See the whole person
Health, function, cognition, comfort, routines, family, environment and what matters to the person all belong in the clinical picture.
NovaCare Nursing
Aged Care Specialists
Tasmanian owned and operated. Nurse-led. Professional care delivered with genuine kindness.
NovaCare Nursing provides clinical nursing and aged care at home across Southern Tasmania, supporting you as your needs change.
Care can be arranged privately or, where appropriate, through a registered Support at Home provider. Whichever pathway is used, the clinical approach remains the same: thoughtful assessment, clear planning, continuity, skilled nursing and genuine kindness.
Why we exist
As we get older, care should never become a list of tasks.
Home care works best when we are known, changes are noticed early and everyone involved understands the plan. A wound, a fall, a change in behaviour, reduced appetite or increasing fatigue rarely exists in isolation.
NovaCare Nursing was built around a nursing model that looks beyond the immediate task. We assess what is happening, identify what may be contributing, provide the nursing response and coordinate with the wider healthcare team when more input is needed.
Clinical skill matters. So do continuity, kindness and the confidence that someone experienced is seeing the whole picture.
Nursing leads the care
Registered Nurse assessment, care planning, clinical oversight, documentation, review and escalation are built into the way care is delivered.
Continuity matters
Good care depends on knowing the person, recognising change and building trust over time—not repeatedly starting again with someone new.
Choice stays with the person
As we get older, we should remain active participants in decisions about how, when and by whom our care is delivered wherever possible.
Aged care, led by nursing
The clinical layer should never be an afterthought.
Registered Nurse assessment, clinical reasoning and escalation support are built into the NovaCare Nursing model so carers, families and providers are not left to manage emerging health concerns alone.
Assess
Understand the person, their baseline, risks, goals and current clinical picture.
Plan
Translate assessment into clear, practical care that people can actually follow at home.
Review
Notice change, document it, communicate clearly and escalate when the situation requires more.
18years
Founded and clinically led by Palantina Hughes
Clinical Nurse Consultant & Registered Nurse
Emergency, acute, community, palliative and complex home-care experience shape the clinical standards behind NovaCare Nursing.