Hand Therapy
Hand Therapy clinics are co-run by occupational therapy and physiotherapy, helping patients to engage in everyday tasks post injury, illness, or surgery.
What we do
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Which departments hand therapy clinics work with
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Occupational therapists work with patients to identify what their barriers are to engaging in their usual occupations and how to address these barriers.
We provide therapy to enable individuals to perform essential activities and daily living tasks.
Interventions may include:
- cognitive and perceptual assessment
- pressure injury prevention/management
- upper limb management
- assistive equipment prescription
- education and training in task performance
- advice on home environment modification, depending on the patient.
We provide services across inpatient, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient and community settings.
SPECIFIC CLINICS FOR OT
- Burns - covered
- wheelchair and seating service. - REPAT - Leave this where it is on SA Health - covered
- hand therapy - RAH / TQEH - add specifics what we do etc and will replicate on TQEH services and clinics
- driver assessment services - add to TQEH / Hampstead
Where to find us
Outpatient clinic located on Level 3F.1 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Check appointment information and screens on arrival at the RAH, for the specific location.
Who we are
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Allied health services accept GP, private specialists, allied health and other health professional referrals.
Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.
If your referral is accepted, you will either:
- receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
- receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.
If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.
Outpatient services
Find out information about specialist outpatient appointments, how to be referred, plus information when attending an outpatient clinic.
Your outpatient appointment
Contact us to:
- change your appointment time
- cancel your appointment
- find out triage status
- general outpatient enquiries.
If you need to cancel or change your appointment time, let us know as soon as possible.
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Allied health services accept GP, private specialists, allied health and other health professional referrals.
A written referral is required prior to an appointment being issued. Emailed or faxed referrals are preferred.
Referrals should include:
- patient personal details - address, date of birth, contact phone number, medicare number, pension card etc.
- reason for referral
- relevant clinical history of the patient
- list of current medications
- current treatment regimen
- recent relevant test results – x-ray, pathology, etc
- referrer's name and contact details.
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