Our Services

We can complete comprehensive Functional assessments and reports required for NDIS and other funding bodies. A Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) is a detailed assessment of a person’s function across a range of daily activities and environments and what they require to reach their goals. FCAs are often used to justify the funding or supports required for the client. FCAs typically require 1-2 home assessment appointments, followed by report writing time.

We can also complete Access Assessments that may be required to gain access as a Participant to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Comprehensive assessment, trials and recommendations for the most suitable equipment to allow you to meet your goals and increase function and participation in your meaningful activities. This process can also include producing detailed assistive technology reports to obtain funding through your relevant funding body.

Types of Assistive Technology can include:

• Mobility scooters

• Wheelchairs

• Walking aids

• Bathroom and Shower aids

• Kitchen and other household aids

• Personal Falls Alarms

• Smart Home Technology

• Smart devices and apps

• Transfer aids

• Seating

• Beds and Mattresses

  and more…

We are competent and experienced with providing assessment and advice on minor and major home modifications that aim to improve accessibility in and around your home environment.

We will work with you to identify modifications that will improve your safety, independence and function in everyday activities you want to participate in at home.

We can support our clients to become more independent in meaningful everyday activities. Our life skills training programs are custom designed to the needs and desires of what our clients would like to achieve. We will work with clients to help them to better engage in the different tasks they might have difficulty with and develop key life skills .

These could include but are not limited to cooking and meal planning, grocery shopping, transport training, school to employment transition, job readiness, community access, household management, finance management etc.

An ergonomic assessment involves assessment of an employee at their work area to ensure optimal working postures, correct workstation set-up and educate on healthy and ergonomic work practices. We are experienced in conducting ergonomic assessments in a range of settings. A formal report can be provided to the employee and/or employer outlining all findings and any recommendations. We offer individual, group, at-home and vehicle ergonomic assessments.

We will assess what may increase a clients risk of having a fall in the home and community environment.

We will look at a range of things including individual strengths and difficulties, the activities you are engaging in and your environment.

We will provide recommendations that may include assistive technology, changes to the environment and training to complete certain tasks in a safer and/or easier way.

We may also refer to other services such as Physiotherapy.

There are many options to help with reduced mobility but finding the right option that will be suitable now and also consider long term needs can be difficult.

We are experienced in assessing and prescribing for mobility aids including manual and powered wheelchairs, scooters, walking aids, vehicle transport etc.

We can also provide and client and carer training to help you safely and confidently use these mobility aids.

We will assess your home and provide recommendations about what could make the home safer and promote greater independence. This assessment looks at things like assessing the safety of home appliances, reducing the risk of falls, making commonly used items easier to find and use, strategies for safely getting off the toilet/out of bed etc., energy conservation and techniques to safely and more efficiently complete household tasks.

We are both an Occupational Therapist and Nutritionist. We are passionate about educating our clients on the benefit of consuming a healthy and varied diet, providing nutrition advice for various health conditions and optimising your health and wellbeing through the food you consume and the activities you engage in.

We can address areas of occupation involving nutrition and mealtime by helping clients with tasks like meal planning, meal preparation, grocery shopping, education on how to select nutritious meals and snacks and building the skills required to cook.

We can provide education and training options for clients, carers, groups and workplaces on a range of topics.

We are experienced and confident in speaking to groups of all sizes. Some of the topics we can educate and train on include but are not limited to assistive technology, basic mobility assessment/prescription, nutrition, meal planning/cooking for fun and health, falls prevention and management, employee health and wellness, ergonomics plus more.

Please contact us to discuss your training needs.