Home Safety & Falls Prevention

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Home Safety & Falls Prevention

Had a fall?
Concerned that you may fall?

We can help!  Melbourne Occupational Therapy Services uses what-ever-it-takes to maximise safety.  A combination of factors can cause falls.  These can be more complex than you may think.

Go to our ‘Contact & Referral’ page, email us your details and we will contact you.

You may need more than just a grabrail! –  Falls can be a complex combination of a medical condition, in-activity resulting in loss of balance and muscle-tone, poor footwear, inappropriate walking aid, poor light, tripping over the rug or those damn stairs again!

What we do

1/ We assess you.  We look at your abilities and any medical, age-related or functional issues you may have.  Often falls are the result of more than one factor that need more than one remedy.

2/ We assess your environment.  This means we look at your home and what maybe contributing to falls (or a potential fall).

3/ We then assess you in the environment together and come up with a plan.

Recommendations  may include

We can help!  Go to our ‘Contact & Referral’ page, email us your details and we will contact you.