Open Hands Community Care

About Open Hands Community Care

Open Hands Community Care is an NDIS-registered provider based in Pallara, Queensland, serving participants across Brisbane. They offer 5 types of support including community nursing, psychosocial recovery coaching, support coordination and more. OpenHandsCommunityCare is a trusted not-for-profit, dedicated to enhancing community wellbeing and fostering equity for all. Discover our mission today!

Services Open Hands Community Care provides

• Community nursing
• Psychosocial recovery coaching
• Support coordination
• Support worker
• Transport

NDIS Commission register record

Published by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, as at 2 August 2026.

Approved to deliver

• Assistive products for household tasks
• Assistance with life stage transitions
• Innovative community participation
• Household tasks
• Assistance with daily personal activities
• Development of daily living and life skills
• Participation in community, social and civic activities
• Assistance with travel and transport arrangements

The date shown has passed, and the Commission register still lists this provider as Approved. A renewal lodged before expiry keeps a registration in force while the Commission decides, so this does not by itself mean registration has ended — check the register below for the current position.

Approval covers the support types listed above. It is not a statement that Open Hands Community Care currently offers all of them, or has availability. How we check listings.

Source: NDIS Commission provider register, snapshot 2 August 2026.

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Understanding community nursing under the NDIS

NDIS community nursing covers nursing care delivered in the participant's home or community setting where the care is directly related to disability support and not the responsibility of the mainstream health system. Common scopes include continence management, wound care for chronic disability-related wounds (pressure injuries, diabetic ulcers in participants whose disability prevents independent management), PEG feeding setup and oversight, complex bowel programs, ventilator support, tracheostomy care, and medication management for participants who cannot self-administer.

All NDIS-funded nurses must be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) — this is the same registration framework that applies to nurses working in hospitals. Registered nurses have completed a three-year bachelor degree; enrolled nurses have completed a Diploma of Nursing and work under RN supervision. The 2026-27 NDIS Pricing Schedule set rates by qualification: registered nurse $128.05/hr, enrolled nurse $103.44/hr (weekday rates; evening, weekend and public-holiday loadings apply).

Care plans for community nursing should be jointly developed with the participant's GP (or specialist physician for complex care needs) and reviewed at least annually. For high-risk care (tracheostomy management, ventilator oversight, complex wound care), the care plan should explicitly address escalation pathways: who is contacted if the participant deteriorates, what triggers a hospital transfer, and what backup arrangements exist if the primary nurse is unavailable.

A frequent boundary question is whether a particular task is NDIS-funded nursing (disability-related) or mainstream-health (treating illness). The principle: if a non-disabled person with the same condition would receive the care from Medicare or the public hospital system, the NDIS isn't the funder. Care plans should document this distinction explicitly.

NDIS supports in Brisbane

The Brisbane service district covers 199+ suburbs and hosts 1093+ registered NDIS providers. Participants in this area typically access services in their local community, though many providers including Open Hands Community Care travel to clients at home. Travel charges under the NDIS are capped and must be agreed in your service agreement before work begins.

Most participants in Brisbane access a mix of services — commonly support worker, sda and physiotherapy. Whether you’re looking for ongoing support or need a specific assessment, comparing providers in your area is the best way to find the right fit for your goals and circumstances.

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