Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Kalorama (postcode 3766), a serene locality in the Dandenong Ranges within the Yarra Ranges Shire, about 40km east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Kalorama and neighbouring Mount Dandenong, Olinda, Montrose and Kilsyth, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Kalorama is a small and beautifully positioned locality on the northern face of the Dandenong Ranges, between the summit of Mount Dandenong and the lower slopes toward Montrose. The name Kalorama comes from the Greek for “beautiful view” — and the views from Kalorama’s elevated ridgeline across Melbourne and the bay are genuinely spectacular. The locality sits within one of the most valued residential and lifestyle areas in the Ranges, with a strong artistic and alternative-lifestyle tradition going back to the late nineteenth century when artists, writers and progressive thinkers began establishing properties here in the cool-climate bush. The Kalorama Park, with its sweeping views and native garden, is a well-loved local reserve. The village of Montrose at the base of the Ranges provides the closest shopping and services, and the Canterbury Road and Montrose Road corridors connect Kalorama to Lilydale and the broader Yarra Valley. Receiving care at home in Kalorama means staying in one of Melbourne’s most beautiful hill communities, close to family and the forests of the Ranges. 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 Kalorama and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Kalorama, postcode 3766.