Royal Rehabilitation Centre - Home Based Rehabilitation Service

About Royal Rehabilitation Centre - Home Based Rehabilitation Service

The service aims to provide intensive short duration rehabilitation to clients in their own home. Clients who can be cared for at home include people with stroke, other neurological conditions, amputations, fractures and joint replacements. The treatment program usually consists of an integrated program involving appropriate members of a multidisciplinary team eg: doctor, speech pathologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, registered nurse and social worker. Therapy is provided over a 6 week period; the types and number of treatments per week is assessed according to the clients' needs. Clients must be medically stable, have achievable rehabilitation goals, a GP who will medically supervise and client needs the required support in place before entering the program.