Nursing Care at Home for Veterans and Their Families
DVA-funded nursing and clinically required personal care in your own home, supporting both physical and eligible mental health-related care needs.
What is DVA Community Nursing?
Community Nursing provides clinically required nursing and personal care in the comfort of your own home. Our services are designed to support eligible DVA clients in managing their health, maintaining independence and improving their overall wellbeing and quality of life.
Chris Barnard Health is a contracted DVA Community Nursing provider. If you’re eligible, DVA funds the service, so there’s no cost to you.
What Community Nursing can include
- Comprehensive nursing assessment
- Clinical nursing
- Wound care
- Medication management
- Continence management
- Chronic disease support
- Clinical monitoring
- Post-hospital nursing
- Personal hygiene, showering and dressing where clinically required
- Palliative care where appropriate
- Mental health nursing and support
- Ongoing assessment and care planning
- Coordination with your GP and other health professionals
Who is eligible?
Eligibility is based on DVA entitlement and assessed clinical need, not age. Eligible clients may include
Helping a veteran or war widow/widower in your family?
You can contact us too. Many of our enquiries come from partners, sons, daughters and carers trying to work out what Mum, Dad or their partner is entitled to.
You don’t need to understand the DVA process. We can help you work out what’s needed and guide you through accessing the service.
Not sure where to start? Talk to us and we’ll help you understand the process, from referral through to care at home.
How it works
- Contact us
- We explain the process
- Written referral from an authorised referrer
- Eligibility check with DVA
- Chris Barnard Health Registered Nurse assessment
- Your care plan
- Services begin at home
Once a valid written referral is received, CBH checks eligibility, our Registered Nurse completes an assessment, and we develop a care plan before services begin.
Supporting veterans? Let’s work together.
RSLs, ex-service organisations, veteran advocates, veteran hubs, DVA rehabilitation providers and aged care providers can connect veterans and families with us. We’ll take it from there.
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