NorthCoast Rehab Services have many years of experience in providing:
- Case management
- Home modification advice
- Adaptive equipment prescription
- Advice on home-based care plans
On occasion home / house adaptations may be necessary to improve the home environment to ensure an injured person or persons with disability can remain in their home with some form of independence. A home assessment allows the Occupational Therapist to assess your level of function in your daily tasks – such as cooking, dressing and eating, in your own environment.
Appropriate recomendations and individualised adaptations can be made. Alternative ways of doing these tasks can be discussed and trialled which can improve your ability to function in safety around the home.
Not all adaptations need to be “major” - minor adaptations such as grab rails, adapted cutlery etc. can make a positive difference.
Activities of Daily Living
An activities of daily living (ADL) evaluation is an assessment of an individual's physical and sometimes mental skills. In the area of physical or occupational therapy, it reflects how well a disabled patient or someone recovering from disease or accident can function in daily life. It is also used to determine how well patients relate to and participate in their environment.
NorthCoast Rehab can assess and determine how independent injuried persons or persons with disabilities. are The assessment can evidence what skills they can accomplish on their own, as well as to gauge how independent each individual can become after intervention by a health professional.
NorthCoast Rehab's goal is to assist their clients to become as independent as possible, using appropriate adaptations if needed.
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You can no longer wait until it is time to renew your licence to report a long-term or permanent medical condition that adversely affects your ability to drive safely. As soon as the condition develops, or as soon as there is an adverse change to an existing condition, you need to take steps to inform the Department of Transport and Main Roads.
If you have a medical condition which may affect your ability to drive safely, your doctor may ask that you have a driver assessment so that he or she can determine your medical fitness to drive.
A driver assessment can only be conducted by an occupational therapist with the appropriate post graduate qualification. Chris Birtles is a qualified Occupational Therapy Driving Assessor qualified to assess fitness to drive.
Driving assessments are comprised of:
- The off-road assessment consists of a thorough screen of the physical and cognitive skills required for driving. This component takes approximately 1 hour.
- The on-road assessment is conducted in a dual control car with the Driver Assessor and a driving instructor. It is conducted over a pre-determined route consisting of various traffic conditions and takes approximately one hour.
Some medical conditions that can adversely affect your ability to drive safely include:
- diabetes (early and late onset)
- epilepsy and stroke
- heart disease and lung disease
- arthritis and other joint problems
- eye problems (for example, cataracts) and hearing disorders
- sleep disorders
- Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders
- dementia and Alzheimer's disease
- depression and other mental-health problems
For more information regarding medical driving assessments please go to Transport and Main Roads website.
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