Community Based Occupational Therapy Service
Our Occupational Therapist are a community based, meaning they will visit you in your home. We offer a range of assessments and interventions including:
- Home Modifications (major and minor)
- Equipment and assistive technology
- Falls prevention
- Education and training
Our Occupational Therapists will assess your ability to participate in everyday activities. The assessment is comprehensive and will take into consideration any medical conditions, your functional level and the aspects of the environment that impact your engagement with activities.
Accessing our Occupational Therapy Service
Our Occupational Therapist can help you regain independence and improve your safety by helping you obtain home modifications, assistive equipment or providing you with therapeutic interventions.
We provider services under the following schemes
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
- Commonwealth Home Support Programme (accessed through My Aged Care)
- Home Care Packages
- Short Term Restorative Care
- Insurance
- Private paying clients.
Our Occupational Therapists provide services across Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock and Port Stephens local government areas. If you live outside of these areas and require supports, please contact our helpful team to see if we can assist.
Referrals for our service
If you would like to discuss your situation and how we may assist, please contact our OT department on 4950 4275 (option 2) or via email at otadmin@hhm.org.au
NDIS – Hunter Home Modifications is a registered NDIS provider. This means we can provide services to clients that are agency managed as well as self-managed and plan managed clients. To refer to our service please complete our online referral form.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) – Hunter Home Modifications is a CHSP service provider and can offer subsidised service to clients eligible for this funding. If you have been assessed by My Aged Care, the assessor can either directly refer you to our service or provide you with a “Allied Health and Therapy Service – Occupational Therapy” code. If you have been provided the referral code, please contact our team on 4950 4275 (option 2) to discuss being assessed by our service.
Home Care Packages (HCP) and Short Term Restorative Care (STRC) – Hunter Home Modifications provides services to multiple HCP and STRC providers and their recipients. If you are a HCP or STRC provider, or a recipient, you can refer to our service via our online referral form, phone on 4950 4275 (option 2) or via email at otadmin@hhm.org.au.
General referrals- For all other referrals, please contact our service to discuss your situation and how we may be able to assist you.
Client Fees
Fees for Occupational Therapy services are based on an hourly rate. CHSP clients are charged a one-off fee, irrespective of the number of hours required to complete an occupational therapy assessment.
CHSP- Occupational Therapy assessments are largely subsidised by the government for CHSP clients. A one-off charge of $75 is applied per assessment.
NDIS – Clients will be provided with a service agreement prior to the day of assessment. This agreement will outline the hours required and cost for our service provision.
HCP, STRC and general referrals- The time and cost required to complete assessment and interventions varies depending on the required recommendations. Please see our fee guide for information around services, hours and funding required.
For further information on our fees, please see Hunter Home modifications Consumer Fee Policy. Please feel free to contact our team via phone on 4950 4275 (option 2) or via email at otadmin@hhm.org.au if you have any other questions about our fees.