Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Kallista (postcode 3791), a quiet and picturesque locality in the Dandenong Ranges within the Yarra Ranges Shire, about 45km east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Kallista and neighbouring Olinda, Sherbrooke, Belgrave and Monbulk, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Kallista is one of the most peaceful and unspoilt of the Dandenong Ranges localities, a small rural-residential community set deep in the Sherbrooke forest landscape between Olinda and Belgrave. The name Kallista comes from the Greek for “most beautiful” — a name entirely fitting for a locality surrounded by some of the most magnificent mountain ash and cool-temperate rainforest in the Dandenong Ranges. The Kallista and Sherbrooke area is particularly celebrated for its population of superb lyrebirds, which can be heard and sometimes seen performing their extraordinary mimicry displays in the fern gullies and forest understorey. The nearby Sherbrooke Forest — managed within Dandenong Ranges National Park — is one of the most popular and beloved bushwalking destinations in all of Greater Melbourne, drawing visitors from across the city and beyond. The historic Kallista Tearooms and the small Kallista village green give the area a charming, unhurried character that has attracted artists, writers and nature-lovers for over a century. Receiving care at home in Kallista means staying in this remarkable forest community, close to family and the ancient trees. 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 Kallista and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Kallista, postcode 3791.