregiver will learn your routines and favorite foods.
We Aim to Provide You The Same Caregiver Everytime
24/7 Live Calling Support
Speak with a real person in 30 seconds or less every time you call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Comprehensive Care at Every Age
Our services range from elder care to daily living support for people of all ages. Quality care, regardless of age.
Comprehensive Care at Every Age
