Physio Update - Aaron Hardaker

with AARON HARDAKER MICHELLE CARR

While it’s only been two quick months since Mid North Coast Physio launched mobile services on the Coffs Coast, the next exciting announcement is already here. Their Community Care team is growing with the addition of a highly experienced Occupational Therapist (OT) adding a range of new services to what’s available for those in need to access at home and in the community. We caught up with Aaron Hardaker, director of Mid North Coast Physio, to find out more.

The MNC Community Care program is our way of taking the caring, friendly, and high-quality healthcare the Coffs Coast community knows and loves from our 4 clinic locations and making it more easily available to those who need it. We launched Community Care initially with Ray Chen, our experienced and multi-talented physio, and are now pleased to announce we have Michelle Carr, an Occupational Therapist with over 20 years experience in the industry on board to support even more in our community.

We understand some of the most vulnerable in our community are the ones who have the least access to the services they need. Our aim is to provide targeted care and support to clients at home including individuals and families suffering with pain, older adults including those with Home Care Packages, people living with a disability including those funded under NDIS, and those in our community living with chronic disease who can’t access our clinics. We can also provide services for post-operative rehab after hospital discharge, rehabilitation following stroke or head injuries, along with workplace visits for injury prevention and injury management services.

Michelle has a good understanding of the health issues facing older clients and the services and supports available to them. For older clients experiencing cognitive decline, she can complete functional and formal assessments with clients and their family to provide comprehensive information to GPs and Specialists to enhance their care, diagnosis, and decision making. She is also able to provide follow up support for clients and their families as required.

As an Occupational Therapist, her practise is very client-centred and focused on helping people achieve things that are important to them, whether it be a simple everyday activity, or a leisure activity. Michelle can provide assessment and rehabilitation for people who have had a stroke or other neurological problems in the areas of upper limb, cognitive, perceptual, and functional difficulties. This can include reports to support NDIS applications for younger people.

Michelle is also able to provide services such as home safety assessments, recommendations for minor home modifications and equipment needs, and pressure injury care. Home assessments can be carried out prior to planned surgery (particularly joint replacements or back surgery) to ensure clients are prepared and in the best position to manage well and confidently when they return home from hospital.

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Young Business Leader – Kirsty Christensen: Kirsty is the Business Manager for Welcome Dental and has worked in the dental industry for the past 10 years. She is so thankful for the management experiences she has had over her working career to lead her to such an achievement. This award goes to all of the past and current employees that she has had who have helped her grow and have challenged her. She works tirelessly on the business and building the team culture within Welcome Dental and she is so very grateful to win such an award. Excellence in Large Business: This award definitely belongs to our whole team, for their efforts in how we treat our patients, how we maintain our dental clinic and for the efforts that go into business operations and management. Our team are so very excited to

Jessica Cantrill, Kirsty Christensen Dannielle Watt, Jessica Cantrill, Kirsty Christensen, Kassandrah Szakal-Willcockson

have won such an award and feel that this is due to their hard work and dedication. Business of the Year: Words cannot explain how overwhelmed and humbled we are to win such an award, given our business has only existed since August 2020 this is such an achievement. Again, this award is to our team who dedicate so much time and effort into patient care and the daily functions of the practice. We put a lot of time and effort into volunteering in the local community by doing preschool visits and K-2 visits, we attend Aged Care facilities and also participate in kindergarten orientations. We sponsor a number of local events and clubs including Woopi Boardriders and the Urunga Hockey Club. We were also a finalist for: • Outstanding Employee – Dannielle Watt • Employer of Choice As a business we have been committed to providing high quality dentistry in a caring environment. We have a brightly coloured practice with lots of local art work, that is very homely and is surrounded by a beautiful garden. You will be welcomed by one of our friendly reception team. Our teams are innovative and inspired people and we work continually on our culture and engagement with our people. Our team is supported with a wellness program, EAP service, education and lunch! Having a happy and proud team results in us providing high quality care to our patients. It is of the utmost importance to us to have a stable team environment. Our patients are offered high quality care with our hygiene and therapy team, general dentists and visiting specialists. We offer such things as Airflow cleaning system, Itero scanning, Zoom Whitening and orthodontic treatments. We also offer ZipPay and AfterPay, Saturday and emergency appointments. Welcome Dental is your locally owned and operated dental clinic in Urunga – We’ll turn your frown upside down!