Rehabilitation

Physiotherapy (PT)

Physiotherapy practitioners assess, plan and implement rehabilitative programmes that improve or restore human motor functions, maximize movement ability, relieve pain syndromes, and treat or prevent physical challenges associated with injuries, diseases and other impairments. They apply a broad range of physical therapies and techniques such as movement, ultrasound, heating, laser and other techniques. They may develop and implement programmes for screening and prevention of common physical ailments and disorders.

Scope of service

- Cardiovascular
- Respiratory
- Neurology
- Orthopaedic and sports
- Women's health
- Paediatric
- Geriatric
- Bariatric

Occupational Therapy (OT)

Occupational therapy enables people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability. 

Occupational therapy interventions include helping children with disabilities to participate fully in school and social situations, helping people recovering from injury to regain skills, and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.

Occupational therapy services typically include:

- Evaluation

- Helping client/family determine the person’s goals

- Customized intervention to improve the person’s ability to perform daily activities

- Outcomes evaluation

- Focus on adapting to the environment

Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)

A Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) evaluates children or young person to find out if they have speech (pronunciation or stammering), language (understanding, sentence formation and grammar), communication (social interaction) or eating and drinking difficulties.

Speech and Language Therapists work with children and young people who have

- delayed or disordered language (understanding or sentence formation) development

- specific difficulties in producing speech sounds

- delay or disorder in the way that they use speech sounds in words

- stammering

- autism or social interaction difficulties

- voice disorders

- swallowing difficulties (including babies).

Speech and Language Therapists use their specialist skills to assess, diagnose and develop care plans for intervention for the intervention of children and young people. In the Integrated Therapy Service, they work closely with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists when children have needs beyond their communication or feeding skills.

Audiology

Audiologists are experts who can help to prevent, diagnose, and treat hearing and balance disorders for people of all ages.

Audiologists provide professional and personalized services to improve persons' involvement in important activities in their lives and better their quality of life. Audiologists' services can help with managing issues effecting hearing and balance, including:

1) Hearing Loss – Evaluate and treat hearing, balance, and tinnitus disorders.
2) Hearing Aids/Assistive Technology – Select and custom-fit hearing aids and assistive technology.
3) Hearing Screening and Testing – Screen individuals to identify possible hearing disorders. Testing will confirm if a hearing 
    loss is present and determine the kind and degree of loss.
4) Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention – Explain how to protect hearing from the effects of noise.
5) Tinnitus – Advise people about how to treat and cope with ringing in the ears.

Vocational Rehabilitation

Vocational rehabilitation is a process which enables persons with functional, psychological, developmental, cognitive, and emotional disabilities or impairments or health disabilities to overcome barriers to accessing, maintaining, or returning to employment or other useful occupation. Vocational rehabilitation is integrated with other healthcare professionals to help the person identify an appropriate occupational match.