Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Don Valley (postcode 3139), a small rural locality in the Upper Yarra Valley within the Yarra Ranges Shire, about 60km east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Don Valley and neighbouring Woori Yallock, Launching Place, Yarra Junction and Seville, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Don Valley is a small rural locality in the upper reaches of the Yarra Valley, where the Warburton Highway corridor begins to narrow between the Yarra Valley’s agricultural and horticultural land and the steeper terrain of the Yarra Ranges to the north. The locality sits within the broader Woori Yallock and Launching Place community, a part of the Yarra Valley that supports dairy, beef, and market garden production alongside the residential and lifestyle properties that have become increasingly popular for Melbourne residents seeking a rural outlook within commuting distance of the city. The Upper Yarra Valley is a genuinely exceptional natural and agricultural landscape — the Yarra River’s headwaters in the Thomson and Maroondah catchments provide Melbourne’s major water supply, and the surrounding forests and wetlands support significant biodiversity. The Yarra Valley Rail Trail — a popular long-distance cycling and walking trail following the old rail corridor — passes through the Woori Yallock area, providing excellent recreational connections.
About Wattletree Health Group
Receiving care at home in Don Valley means staying in the peaceful upper valley, close to family and the rural landscape. 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.
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 Don Valley and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Don Valley, postcode 3139.