Occupational therapy in Tootgarook, by home visit. Falls prevention, equipment and bathroom access for Home Care Package recipients and NDIS participants.
Tootgarook is small, older and sits directly between Rosebud and Rye. Most people here search for one of those two names, which is fair enough — the boundaries are not obvious and the service is identical.
The housing is mainly single-storey and modest, much of it original beach stock now lived in permanently. Bathrooms are small, showers often have a step, and back entries frequently have one high step and no rail. These are exactly the problems that respond well to equipment and minor modification rather than building work.
Tootgarook is visited on the same run as Rosebud, Capel Sound and Rye.
Home Care Package work is the majority.
Most common: falls prevention and home safety assessments, shower and toilet equipment, grab rails, transfers, and daily living strategies for cooking and laundry.
Predominantly aged care. Occupational therapy is a clinical support under Support at Home, arranged by your provider or directly by you.
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.
Tootgarook is on the same visit run as Rosebud, Capel Sound and Rye.
It makes no difference to the service — Tootgarook, Rosebud and Capel Sound are visited on the same run, often the same day. Whichever page you found is the right one.
Usually. In the older beach-cottage stock here, well-placed rails, the right shower seat and a change to how a task is done solve a lot without any building work at all.
Yes. Occupational therapy is a clinical support under Support at Home, which the government funds in full. Your provider can confirm what's available before you book.
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.
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