The speech pathology service provides assessment, management and education for patients presenting with communication (speech, language, fluency, voice, multi-modal) and/ or swallowing difficulties.
Speech Pathology is included in the multidisciplinary care of inpatients as well as targeted outpatient services.
Paediatric speech pathology services are available to infants and children of all ages, prioritising early intervention.
This service provides specialist renal (kidney) services by a team of nurses, dietitians and social workers to support patients with End Stage Renal Disease who are experiencing symptoms, but have chosen a palliative treatment pathway.
We work to improve the individual’s quality of life, where dialysis or transplantation are not the preferred treatment options.
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Occupational therapists help people participate in work, school and fun activities, personal care or household tasks and roles that are important to them. We refer to these as “occupations”.
We look at how your health condition limits your ability to perform independently and safely in meaningful occupations. We then provide training, therapy, equipment and home modifications to help you maximise participation and performance in occupations you like or need to participate in that are appropriate to your stage in life.
We provide a service to patients with a progressive illness, not exclusively cancer patients, to help maintain the best possible quality of life.
Registered Nurses and our multi-disciplinary team including social workers and cancer liaison staff, help patients monitor pain symptoms and offer support in collaboration with the patient’s General Practitioner and treating specialists.
The Community Paediatric Nurse provides nursing care, support and education to children and their families in the community.
Our services include care for a wide range of conditions, such as:
Dietitians help people understand the relationship between food and health. Dietitians can help you make dietary choices to support your health, and to prevent and treat illness and disease.
Dietitians can assist with a range of conditions including bowel disorders, metabolic syndrome, malnutrition, eating disorders, kidney and liver disorders, childhood feeding issues and tube feeding.
Dietitians can also advise clients on pre- and post- operative nutrition, on nutrition during oncology treatment, and provide healthy eating advice for a range of conditions.
Our Diabetes Team of credentialled Diabetes Educators and Diabetes Dieticians provides education and support for people with diabetes and their families.
We support the following:
The Dementia Service provides early identification and diagnosis of dementia, which includes a formal memory assessment.
Through the Memory Assessment Program (MAP), our Clinical Nurse Consultant will conduct a comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessment.
Patients will need a referral from their GP if ongoing consultation with a specialist Psycho-Geriatrician or Geriatrician is required for a formal diagnosis of dementia or other conditions. We will provide the findings of our assessment back to the GP.
Generalist Community Nursing is a free, confidential service providing a range of services including wound care, continence advice and management, management of venous access devices, palliative care nursing, nursing assessments, and client referral to other care providers including allied health and the Aged Care Assessment Team.
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The Child and Family Therapy Team (CFTT) provides therapy services to children from birth to 18 years of age who reside in the Tweed and Byron Shires. Children under five year are given priority.
The team consists of Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists and Physiotherapists who work together with the child, their parents and others (preschool or school) to assess and treat a variety of concerns including developmental delay, physical, sensory, communication and feeding difficulties.