Nurse-led home care, Brisbane North

Personal care at home

Personal care is hands-on help with the everyday activities most of us do without thinking: showering, getting dressed, using the toilet and moving around the house. When these tasks become hard because of ageing, illness or reduced mobility, the right support lets you stay at home with your dignity and routines intact.

At Wattle Home Care, personal care is planned and overseen by registered nurses, so your carer knows what to watch for and who to tell if something changes.

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Founded by registered nurses
Call back within one business day
No lock-in contracts
Brisbane North West and Moreton Bay

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What personal care includes

Showering, bathing and personal hygiene
Dressing and undressing
Grooming, including hair care, shaving and skin care
Toileting and continence care
Help with mobility, transfers and moving safely around the home
Support with morning and evening routines
Prompting and help with medication you manage yourself, where appropriate

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Who personal care is for

Personal care suits older people who need help with everyday personal activities because of ageing, reduced mobility, illness or disability. It is often the first service people ask about when getting in and out of the shower starts to feel risky, or when a family member has been helping and needs support.

How we make personal care feel comfortable

Accepting help with something as private as showering can take time. We go at your pace.

We learn your routine first.

What time you like to get up, how you take your shower, which clothes you prefer. Your carer follows your way of doing things.

You choose what you do yourself.

We support the parts you find difficult and leave the rest to you, which helps you keep your strength and confidence.

Familiar faces.

We aim to keep the same carers with you, and we introduce backup carers before any planned change.

Nursing oversight.

Because our team is nurse-led, carers report changes such as skin redness, new confusion or a fall risk, and a registered nurse follows up.

A carer handing an older woman a glass of water beside a weekly pill organiser on the kitchen bench

Help with medication

Many people manage their own medication but benefit from a reminder or a hand opening a pack. Our carers can prompt and assist with self-administered medication where that is safe and agreed in your care plan. If you need more clinical medication support, our in-home nursing team can help.

Support at Home

Funding personal care

Personal care can be funded through the Support at Home program if it is included in your support plan, or you can pay privately. Read how Support at Home works or ask us to explain the costs for your situation.