NDIS nursing and disability support in Footscray.
Nurse-led continence assessments, community nursing and daily support delivered at home across Footscray and the City of Maribyrnong. No waitlist.
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Who are you enquiring for?
You can contact us directly. No GP referral needed, and no waitlist. We visit you at home, work out what you need, and set up supports against the funding already in your plan.
Book a free home visit Call 0405 468 427Here is what the first week looks like. You call or send the form, we call back within one business day, and a nurse visits at a time that suits. You do not need paperwork ready, and you do not need to know which support category applies.
Book a free home visit Call 0405 468 427Referrals acknowledged within one business day, service agreements out within 48 hours. Registered across eight support classes including high intensity daily personal activities. We keep you updated as things progress.
Send a referral Call 0405 468 427We bill at current NDIS price limits across self-managed, plan-managed and NDIA-managed plans. Invoices show the full NDIS support item number for community nursing, not the shorter registration group code.
Send a referral Call 0405 468 427NDIS support in Footscray
Health Focus Nursing visits participants across Footscray, postcode 3011, in the City of Maribyrnong. We are a home visit service, which means a registered nurse or support worker comes to you rather than asking you to travel to a clinic.
Footscray sits close to the city but keeps its own character, and the housing mix reflects that. We visit participants in walk-up flats near the station, in weatherboard homes on the quieter streets, and in newer apartment buildings along the river. Each of those settings changes what practical support actually looks like.
The suburb is one of the most culturally diverse in Melbourne, and a good share of the participants we support speak a language other than English at home. Where we can, we roster workers who share a participant's language, and we discuss that at the first visit rather than leaving families to raise it themselves.
What we deliver
The service we are asked for most in Footscray is the nurse-led continence assessment. A registered nurse visits, reviews medical and continence history, assesses the functional impact on daily life, and writes the formal report your NDIS planner needs. Reports are written clearly for an NDIS audience, so your planner has what they need.
Alongside that we provide community nursing under NDIS item 0114, covering wound care, catheter management, medication administration, bowel and stoma care and diabetes support. For participants with more complex needs we are registered to deliver high intensity daily personal activities, including complex wound management, enteral feeding, tracheostomy and ventilator management and severe dysphagia management.
On the support side we provide personal care under item 0107, domestic assistance under 0120, and social and community participation under 0125. Dementia support also sits under item 0107, and we also provide palliative care at home and in-home respite for family carers. Participants in Footscray frequently combine two or three of these rather than taking everything.
Funding and plan types
All services are billed at current NDIS price limits and are available to self-managed, plan-managed and NDIA-managed participants in Footscray. Continence assessments are funded under Capacity Building, Improved Daily Living. Nursing sits under Core Supports at item 0114. For eligible participants with the relevant funding already in their plan, there is no out-of-pocket cost.
If you are not certain which category your funding sits in, that is normal and it is not something you need to resolve before calling. We check it with you, and if the funding is not there we say so rather than starting a service that cannot be billed.
Getting started
Call us on 0405 468 427, send the form on this page, or ask your support coordinator to refer. We respond to every enquiry within one business day, and coordinators receive a service agreement within 48 hours. There is currently no waitlist for Footscray.
Nearby suburbs we also cover include Seddon, Yarraville, West Footscray, Maidstone, Kingsville and Braybrook. See the full list of service areas if you are outside Footscray.
A lot of the homes we visit here have three generations under one roof, and often it is the youngest person doing the translating. Where we can, we send someone who speaks the language, so the fifteen-year-old can go back to being fifteen.
Services available locally
- NDIS continence assessment, nurse-led, formal report included
- Community nursing, wound, catheter, medication, bowel and stoma care
- High-intensity supports, tracheostomy, ventilator, enteral feeding
- Personal care and daily living support
- Domestic assistance and meal preparation
- Social and community participation
- Dementia support, palliative care and in-home respite
Frequently asked questions
Can't find what you need? Call us on 0405 468 427.
Yes. Health Focus Nursing conducts nurse-led NDIS continence assessments in Footscray and across the City of Maribyrnong, including nearby Seddon, Yarraville, West Footscray, Maidstone, Kingsville and Braybrook. An AHPRA-registered nurse visits the participant at home, completes the assessment and sends the written report within 5 business days of the visit. There is currently no waitlist.
Health Focus Nursing has no waitlist and responds to every enquiry within one business day. Footscray is within our regular home visit area in the City of Maribyrnong, so scheduling usually depends on your availability rather than ours. Urgent clinical needs are best raised by phone.
For availability in Footscray this week, call us on 0405 468 427.
Yes. We take discharge referrals from hospital social workers, discharge planners and ward nurses at Footscray Hospital and across Western Health, as well as from families directly. If your NDIS plan already includes community nursing, we can usually have a registered nurse at your home in Footscray within 2 business days of the referral, and sooner for wound or catheter care that cannot wait. Ask the ward to call us on 0405 468 427 before you are discharged, and we will line up the first visit with them.
Book a home visit
Tell us what you need and we will call you back within one business day.
- 1You enquire
Form or phone call, whichever is easier. Takes less than a minute.
- 2We contact you
Within one business day, to confirm details and arrange a visit.
- 3Care begins
Your nurse or support worker visits at a time that suits you.
Refer directly using the form or by phone. Service agreements go out within 48 hours, and we keep you updated as things progress.
Send an enquiry
We respond within one business day.