Occupational therapy in Mount Martha, by home visit. Access and stair solutions, bathroom modifications, equipment and daily living support for NDIS and Home Care Package clients.
Mount Martha is a mixed suburb in a way that matters for occupational therapy: families with children, working households, and a substantial retired population, often in the same street.
The constant is the land. Sloping blocks are the norm rather than the exception, and a great many homes have steps or a steep driveway between the car and the front door. That single feature generates more Mount Martha enquiries than anything else. When someone becomes less steady on their feet, it is often not the house that fails first — it is getting into it.
Homes here also tend to be larger and built across levels, which means a set of split-level steps somewhere in the middle of the house that nobody thought about when it was built.
Mount Martha sits between Mornington and Dromana, so it is easy to reach and gets grouped with Mornington visits. Appointments here are usually quick to schedule.
Access is the dominant theme: driveways, entry steps, split levels, and handrails where there are currently none.
Beyond that: bathroom safety and modification assessments, equipment for transfers and showering, falls prevention for older residents, and functional capacity assessments and daily living work for NDIS participants.
Mount Martha has a genuine mix of NDIS participants and Home Care Package recipients, with a reasonable number of self-managed plans.
Aged-care-funded work here often centres on entry access and bathrooms. Both are possible, though major work depends on what is approved — see how OT works under a package.
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.
Mount Martha is close enough to Mornington that visits are usually grouped with them, which keeps travel time and travel charges down.
Yes, and it's the most common Mount Martha assessment. Options range from handrails and a step ramp through to a rethink of which entrance is used. We assess what's actually possible on the block before recommending anything.
Very common here. The usual questions are whether a rail makes the level change safe, whether the layout can be reorganised so the change is avoided daily, and what the person's mobility is likely to be in two years' time.
Call and tell us who the appointment is for. We'll say straight away whether we're the right practice, and point you somewhere useful if we're not.
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.