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
Our priority is to ensure a seamless and safe transition from hospital to home, with in home care tailored to your surgeon's discharge instructions and your personal recovery speed. Local caregivers and registered nurses offer flexible support, from a few days to several weeks, whether your recovery is part of aged care or disability support.
- 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
North Lakes
Our caregivers live and work locally, so care at home is never far away, anywhere in North Lakes.
- Milton
- Toowong
- Indooroopilly
- Brookfield
- Pullenvale
- The Gap
- Ashgrove
- Mt Coo-tha
- Samford Valley
- Bridgemen Downs
- Albany Creek
- Eatons Hill
- Bray Park
- Kallangur
- Narangba
- North Lakes
- Bald Hills
- Redcliffe
- Scarborough
- Petrie
- Deception Bay
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Post-operative care in North Lakes:
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
Nurse next door values its employees and are always willing to go above and beyond with their care
Jade Burrows
Nurse Next Door is a respectful and well organised service provider. They prioritise and provide a quality service to their participants. Staff are well trained and supported.
Kehinde Marius
Nurse Next Door have lovely staff that are very helpful and reliable. The always go the further mile to ensure I am cared for.
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As a Support Coordinator, I meet so many providers — but every now and then, a team comes along that genuinely restores your faith in what caring for others should look like. Nurse Next Door has been one of those rare experiences for me. Their support workers don’t just “complete tasks.” They show up with heart. I’ve seen them bring comfort on the hardest days, celebrate the small wins, and treat clients with a level of gentleness and respect that can’t be taught — it has to come from real compassion. They communicate openly, listen deeply, and never make participants feel like a number on a roster. Instead, they make people feel safe, valued, and truly seen. For families who have struggled to find consistency or kindness in care, Nurse Next Door has been a breath of fresh air. Watching how they walk alongside participants — especially those with complex needs — has reminded me why I chose this field. Their dedication doesn’t just support clients; it brings peace, dignity, and moments of joy back into people’s lives. 💗 I wholeheartedly recommend Nurse Next Door to anyone needing support that comes from a place of genuine care and humanity.
Linda Jones
Most staff very good a couple of older careers seem to go through the motion, but generally much better than the others in this area.
John Dent
"Met all our needs, with a friendly, reliable and totally capable worker" (14/9/24)
Connor Duggan
Supportive and approachable team who are passionate about providing safe and quality care to clients whilst cultivating a positive team culture.
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Sophie Dalton
We have been supported by Nurse Next Door for over two years now, and I truly don’t have enough words to express how grateful we are for the care they have given our son. Each and every support worker has shown such genuine kindness, professionalism, and compassion. They have not only supported him with his evening medications, but have taken a real interest in who he is as a person — encouraging his interests, like his artwork, and making him feel seen, valued, and understood. As a parent, there is nothing more important than knowing your child feels safe, supported, and cared for — and this team has given us that peace of mind every single day. The warmth and respect they show goes far beyond what is expected, and it truly means the world to our family. We also deeply appreciate the clear weekly rosters, which bring consistency and reassurance to our routine. We are incredibly thankful for the beautiful care and connection they bring into our home, and would wholeheartedly recommend Nurse Next Door to any family looking for truly compassionate support.
Olga Blake McKenzie
"Mum was smiling when we returned home and Wendy was able to easily chat with us and let us know how the afternoon/evening progressed" (1/12/23)
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Nurse next door has been and is only the place to be with. There staff are experienced and do there upmost to take it to the next level. They take that extra mile for you, they actually care about their purpose of making lives better. You could not fault there service's or ability to get the job done. Staff are experienced friendly and have a passion to provide a high quality of service to WOW you.
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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.
24/7 Live Calling Support
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
