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Occupational Therapy

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“Tasks like showering and preparing meals can be a challenge for some people but we can help!”

Occupational therapists help people of all ages to live life to the fullest, live safely and take part in everyday activities.

Occupational therapy can assist you with:

  • Equipment and aids to make life easier
  • Changes to your home to make it safer
  • Measuring the needs of people with a lasting or worsening illness or disability
  • Making tasks at home easier like showering, dressing or preparing meals
  • Memory problems
  • Scooter and wheelchair assessment
  • Pressure care
  • Falls safety (e.g. personal alarms)
  • Finding help to pay for equipment or home changes

Eligibility & Pricing

What is the cost?
This service will be charged at the applicable rate, outlined in the fees schedule.

What area do we cover:
​The Gannawarra and Northern Loddon Shire Councils.  Please contact the team for specific areas that we cover.

What services are we funded for?​

  • Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)
  • Home and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC PYP)
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

How do I access the services?​
You can contact our customer engagement team on 03 – 5451 0200.
Health Professionals and other agencies can use our referral template available in the resources section of this website.
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​People over 65 years of age (50 and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) needing OT services need to be referred using the Australian Government’s My Aged Care system.  Call the My Aged Care Contact Centre on 1800 200 422 or use the online form here.

Acknowledgement of Country

NDCH acknowledges that our work occurs on the country of the Traditional Owners of the area, the people of Barapa Barapa, Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, and DjaDja Wurrung and acknowledge their ancestors who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years. We acknowledge and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging, and through them, to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

LGBTIQA+ Communities

NDCH proudly supports the LGBTIQA+ communities.

Child Safe Commitment Statement

All children have the right to feel safe and to be safe and WE all have an obligation to do the best we can to keep children safe from harm and abuse.

Read our full Child Safe Commitment statement.

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