Support at Home
Trusted care, upholding each older person’s rights, dignity, identity and autonomy through person-centred practice.
Our Support at Home services
At My Therapy Crew, we work alongside Support at Home providers and care partners to provide responsive allied health services that support older people to remain safe, independent and living well at home.
With a large multidisciplinary team, My Therapy Crew provides Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Positive Behaviour Support and Social Work in Queensland and the Northern Territory. We have clinics in Upper Mount Gravatt, Springwood, North Lakes, Buderim and Darwin, with mobile services also available in selected areas, including Cairns where services are delivered in the community.
The focus of our team is on helping older people maintain or regain function, prevent or delay further decline, and to remain as independent as possible in their own homes. We work with each personto understand what matters to them, build on their existing strengths and abilities, and identify practical strategies, therapy, equipment or environmental changes that can make everyday tasks safer, easier and more manageable.
Our aim is not simply to provide more support, but where possible to help people maintain their skills, confidence and ability to continue doing the things that are important to them.
Providing nurturing care and support
How we can help
Occupational Therapy
- Functional assessments
- Home safety and falls prevention
- Assistive technology and equipment (basic shower chair or stools, cutlery, non-slip mats, equipment for meal preparation, basic and complex wheelchairs, electric riser recliner chairs, hoists etc)
- Home modification assessment and recommendations (grab rails, simple ramps, bathroom modifications etc)
- Strategies to improve independence with everyday activities
- Support following illness, injury or hospital admission
Physiotherapy
- Falls prevention and management
- Mobility and transfer training
- General strength and conditioning
- Balance training
- Rehabilitation and reconditioning
- Pain management
- Maintaining or improving physical function
- Mobility aid prescription
- Transfer equipment prescription
- Rehabilitation post-orthopaedic surgery (post total knee replacement, post total hip replacement, post ORIF etc)
- Rehabilitation post- cardiac/respiratory surgery
- Osteoarthritis management
- Respiratory physiotherapy (pneumonia/COPD etc)
- Physiotherapy for progressive neurological conditions (Parkinsons Disease etc)
Speech Pathology
- Swallowing assessments, intervention and reviews
- Mealtime management plans, safety and support strategies
- Communication assessment and therapy (strategies for everyday conversations and effectively expressing needs)
- Communication supports with AAC (alternate and augmentative communication) through communication books, visual supports and communication devices
- Cognitive communication support and practical strategies
- Communication and swallowing supports with progressive neurological disorders
- Education and practical strategies for clients, families and carers
Positive Behaviour Support
- Understanding behaviours that may be impacting a person’s wellbeing, safety or participation
- Supporting people living with dementia, cognitive changes or other conditions that may affect behaviour
- Identifying environmental, communication, sensory or routine-related factors that may be contributing to distress
- Developing practical strategies for clients, families and carers
- Supporting care teams to respond consistently and in ways that maintain the person’s dignity, choice and independence
- Helping reduce distress and improve safety, participation and quality of life
Social Work
- Psychosocial assessment and support
- Adjustment to changing health or circumstances
- Carer and family support
- Linking clients with appropriate services and supports
- Navigating complex social circumstances
When might allied health be helpful?
A referral may be appropriate when a client is experiencing:
- Falls, reduced balance or fear of falling
- Reduced mobility, strength or endurance
- Increasing difficulty completing everyday activities
- Changes in swallowing, eating or communication
- Unintentional weight loss or reduced intake
- Concerns about safety or accessibility within the home
- A need for equipment or home modifications
- Functional decline following illness or hospitalisation
- Increasing reliance on carers or support workers
Our clinicians work collaboratively with the client, their family and care partner to identify practical strategies that support the person to maintain as much independence as possible.
Contact our crew
Our main clinic is centrally located on Level 2 at 1808 Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt.
We also have clinics in
- Buderim
- Darwin
- North Lakes
- Springwood
We offer mobile services only in
- Cairns
If you are interested in being seen by one of our friendly clinicians, please complete the appropriate intake form below to register your request for therapy services from our crew in that region.
We will make contact with you once we have availability. Please feel free to contact us at any time to check in.
