Home Based Aged Care Services

Rural Health Team provides Occupational Therapy services for the elderly, seniors and veterans. We provide in-home Occupational Therapy throughout the Upper Hunter area. Our aim is to maximise safety and independence in the home environment, whether that be the family home or an independent living or retirement unit.

 

Our services include:

  • Home safety assessments including falls prevention
  • Chronic disease management
  • Equipment prescription
  • Home modification assessment and advice
  • Rehabilitation to assist the individual maximise their potential.

Paediatric Occupational Therapy & Speech Language Pathology Services

Rural Health Team provides Occupational Therapy & Speech Pathology services for people aged 12 months to aged care. We provide in-home, school based, clinic based and farm-based therapy throughout the Upper Hunter area.

Our team of Occupational Therapists are local OTs who all work part time to support our clients.

We are very fortunate to be supported by two speech pathologists who are providing telehealth services to our rural community. They will be supporting clients via telehealth as well as an AHA program delivered face-to-face by our local AHAs.

Mobile Exercise Physiology Services

Rural Health Team provides mobile Exercise Physiology services for people aged 3 years to aged care. We provide in-home and school-based support throughout the Upper Hunter area.

Our Exercise Physiologist is a local community member working part time to support our clients.

Equine Assisted OT

Rural Health Team are proud to be providing an innovative program including horses &/or farm into therapy here in the Horse Capital of Australia, Scone. We have two OTs who are accredited to provide this support. Equine Assisted OT is non-riding. We will be working on your goals in the presence of a horse to assist the process. The goals OT’s usually work on can include fine motor and gross motor skills, problem-solving and planning, sensory processing, self-regulation and self-care skills.

As it is an OT session, it is goal focused and the children will undergo the normal OT assessment process prior to commencing equine assisted OT. Equine Assisted OT is a great way for children who find it hard to engage in mainstream therapy to achieve their goals in a low pressure, non-clinical setting.

Sense Rugby

Upper Hunter Sense Rugby is currently a ‘straight to treatment’ service.

What this means is we work collaboratively with the occupational therapist you are already working with or who has assessed you/your child to determine your suitability for our services and to develop goals to work towards during our programs.

 

Sense Rugby was founded in October 2015 by Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Carlien Parahi and Australian Rugby Sevens Olympian, Jesse Parahi. The program has been running in the Upper Hunter since October 2017.

Sense Rugby is a rugby based Occupational Therapy program designed to help kids who usually find it difficult to be part of a sports team. There are many reasons why kids may struggle to find success and enjoyment in sport. We are here to help you get to the bottom of it and send them on their way to success.

Some of the goals families have when they join a Sense Rugby program include for their kids to:

  • Have fun!
  • Develop their confidence and self-esteem
  • Find a regular activity that can be their own
  • Learn a new skill that gives them a great community to belong to for life
  • Find a way to get the movement they seek in an appropriate environment
  • Make friends
  • Learn how to follow instructions, wait their turn and be part of a group
  • Learn how to manage their emotions
  • Improve their ability to self-regulate
  • ..and many more!
sense rugby

Sense Rugby has a few key values that help us help kids. We always have an experienced Paediatric Occupational Therapist that works with trained rugby players to help the kids to achieve success. We utilise a child’s strengths and their motivation to help them to participate and we focus on creating a positive successful social experience first and foremost.

We’d love for your family to join our community and become part of the team!