Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Bend of Islands (postcode 3097), a small and unique residential locality in Melbourne’s outer north-east within the Nillumbik Shire, about 30km north-east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Bend of Islands and neighbouring Kangaroo Ground, Research, Warrandyte and Christmas Hills, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Bend of Islands is one of Melbourne’s most distinctive and sought-after rural residential communities, set on a peninsula formed by a broad meander of the Yarra River in the Nillumbik Shire’s protected green wedge. The locality derives its evocative name directly from the geography that defines it — the wide, sweeping bend of the Yarra River that almost encircles the elevated land on which the community sits, creating a near-island of native bushland, acreage properties and regenerated bush corridors. Bend of Islands is home to the well-known Bend of Islands Conservation Association, a community group that has led significant bush regeneration, indigenous planting and wildlife restoration work across the locality’s private and shared lands for several decades — making it one of the pioneering examples of community-based environmental stewardship in metropolitan Melbourne. The Warrandyte State Park, accessible on the eastern banks of the Yarra, provides outstanding bushwalking, birdwatching and natural beauty within easy reach. Research township and Kangaroo Ground provide the nearest community services.
About Wattletree Health Group
Receiving care at home in Bend of Islands means staying in this remarkable natural setting, close to family and the river. Wattletree Health Group‘s home nursing care is tailored to each client’s needs, helping reduce the need for hospital or GP visits while keeping care personal and consistent.
Local GP clinics near Bend of Islands
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Medical Centre | 1538 Main Road, Research VIC 3095 | 4.7km away | Fees apply |
| Diamond Valley Clinic | 126 Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek VIC 3089 | 6.1km away | Fees apply |
| Warrandyte Medical Centre | 2 Trezise Street, Warrandyte VIC 3113 | 6.1km away | Mixed billing |
| Diamond Creek Medical Centre | 82 Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek VIC 3089 | 6.5km away | Mixed billing |
| The Local Doctor – Diamond Creek | Shop 13, 67 Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek VIC 3089 | 6.6km away | Fees apply |
| Goldfields Family Medical Centre | Shop 4, 402 Heidelberg-Warrandyte Road, Warrandyte VIC 3113 | 6.6km away | Mixed billing |
| Hurstbridge & Districts Medical Centre | 1022 Heidelberg-Kinglake Road, Hurstbridge VIC 3099 | 6.7km away | Fees apply |
| Myhealth North Eltham | 1170 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095 | 7.1km away | Fees apply |
| Eltham Central Medical Clinic | 9 Luck Street, Eltham VIC 3095 | 7.5km away | Mixed billing |
Nearest hospitals to Bend of Islands
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Donvale Rehabilitation Hospital | 1119 Doncaster Road, Donvale VIC 3111 | 12.2km away |
| Yarra Ranges Health | 25 Market Street, Lilydale VIC 3140 | 12.8km away |
| Maroondah Hospital | 1-15 Davey Drive, Ringwood East VIC 3135 | 13km away |
| Ringwood Private Hospital | 36-42 Mount Dandenong Road, Ringwood East VIC 3135 | 13.4km away |
| Mitcham Private Hospital | 27 Doncaster East Road, Mitcham VIC 3132 | 13.6km away |
| Northpark Private Hospital | 135 Plenty Road, Bundoora VIC 3083 | 14.8km away |
| Bundoora Extended Care Centre | 1231 Plenty Road, Bundoora VIC 3083 | 15.5km away |
| Warringal Private Hospital | 216 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg VIC 3084 | 16.6km away |
| Mercy Hospital for Women – Heidelberg | 163 Studley Road, Heidelberg VIC 3084 | 16.7km away |
We work with all Support At Home (SAH) providers and can invoice home care packages directly. We’re registered NDIS providers, and approved providers for TAC and WorkSafe.
Referrals are simple and welcome from self-referral, family and friends, GPs, hospitals, My Aged Care Home Care Package (HCP) and Support At Home (SAH) providers, NDIS Support Coordinators, allied health professionals, and other healthcare organisations. Getting started is easy — simply complete our referral form.
Our nurses provide flexible, compassionate, and clinically competent care for children and adults needing:
- Wound care (VAC dressings, drain tubes, staple/suture removal, acute & chronic wounds)
- Wellbeing checks and general health assessments
- Illness and injury support
- Palliative care and symptom management
- End of life care (EOLC)
- After hospital discharge care
- Night & day respite for carers of family members with high care needs (adults and children)
- My Aged Care Home Care Package (HCP) and Support At Home (SAH) clinical nurse visits
- NDIS clinical nurse visits (we are registered NDIS providers)
- TAC nursing at home (we are approved TAC providers)
- WorkSafe nursing at home (we are approved WorkSafe providers)
- Private nursing (wholly self funded nursing, independent of other provider/government funding)
- Medication administration and management (tablets, injections, syringe drivers, IV infusions)
- Post surgery care
- Pain management
- Stoma care
- Continence assessments and continence management
- Catheter care and management (including suprapubic catheters [SPC], indwelling catheters [IDC] and trial of voids [TOV])
- Diabetic care and diabetes management
- Nursing assessments
- Cognitive assessments
- Showering and personal hygiene support
- Clinical transport and chaperone to medical appointments and community access
- Pathology collection
- Respiratory care (including home ventilation, tracheostomy care)
- Health system navigation and My Aged Care referral assistance
- Service provider and carer/worker training
- Travel/holiday support (local/interstate/overseas)
- Alternative & complementary therapies support (faecal microbial transplant enemas, IV vitamin infusions etc)
- Workplace flu vaccination services
- Health & wellness coaching
Need something not on this list? Have a look at our full range of services, or get in touch — we’re happy to help.
For more on how we work, see our services, or contact us to find out more about home nursing care in Bend of Islands and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Bend of Islands, postcode 3097.