Mobile Occupational Therapy

Mobile Occupational Therapy Service Lithgow

This service is temporarily on hold.

More information

For more information email the healthy ageing and palliative care team or call 02 4708 8100.

The service provides:

• Assistance with My Aged Care applications for assessment/reassessment
• Home safety assessment
• Assessment and interventions for activities of daily living
• Equipment and aids prescription
• Falls prevention interventions and education
• Assessment for home modifications
• Seating assessment
• Assessment for personal alarm devices
• Energy conservation education
• Pressure area prevention
• Cognitive assessment

To be eligible, people must be: 

• Aged 65 years and over (or aged 55 years and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples).
• Reside in the community or in independent living units/over 55s living in Lithgow or surrounding areas. Surrounding areas include the 2786 and 2758 postcodes of the upper Blue Mountains and outer Hawkesbury. 
• Residents of residential aged care homes are ineligible.

Referral

GP and health professional referral is preferred but you can also self-refer.