Find an Occupational Therapist experienced in Parkinson’s Disease
Finding providers who have specific experience working with people with Parkinson’s disease can sometimes be a little tricky. If you are looking for occupational therapy (OT) services based that can support you or your loved one, the team at HeyHubble can help connect you.
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Our friendly team will connect you with occupational therapists in your local area, who can support you by creating programs that are tailored to your needs. Occupational therapy helps people with Parkinson’s maintain and develop skills for everyday life. Our trusted occupational therapist providers can work with you to improve daily independence, mobility and communication.. Occupational therapists can also make sure that any written reports, supporting letters and functional assessments are completed in line with NDIS guidelines.
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Occupational therapists can be funded by the NDIS. You can access occupational therapy if you have the funding category Improved Daily Living under Capacity Building Supports budget in your plan. HeyHubble can help find you trusted providers that offer occupational therapists specialising in Parkinson’s in your area.
How occupational therapy can support you if you have Parkinson’s disease
Occupational therapy can help people with Parkinson’s maintain their independence and work through any barriers that they might be facing.
An occupational therapist can help support people with Parkinson’s disease by
- Creating therapy programs dedicated to improving or maintaining fine motor skills. This can help with tasks such as dressing, eating and handwriting
- Completing necessary documentation, like support letters or functional assessments
- Working with you to implement strategies to improve your daily living skills, maintain your routine and continue to enjoy leisure activities
- Completing home assessments and making recommendations for required home modifications
- Tailoring programs to support you in completing tasks in your daily life
- Working alongside speech pathologists and physiotherapists to ensure you have a holistic treatment plan
- Helping to evaluate your specific needs and create a personal care plan for support workers and carers
Occupational therapy can help people with Parkinson’s maintain their independence and work through any barriers that they might be facing.
An occupational therapist can help support people with Parkinson’s disease by
- Creating therapy programs dedicated to improving or maintaining fine motor skills. This can help with tasks such as dressing, eating and handwriting
- Completing necessary documentation, like support letters or functional assessments
- Working with you to implement strategies to improve your daily living skills, maintain your routine and continue to enjoy leisure activities
- Completing home assessments and making recommendations for required home modifications
- Tailoring programs to support you in completing tasks in your daily life
- Working alongside speech pathologists and physiotherapists to ensure you have a holistic treatment plan
- Helping to evaluate your specific needs and create a personal care plan for support workers and carers
Services
- Capacity building for independence
Improved skills to increase independence in day-to-day life.
- Fall prevention strategies
Learn strategies to support balance and prevent falls.
- Assistance with daily mobility
Therapeutically support you to comfortably perform everyday motions like going from sitting to standing and turning over in bed.
- Carer training
Skill development for family members, friends and caregivers to help improve the quality of your informal support.
- Provide Assessments
NDIS reports, Functional Capacity Assessments and supporting letters can all be completed by your occupational therapist.
Services
- Capacity building for independence
Improved skills to increase independence in day-to-day life.
- Fall prevention strategies
Learn strategies to support balance and prevent falls.
- Assistance with daily mobility
Therapeutically support you to comfortably perform everyday motions like going from sitting to standing and turning over in bed.
- Carer training
Skill development for family members, friends and caregivers to help improve the quality of your informal support.
- Provide Assessments
NDIS reports, Functional Capacity Assessments and supporting letters can all be completed by your occupational therapist.
Benefits
- Improved independence
- Improved fine motor ability
- Improved mental health
- Increased confidence
- Increased physical strength
- Increased energy levels
Benefits
- Improved independence
- Improved fine motor ability
- Improved mental health
- Increased confidence
- Increased physical strength
- Increased energy levels
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Frequently asked questions
An occupational therapist is an allied health professional who gives advice and helps assess the tools needed for people to gain, increase or maintain independence. These supports will be tailored to suit the person's needs and NDIS goals.
Yes, the NDIS covers occupational therapy. It is an allied health service that is funded under the 'Improved Daily Living’ category of your ‘Capacity Building Supports’ budget in your NDIS plan.
No, you generally don’t need a referral. HeyHubble can connect you with occupational therapists.
An occupational therapist can charge up to $193.99 per hour in metro areas as part of the NDIS Pricing Arrangements. These arrangements govern the maximum price a provider can charge NDIS participants for their services.
They only apply to funding that is agency-managed or plan-managed. If you self-manage your funding, these price limits don't apply to you.
Participants in regional and remote areas will have different price limits. Refer to the most recent NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits to check what price limit applies to you.
Not everyone with NDIS funding can access this support. Generally, you will be able to use your plan to cover allied health supports, but it’s important to check that the service you’re after relates to your NDIS plan and is considered ‘reasonable and necessary’.
If you can answer YES to each of these 6 questions, the NDIS is likely to fund your request.
- Is this a product or service you need due to your disability?
- Does it help you meet your goals?
- Is it reasonable value for money?
- Is there evidence that this product or service is effective?
- Is this something that you wouldn’t be able to receive from your family or the community?
- Is the NDIS the most suitable funding scheme to pay for this support?
Funding for allied health generally comes from the ‘Capacity Building’ - ‘Improved Daily Living’ section of your plan. If you have funds allocated to these categories as part of your NDIS plan, you can access occupational therapy.
There are some key differences between occupational therapists and physiotherapists.. OTs focus on more than physical movement. Their primary focus is to work with you to build everyday skills and increase your capacity to achieve your goals. An example of this might be helping someone gain or regain their ability to independently get ready in the morning or develop job-ready skills. Physiotherapists primarily focus on improving full-body movement, including injury rehabilitation and strengthening larger muscles in the body.
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological condition affecting a person's control of their body movements.
If you are under 65 when you received your diagnosis, you may be eligible for NDIS funding.
To find out if you are eligible for the NDIS, you can use the NDIS’ Am I Eligible tool.
The NDIS funds support services for Parkinson’s, including psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and nutritional support. The supports that the NDIS fund will depend on your specific needs related to your disability.
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