Other Services
Otago Exercise Programme
- Location: Your home
- Funded: Patient
This one-to-one Falls Prevention programme is for patients who are at risk of falling. You can self-refer and one of our nurses will work with you for 12 months on an exercise programme tailored to your needs in your own home.
To start with, a Nelson Nursing Services (NNS) nurse will visit you at home, assess your needs and develop a strength, balance and retraining exercise programme for you. The exercises will improve your balance, muscle strength and general well being..
Vaccination
- Location:Your workplace, home or our clinic
- Funded: Patient, Employer
The nurses strongly advice "don't let the Flu get you this winter - get your vaccination now" Nelson Nursing Service is currently visiting workplaces for group vaccination or you can simply phone & book an appointment at our clinic.
Social Rehabilitation Support
- Location: Your home
- Funded: ACC
NNS offers a range of services to people with an injury caused by an accident. An assessment team (which may consist of a nurse, dietitian, physiotherapist and occupational therapist) will visit you in your home and assess your needs and the level of support required- whether it be equipment, Meals on Wheels, transport, home help or child care.
NNS will provide ACC with a report recommending the measures required for rehabilitation and you can choose NNS or another service provider, if you wish.
Incontinence Products
- Location: NNS Clinic
- Funded: Patient
We sell a wide range of different brands of incontinence products including pads, bed and chair protectors, urodomes and penile sheaths.
NNS offers an initial incontinence assessment, recommendations of the most suitable products and the opportunity to trial several brands to find which is most effective for your needs. We can also liaise with Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) regarding a disability allowance which may cover the cost of incontinence products.
For more information about any of these programmes or services, contact reception: email or phone (03) 547 2814
