Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Carrum Downs (postcode 3201), a residential suburb within the City of Frankston, about 38km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Carrum Downs and neighbouring Seaford, Skye, Frankston North and Langwarrin, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Carrum Downs is a well-established suburb in Melbourne’s south-east, developed from the 1970s onwards as part of the broader residential expansion of the Frankston corridor. The suburb is named after the adjacent Carrum Carrum Swamp — a large estuarine wetland complex that historically covered much of this coastal low-lying area before substantial drainage and development occurred in the twentieth century. Today, remnant wetland areas around the Seaford Wetlands and along Kananook Creek remain as important ecological assets and provide residents with accessible natural spaces close to home. The Carrum Downs Shopping Centre on Hall Road provides the main local retail services, and Frankston Hospital — the major regional health and emergency facility for south-eastern Melbourne — is just minutes away. Carrum Downs and Leawarra stations on the Frankston rail line connect the suburb directly to Melbourne’s CBD, and the Frankston Freeway/EastLink provides fast road connections north to Melbourne’s inner suburbs and east to the Dandenong Ranges.
About Wattletree Health Group
Receiving care at home here means staying close to family, familiar surroundings, and everyday routine. 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 Carrum Downs
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Medical Centre | 1181 Frankston-Dandenong Road, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 3201 | 0.2km away | Bulk billing |
| Village Family Medical Centre | Shop 1, 1095 Frankston-Dandenong Road, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 3201 | 0.8km away | Mixed billing |
| Carrum Downs Medical Centre | 113A Hall Road, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 3201 | 1.2km away | Mixed billing |
| Hall Road Medical Centre | Carrum Downs Regional Shopping Centre, Shop T14, 100 Hall Road, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 3201 | 1.3km away | Mixed billing |
| Botany Park Medical Centre | 28 Lyrebird Drive, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 3201 | 2.1km away | Mixed billing |
| Skye East Medical Centre | 170 McCormicks Road, SKYE, VIC 3977 | 2.1km away | Bulk billing |
| Skye Medical Centre | 80 McCormicks Road, SKYE, VIC 3977 | 2.6km away | Mixed billing |
| Seaford Central Medical Clinic | 272 Seaford Road, SEAFORD, VIC 3198 | 2.8km away | Bulk billing |
| McCormicks Road General Practice | 25 McCormicks Road, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 3201 | 2.9km away | Bulk billing |
Nearest hospitals to Carrum Downs
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital | 251-265 Cranbourne Road, FRANKSTON, VIC 3199 | 6.9km away |
| Peninsula Private Hospital | 525 McClelland Drive, LANGWARRIN, VIC 3910 | 7.2km away |
| Peninsula Health – Frankston Hospital | 2 Hastings Road, FRANKSTON, VIC 3199 | 7.7km away |
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 5 Susono Way, FRANKSTON, VIC 3199 | 7.8km away |
| Monash Health Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre | 140-154 Sladen Street, CRANBOURNE, VIC 3977 | 9.4km away |
| Dandenong Hospital | 135 David Street, DANDENONG, VIC 3175 | 13.5km away |
| South Eastern Private Hospital | 333 Princes Highway, NOBLE PARK, VIC 3174 | 14.2km away |
| St John of God Hospital – Berwick | 75 Kangan Drive, BERWICK, VIC 3806 | 15.7km away |
| Monash Health – Casey Hospital | 62-70 Kangan Drive, BERWICK, VIC 3806 | 15.8km 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 Carrum Downs and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Carrum Downs, postcode 3201.