REHAB@HOME is a home based rehabilitation program designed to offer you an alternative approach to staying in hospital and aims to support recovery after an injury or illness. You will be under the care of our Specialist Rehabilitation Physician (Doctor).
Our team will tailor a program suited to your needs.
Allied Health Assistants
Dietitians
Doctors
Neuropsychologist
Nurses
Occupational Therapists
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Speech Pathologists
Social workers
- 18 years or above
- Medically stable enough to be treated at home
- Consenting to participate
- Within the Eastern Health Catchment Zone
- Below premorbid level of function
- Requiring daily multidisciplinary intervention
- Able to actively and meaningfully participate in therapy programs and has achievable goals (usually achievable goals in >14 days
- Patient needs can be managed by a less intensive program than what is provided on the ward.
- Home environment suitable and safe for patients level of function and for home visits.
- Can safely manage basic needs such as toileting, mobility, medications on their own or with family/carer or established support system.
- Patient has unstable acute care needs that are unable to be supported in the home setting
- Complex social needs unable to be resolved and will affect care, ie awaiting VCAT to ascertain need for decision maker
- Requiring new NDIS support to remain at home.
- Patient is homeless
- Home environment is unsafe or unsuitable for the patient to return home or for staff to visit.
If you have a patient that you wish to refer and are unsure if they meet the inclusion criteria and want to discuss, please do not hesitate to call 0439 688 028
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0439 688 028 (03) 9955 1255 |
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