Our Occupational Therapists, physiotherapists and Speech pathologists will support you to explore all Assistive Technology, including communication aids, adjustable beds, Lift chairs, shower chairs, commodes, kitchen equipment and long handled bathing equipment for example.
Our Occupational Therapists will support you to modify your home with stepless showers, walk in baths, ramps, stair lifts, extensions and alterations to floor plans, for example.
Our Occupational Therapists, physiotherapists and Speech pathologists will help you learn how to budget and manage finances, develop routines, make friends, develop writing skills, complete household maintenance tasks and learn new hobbies or sports.
Our Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists will help you identify the best walker or stick. We will help you understand, overcome and reduce fear of falling.
Our Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists will help you find the right wheelchair or scooter to you. We will be with you from start to finish to make sure you get best value for money, your vehicle has everything you need and to help you apply for funding. We will also help you with any vehicle modifications or storage solutions for your new wheelchair or scooter. Following Occupational Therapy, we will support you to apply for NDIS or other funding as needed.
Are you having difficulty getting in and out of your chair or bed, need support to organise a home care or NDIS package that is right for you? Our Occupational Therapists and physiotherapists can help you do this and identify any equipment needs or techniques to ensure this happens in a person-centred and dignified way for you.
We will provide an assessment and high quality report to support your request for NDIS housing funding.
Our Occupational Therapists and physiotherapists know each of our clients are unique and can find it difficult sometimes making people understand their personal experience with fatigue and pain. We will listen to your story. We will then work with you and your team to help you overcome the impact of your pain or fatigue on your life.
If you have difficulty getting around, you may benefit from automating your home. This could include operating the front door from your phone or pressing a button to turn the lights of and lower the blinds before bed. Our Occupational Therapists will support you to identity what barriers you have, and then overcome them.
Our Physiotherapists provide goal orientated and participation focused expert input. They utilise their full arsenal of treatments that can range from assistance in the pool, manual therapy, implementing personalised exercise programs, postural assessment and much more.
We happily travel up to an hour outside Ballarat — and so can visit Ararat, Bendigo, Daylesford, Castlemaine, Ballan, Melton, Elaine, Skipton, Maryborough and more.
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