Health and therapy services, e.g. podiatry, physiotherapy
xCountry Health Connect - Port Augusta Community Health Service
Podiatry
Nhulundu Health Service
Footprints Community
At Footprints we support people, including those with complex needs and challenging behaviours, to remain independent and living the lifestyle of their choice. Using a person centred approach, Occupational Therapy services at Footprints support individuals to improve their quality of life, prevent functional decline and maintain engagement in meaningful activities. Interventions include prescription of mobility and daily living equipment; falls risk assessments and falls prevention strategies and functional assessments of daily living activities. Assessments undertaken by Footprints’ Occupational Therapist include review of home environments to identify any modifications required to meet functional need to promote wellbeing and reablement and prevention of functional decline. Information is also available on strategies to improve function and enable participation in daily living, leisure and social activities.
CatholicCare - Shoalhaven
Your Life Your Way – Catholic Care is open to all seeking aged care services in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven. From our first visit our friendly staff will get to know what is important to you so that the services we provide is based on your assessed needs and goals to support you to stay in your home. We offer all aspects of help around the home - personal care, shopping, domestic assistance, podiatry, and support to carers through respite. We keep you connected with things that matter to you. As your care is very important to us, we work to ensure that we provide you with the right service, at the right time that has been agreed to by you, with only skilled support staff.
Beenleigh And District Senior Citizens Centre
Physiotherapy, Podiatry services are offered at our location. Limited services are available in clients homes.
Community Health - Caloundra
Community Health Physiotherapists develop home based therapy programs for people with reduced levels of function especially around mobility, strength and balance often as a result of acute and/or chronic illness with the aim to restore function and independence. Advice regarding ongoing management of chronic illness affecting physical health for example neuromuscular, cardiac and respiratory disease can also be provided.
Mobility equipment including wheeled walking aids and wheelchairs can be prescribed for clients through MASS.
Exclusions include conditions requiring hands on therapy.
Anglicare Allied Health Services - Elizabeth
Carers Association Of Tasmania - Launceston
MANAGING CARER FATIGUE - This session provides Carers with the effects of 'carer fatigue' on physical and emotional wellbeing and learn strategies which may assist in managing the caring role more effectively. Morning Tea provided. (IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE *** Carers Tasmania offers out of home services to family Carers, and are currently waiting on the My Aged Care portal issues to be resolved to be allocated to the correct services. Thank you).