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What are the services provided under Centre-Based Nursing?


Updated by AIC

Centre-based nursing support seniors with basic nursing care.

Seniors who require nursing procedures carried out by trained nursing staff and are able to travel to a centre during the day.

Centre-based nursing services may include:

  • Tracheostomy care and dressing

  • Care of nephrostomy tube and dressing

  • Insertion of nasogastric (NG) tube

  • Wound management, including post-surgical wound care

  • Stoma care (colostomy and ileostomy)

  • Care of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube and dressing

  • Urinary catheter care (including catheter changes for female clients)

  • Post-procedural medication administration

    • Must be ordered by a medical personnel

    • Only applicable for seniors who are not already enrolled in the centre’s day care programme, are living alone, or unable to take medication on their own

  • Assistance with bowel elimination

    • Eg enema or suppository insertion, as ordered by a registered doctor

 

To find centre-based nursing providers near you, search this map using a postal code, address or your device’s current location. 

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