What We Do
The home is where you should feel most comfortable and able to do the things you want and need to do. Our home-based Occupational Therapy services are aimed at assisting people with injury and illness to overcome obstacles that prevent them from having UNLIMIT-ED potential in their home.
Cleaning Assessments
Our cleaning assessment and re-education service aims to identify the physical, environmental, behavioural or equipment barriers that prevent people with injuries and illness from engaging in cleaning tasks. Specialists in helping you to complete cleaning tasks within your injury or illness limitations, our functional re-education sessions focus on equipment and techniques that minimise re-injury and pain.
Cleaning assessments can result in:
- A recommendation for support services
- A recommendation for equipment suited/designed for single-handed use
- A recommendation for lightweight equipment/techniques that minimise/eliminate aggravating movements and postures
Personal Care Assessments
Our personal assessment and re-education service aims to identify the physical and environmental barriers that prevent people with injuries and illness from engaging in tasks such as showering, dressing and shopping. Specialists in helping you to achieve independence with even the most personal of tasks, our functional sessions focus on equipment and techniques that minimise re-injury and pain, and when required, recommend the provision of support services.
Personal care assessments may include assessment of:
- Showering/toileting/dressing
- Meal preparation
- Shopping
- Community access/travel
Bed/Mattress Assessments
Our bedding/mattress assessment and prescription service aims to make sleep and rest, comfortable and easy. With extensive knowledge of therapeutic bedding options, and strategies for safely and independently transferring in, and out of bed, our specialist team can recommend bedding options that meet your unique needs.
Bed/mattress recommendations can include:
- Modifications to existing bed/mattress
- Mattress replacement
- Specialised bedding solutions
Seating Assessments
Our seating assessment and prescription service aims to make being at home and doing what’s important to you, comfortable and easy. With extensive knowledge of therapeutic seating options, and strategies for safely and independently transferring from sitting to standing, our specialist team can recommend seating that meets your unique needs.
Seating recommendations can include:
- Modifications to existing seating
- Static task seating
- Electric recline/lift chairs
Home Modifications
Our home modification assessments aim to identify home hazards and modify the environment for individual abilities. With access to a range of specialist building contractors, we can propose a full scope of works and obtain quotes for completion of your home modification project.
Home modifications can include:
- Grab rails and handrails
- Ramps
- Platform steps
- Sensor lights
- Minor bathroom modifications
- Lever taps
- Handheld showers
- Removing shower screens
- Removing shower hobs
- Major bathroom modifications
- Replacing baths with level access showers
- Relocating fixtures and fittings
UNLIMIT-ED in the Garden
The home garden is a place where many people like to explore and interact with the natural environment. Our home-based services are aimed at assisting people with injury and illness to overcome obstacles that prevent them from having UNLIMIT-ED potential to care for and create a beautiful green space.
Lawn Mowing & Gardening Assessments
Our gardening assessment and re-education service aims to identify the physical, environmental, behavioural or equipment barriers that prevent people with injuries and illness from engaging in gardening tasks. Specialists in helping you to complete lawn mowing, lawn edging, pruning and weeding tasks within your injury or illness limitations, our functional re-education sessions focus on equipment and techniques that minimise re-injury and pain.
Gardening assessments can result in:
- A recommendation for support services
- A recommendation for equipment suited/designed for single-handed use
- A recommendation for lightweight equipment/techniques that minimise/eliminate aggravating movements and postures
UNLIMIT-ED in the Community
The ability to access and engage with the local and broader community is important to a person’s sense of self and belonging. Our community-based Occupational Therapy services are aimed at assisting people with injury and illness to overcome the obstacles that prevent UNLIMIT-ED access to the places that are important to them.
Mobility Scooter Assessments
When driving is no longer an option, our mobility scooter assessment and prescription service aims to help people access their local community safely and independently. With extensive knowledge of mobility scooter options, our specialist team can recommend a mobility scooter that is suitable for your assessed goals and environment.
Mobility scooter assessments involve:
- Assessment of a user’s capacity to safely control a scooter
- Education on scooter storage, maintenance and insurance
Wheelchair Assessments
Our wheelchair assessment and prescription service aims to provide professional advice and direction on manual wheelchair and seating solutions that are appropriate to specific injury needs. With a focus on ensuring that your wheelchair allows you to access the different places you go, and perform the roles that are important to you, our team works closely with wheelchair suppliers and support services to achieve your wheelchair, pressure relief and postural care goals.
Wheelchair assessments involve understanding your:
- Wheelchair goals and history
- Support network
- Pressure care/postural support needs
- Home and community environments including terrain, access, turning space and storage
- Transport use and requirements
Driving Assessments
Our certified Occupational Therapists can deliver Driver Assessment and Rehabilitation services and provide recommendations about your capacity to drive a car, truck or ride a motorcycle after injury or illness.
Driving assessments involve:
- Assessment of the ability to drive
- Support for obtaining a learners or probation licence
- Rehabilitation to resume driving
- Recommendation for vehicle specifications or modifications
- Liaison with relevant state authorities where required