Caulfield Community Rehabilitation - Home-Based Service
Staff
Description of Service
The Home-Based program provides clients with short-term, intensive, home-based rehabilitation for a maximum period of 8 weeks.
The program assists clients who are having difficulty performing their daily activities following an accident, injury or medical condition.
There are no fees charged for this service.
The home-based team includes:
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Physiotherapy
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Occupational Therapy
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Speech Therapy
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Social Work
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Community Health Nursing
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Dietetics
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Allied Health Assistant
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Rehabilitation Medicine
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Neuropsychology
ELIGIBILITY:
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Residents must reside in the following council areas:
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Glen Eira
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Port Phillip
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Stonnington
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Bayside (North of South Road).
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Live at home,hostel or SRS which is suitable for the provision of a rehabilitation service.
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Be medically stable and have a local GP responsible for their medical care.
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Must have had a recent illness, injury, or medical event resulting in a change in level of functioning.
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Be 18 years of age or over.
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Be able to actively participate in a rehabilitation program.
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Have home-based rehabilitation goals.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
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Individuals who are able to travel into a facility for rehabilitation. Being unable to afford transport or not having own transport does not make individuals eligible.
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Individuals who have cognitive deficits or psychiatric conditions rendering them unable to participate or benefit from the program.
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Individuals who require ongoing maintenance therapy for chronic conditions.
- Referrals for home modifications only will not be accepted.
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Individuals who require an occasional session of therapy post hospital discharge to check safety concerns or equipment.
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Individuals living in a nursing home.
Department Files
- Home-Based Brochure (806.4 KB, PDF)
- Home Based Catchment Area (37.3 KB, PDF)
- Centre-Based Brochure (570.0 KB, PDF)
- Falls Clinic Brochure (1,021.9 KB, PDF)
