Occupational Therapy Services

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Our assessments are person-centered, goal-oriented, and comprehensive. We assess your current functional performance within your home environment and local community, with a strong focus on  mobility, communication, social interaction, learning, self-care and self-management. 

We provide personalised recommendations to address client's goals, increase independence and enable participation in daily activities that are meaningful to them. 

Here at Foundational Therapy Services our Occupational Therapy team offers Functional Capacity Assessments/ Initial Assessments to client's 18 years and above, across multiple funding streams including National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS),  Support at Home, Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) and privately funded clients. 

Modifying your home environment can assist with increasing independence, reducing risk of falls and/or injuries and enabling you to remain living within the community. 

Our Occupational Therapy team specialises in the area of home modifications and is recognised as Home Modifications Assessor under NDIS funding scheme.  Our team is able to assess your function, identify environmental barriers impacting on your performance and recommend home modifications to address your functional needs. 

Our Occupational Therapist/s have experience with collaborating with builders and other trades to find solutions to increase accessibility within your home.  

Foundational Therapy Services is able to offer both minor and major home modifications including but not limited to: 

• Grab rails 
• Handrails 
• Doorway widening
• Threshold wedge ramps 
• Step ramps 
• 1:14 gradient ramps 
• Step modifications 
• Stairlifts 
• Internal/external lifts 
• Major bathroom modifications 
• Kitchen modifications

Assistive technology can assist you to engage in your desired occupations by using a modified technique and/or with use of equipment. 

Our Occupational Therapy team is trained to assess your functional performance, identify barriers and provide personalised solutions to enable you to get back to the tasks that matter to you.  Foundational Therapy Services can assist with assessment and recommendations for the following assistive technology: 

• Personal alarms 
• Bathroom and toilet aids 
• Kitchen aids 
• Pressure care
• Transfer aids 
• Manual wheelchairs 
• Standard Electric wheelchairs 
• Mobility Scooters 
• Portable ramps 
• Bidets 

Please note this is not an extensive list of the assistive technology our team can prescribe. 

 Home automation can enhance independence, safety, and participation for older adults and people living with disabilities by enabling them to engage in their desired daily activities and remain living within their own homes for as long as possible. 

Smart home technology allows individuals to control household functions such as lighting, heating and cooling, door locks, blinds, appliances, and emergency alerts using voice commands, mobile devices, or automated systems.

Our Occupational Therapy has experience with assessing client's functional performance,  goals, and home environment to identify suitable technology solutions that can enhance independence and reduce reliance on others. Home automation can improve safety by reducing fall risks, supporting memory and routine management, increasing accessibility for people with reduced mobility, and providing greater peace of mind for both individuals and their families.

Finding the right living environment is essential to promoting independence, wellbeing, and quality of life. Our Occupational Therapy Housing and Support Needs Assessments are designed to identify the most appropriate housing and support arrangements based on an individual's functional capacity, goals, preferences, and support requirements.

Our assessments can assist with determining eligibility and providing clinical evidence for a range of housing and support pathways, including Supported Independent Living (SIL), Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), Individualised Living Options (ILO), and Priority Social Housing applications.

At Foundational Therapy Services, we take a person-centered approach, carefully considering each individual's daily routines, functional capacity, safety, mobility, and support needs. We provide comprehensive recommendations and detailed reports that help individuals access the housing and supports they need to live as independently as possible within their community.

 Occupational Therapists work with individuals to restore impaired skills or functions or adapt the task to enable continued participation in daily activities that are meaningful to them. Whether due to disability, injury, illness, or age-related changes, challenges with daily tasks can impact independence, confidence, and quality of life.

Through personalised assessment and intervention, our Occupational Therapy team is trained to identify barriers to participation and provide practical strategies, education, training and skill development programs tailored to each person's goals. This may include support with personal care,  meal preparation, routine management, household tasks, community access, and social participation.