Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Long Island (postcode 3199), a coastal locality within the City of Frankston on the Port Phillip foreshore, about 39km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Long Island and neighbouring Frankston, Olivers Hill and Frankston South, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Local GP clinics near Long Island
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortitude Health Group | 190 Cranbourne Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 0.4km away | Mixed billing |
| Cranbourne Road Medical Centre | 116 Cranbourne Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 0.5km away | Fees apply |
| Medical Centre Frankston | 54 Cranbourne Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.1km away | Mixed billing |
| Monash University Health Service – Peninsula | Room 39, Level 1 Building U, 1 McMahons Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.2km away | Mixed billing |
| Peninsula Family General Practice | 1-3 Vera Street, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.4km away | Mixed billing |
| Beach Street Family Medicine | 59-61 Beach Street, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.4km away | Bulk billing |
| Karingal Family Medical Centre | 194-196 Karingal Drive, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.7km away | Bulk billing |
| Peninsula Health Centre | 30 Foot Street, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.7km away | Bulk billing |
| Towerhill Medical Centre | 143 Frankston-Flinders Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.8km away | Mixed billing |
Nearest hospitals to Long Island
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital | 251-265 Cranbourne Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.1km away |
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 5 Susono Way, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.3km away |
| Peninsula Health – Frankston Hospital | 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199 | 1.6km away |
| Peninsula Private Hospital | 525 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin, VIC 3910 | 2.3km away |
| Beleura Private Hospital | 925 Nepean Highway, Mornington, VIC 3931 | 11.9km away |
| The Bays Hospital | 4 Vale Street, Mornington, VIC 3931 | 12.3km away |
| Monash Health Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre | 140-154 Sladen Street, Cranbourne, VIC 3977 | 12.4km away |
| The Mornington Centre | 24 Separation Street, Mornington, VIC 3931 | 12.9km away |
| Dandenong Hospital | 135 David Street, Dandenong, VIC 3175 | 20.1km away |
Long Island is a small coastal locality on the northern edge of Olivers Hill, where the Frankston foreshore meets clifftop residential streets overlooking Port Phillip Bay. The area sits close to Frankston’s famous 500-metre pier — first built in 1857 — and the popular foreshore reserve running between the town centre and the beach.
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.
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 Long Island and the wider Frankston area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Long Island, postcode 3199.