Occupational therapy in Hastings, by home visit. NDIS and Home Care Package support from an OT who travels to the Western Port side reliably, not occasionally.
Hastings and the Western Port side of the Peninsula have been underserved by allied health for a long time. Most Peninsula providers concentrate on the bay side, and people in Hastings are used to being told either that a service doesn't travel there or that it does, and then finding out what that means in practice.
Hastings has a higher rate of NDIS participation than most of the Peninsula and a lower density of providers to meet it. The result is people waiting, or travelling to Frankston for appointments they should be having at home.
We travel to Hastings. The honest framing is that it is a scheduled run rather than an on-demand one — Western Port visits are grouped, and we'll tell you which days when you call. What we won't do is book you and then quietly stop coming.
Housing here is a mix of older public and ex-public stock, weatherboard homes and newer estates. Modification work tends to be practical and lower-cost: ramps, rails, bathroom access, and step-free entries.
Hastings work is NDIS-weighted and covers a wide age range.
Common requests: functional capacity assessments for plan reviews, daily living skills, community participation where transport is the barrier, mental health and psychosocial support, assistive technology, and minor home modifications.
Hastings is predominantly NDIS. We work with self-managed and plan-managed participants. We are not able to take NDIA-managed plans.
Home Care Package work happens here too and is funded the same way as elsewhere — more on package funding.
Peninsula Pathways is a sole-practitioner practice. Louise is an AHPRA-registered occupational therapist, Peninsula-born and based, working across the NDIS and aged care systems.
Western Port visits are a scheduled run rather than an on-demand one. We would rather tell you which days we come than promise a flexibility we can't keep.
Yes. Hastings, Tyabb and the Western Port side are in the service area, visited on scheduled days. Ask when you call and we'll tell you the next run rather than giving you a vague yes.
Not for seeing us — we come to you. If getting to other appointments and activities is the difficulty, that's community participation work and it's a legitimate NDIS goal.
We'll tell you honestly. Current capacity is published on the referrals page and kept up to date. If we're full, we'll say so rather than putting you on a list.
Yes, Australia-wide. Telehealth suits review sessions, coaching and planning work. Anything that depends on seeing the space — home modifications, falls risk, equipment fit — needs a home visit.
No. NDIS participants need occupational therapy funding in their plan; Home Care Package recipients can have it arranged by their case manager or contact us directly. Neither route requires a GP referral.
Make a referral using the online form, ask a question, or just say hello. We reply within two business days.