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One service accepting new referrals with immediate availability that may interest you is Occupational Therapy (OT).
OT at DYO strives to help people optimise what they want to be and do at any moment in life, in their context. OT may assist you with meaningful Personalised Participation, Lifelong Learning and Wellbeing for those with a health condition, disability or rehabilitation need. Or anyone wanting to draw their optimal!
OT may help you with aging well and staying in the community, something we know most older people want, with both proactive and reactive services available.
Put simply, you don’t need to wait till there is a problem to get advice (Proact), and yet, we can assist if there has been a concern as well (React). We can tailor to each individual or group of individuals’ unique needs.
In more technical terms, OT can assist with:
Ageing in Place (means helping you stay at home and in the community),
Equipment / Assistive Technology,
Environmental and Home modifications,
Falls Prevention,
Education and Advice, Self-Management, Health Literacy,
Preoperative or Prevention Programs,
Disability Therapy Supports, Functional Capacity Assessments, Specialist Disability Accommodation and Supported Independent Living Assessments (SDA/SIL).
Second opinion advice including by telehealth.
Peer supervision, coaching and mentoring for clinicians.
We can tailor education sessions for you to increase health literacy, other group activities, or more if desired. We also can help you DIY to DYO – learn to do it yourself.
Services are available in the Brisbane, Redlands, Logan and Ipswich council areas. Areas further afield can be discussed. Telehealth is also available if preferable.
Various funding rebates may apply, including Medicare, Private Health, DVA, NDIS, and related to My Aged Care. We are happy to discuss to optimise your situation.
Occupational Therapy Services Availability
With the service commencing, the lead DYO Occupational Therapist, Patrick Roach, is available for bookings. Pat has 25 years of experience, with twenty of these at leadership and/or experienced, advanced clinician levels, with post graduate training. Of note, he was the Allied Health Service Unit Lead at a major tertiary in home/community provider, transitioning from the role of Occupational Therapy Lead. Following this, he diversified as Allied Health Team Leader in the intersecting area of government-based Rehabilitation at Home services leading a large multidisciplinary team.
Pat has previously been a guest lecturer and speaker on topics including Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA), Assistive Technology (AT), Environmental and Home modifications, at University, Australian OT and Physiotherapy Associations, and Disability events, and has completed projects on Telehealth, wheelchair/equipment prescription, and more.
He is most experienced with adults of all ages, including adolescents transitioning to adulthood plans through to those who are 100 years+. Experience includes but is not limited to those with disability, ageing, neurological (including progressive), orthopaedic, palliative, chronic health conditions, and anyone looking to “draw their optimal!”
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