healthAbility Adults with disability brochure

OUR SERVICES AND SUPPORTS

Adults with disability

ADULTS WITH DISABILITY

Supporting you to live your best life Through our range of support coordination, therapies, personal care and in home and community supports, we empower people with disability to achieve their goals and get the best possible value from their National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) package.

Our passionate and experienced team will put you and your individual needs at the centre of every decision. We deliver a tailored and personalised experience to support you to live your best life.

With locations in Melbourne’s east and north-east, we are by your side as our broad range of services are delivered in your home, in the community, via telehealth or at one of our centres.

Support coordination Support coordination assists you to get your NDIS plan started and helps you to understand and manage all of the NDIS supports available to you.

Support coordination may be included in your plan as a stand-alone, capacity-building support.

A support coordinator will meet with you to explain your NDIS plan and help you to understand what needs to be done to access the supports you need.

They will also help you find the service providers that are best suited to you.

Some of the ways this is done is by linking you to personal care and community access workers, navigating housing, or assisting with daily activities, finding a job or finding an allied health therapist.

Specialist support coordination Specialist support coordination may be included in your NDIS plan, aiming to reduce barriers to implement or use your plan.

Our team includes qualified and experienced practitioners, such as occupational therapists, psychologists or social workers, to deliver specialist support coordination.

Your plan Depending on your plan, we are able to: • Meet with you to determine what needs to be done first • Connect you to the NDIS portal • Help you select and manage service providers • Work with you to prepare for future planning reviews

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In home and community support We offer the following services: • Personal support

• Meal preparation

• In community assistance

• Respite and carer support

• Domestic assistance

• Transport

• Home maintenance

• Connect Well Groups

Personal support Our qualified and trusted team can provide support with showering, assistance with self-medication and other activities of daily living to enable you or someone you care for to live with dignity in their own home.

In addition to helping with personal tasks, our staff can assist with access to community and recreational activities.

In community assistance We support individuals to achieve their social goals by accessing and participating in personal and community activities.

Our support workers understand that your independence and choices are important and will assist you to truly be part of your community.

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Domestic assistance General housekeeping tasks are provided by our respectful and efficient team.

Tasks include vacuuming, some dusting, mopping, cleaning wet areas and kitchen benches, laundry and basic ironing and other housekeeping as required.

Home maintenance

Meal preparation

We can help maintain a home environment to ensure you or someone you care for continues to live as safely and independently as possible in their own home.

We can plan and prepare nutritious meals and assist with shopping to help you maintain a diet you are used to and enjoy.

This includes doing small maintenance jobs like unsticking doors and windows, replacing smoke alarm batteries, fixing loose floorboards and replacing light globes.

This can be done with you or on your behalf in the comfort of your home.

We can also provide garden care and maintenance.

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Respite and carer support We provide respite and carer support through activities, either in your home, in the community or based in our centre. These can be tailored to both your needs and your carer’s.

We also run groups specific to the needs of carers, to provide respite and social interaction in a supportive environment.

Transport To enable people to live as independently and healthily as possible, we understand the need to get to places outside of the home and stay connected to the community.

Our buses transport people to and from our centrebased Connect Well Groups and our support workers provide transport to community-based activities and the home.

Connect Well Groups Our Connect Well Groups provide activities that enable people with disability to live a more rewarding and socially-engaged life.

There are many reasons to join one of our Connect Well Groups:

Connect Well Groups provide a program of activities that maintain and enhance the life skills of all participants. The program of activities addresses a participant’s physical, social, cultural, emotional and recreational needs and provides opportunities to stay connected to the community.

• Meeting people and making new friends

• Affordable recreational, leisure and social activities

• Staying connected to the community and social interaction • Maintaining skills needed for living independently • Keeping the body and mind active • Respite for carer/s

For more information To learn more about our Connect Well Groups, see our website healthability.org.au or scan this QR code

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Health supports Our health supports include: • Occupational therapy

• Speech therapy

• Physiotherapy

• Counselling and psychology

• Exercise physiology

• Podiatry

Occupational therapy Our occupational therapists support you and those who care for you, enabling you to participate in the day-to-day activities that are important to you.

Occupational therapists can support you with: • Personal tasks, such as showering, toileting and eating • Household tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, and gardening • Community activities, including going shopping and participating in social and leisure hobbies

• Recommendations and strategies that may include different ways to do things, using some equipment, or techniques that can help you to be as safe, capable and independent as possible • Support and advice to carers

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Physiotherapy

Exercise physiology

Our physiotherapists support you to improve your movement and quality of life by working with you on:

Our exercise physiologists support you with exercise to help you manage:

• Muscle weakness and joint stiffness

• Heart and lung conditions

• Pain management for recent or on-going pain difficulties • Rehabilitation following fractures or surgeries • Mobility • Lung and breathing conditions

• Muscle and joint conditions • Before and after surgery • Nerve conditions • Mental health conditions

Speech therapy Our speech therapists understand that both swallowing and communication difficulties can significantly impact day-to-day activities, work, social interactions and hobbies of interest.

They support you and those close to you to improve and develop: • Language, voice, speech and fluency • Safe swallowing techniques • Different ways to communicate

Counselling and psychology Our mental health team can support you in a range of areas, including: • Depression and anxiety • Stress • Parenting issues • Family dynamics or violence • Relationships • Life transitions • Conflict • Loss and grief

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Podiatry Our podiatrists help manage and improve your foot health and function. Visit our podiatrists for: • Nail and skin problems • Bone and joint difficulties • Managing arthritis, circulation and muscular problems, such as neurological difficulties • Conditions and activities that cause pain in your feet

• Orthotics to improve your foot function and how you walk • Suggested footwear • Information to help you to manage your own foot care

About healthAbility Enjoying good health is more than being physically healthy or without disease.

It is about your wellbeing as a whole person, within your family, work and social environments.

Our professional and supportive team work together with you to tailor our broad range of health and wellbeing services to your unique needs.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, ability or stage of life. As a National Disability Insurance Scheme

(NDIS) service provider, My Aged Care (MAC) provider and Community Health organisation with the ability to process Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Private Health Insurance claims, we will help you navigate pathways to get the best care and support you need to live well.

By encouraging choice, confidence and control, we will empower you along your health journey. healthAbility is by your side, supporting you to live your best life.

Our health and wellbeing services We are by your side as our broad range of services are delivered in your home, in the community, via telehealth or at one of our centres.

Our services cover: • Home care packages

• Health therapies

• Support coordination

• Mental health

• In home and community support

• Dental

• Child, youth and family services

• Caring for community

For more information For more information, or to register your interest, please contact us on 9430 9100 or visit healthability.org.au Open up the camera on your smart phone and scan the above QR code to access our website

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people and other people of the Kulin nations on whose unceded lands our community takes place.

We are committed to inclusive communities.

Box Hill 43 Carrington Road, Box Hill VIC 3128 Eltham 917 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095 Other service locations Boronia, Nunawading and Wellington Road, Box Hill Phone (03) 9430 9100 | Email contact@healthability.org.au Website healthability.org.au All information in this brochure correct at time of publishing (2022).

Some photography was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.