Fast Stream Rehabilitation

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Regional Initiatives

Author: Jacqui Sutherland

Modified date: 22 July 2002 8:58pm

Residents within the Hills Mallee Southern region are now able to receive Fast Stream Rehabilitation without having to be dislocated to the metropolitan area. The Hills Mallee Southern Regional Health Service, in collaboration with regional health facilities, has allocated funding for the provision of a Fast Stream Rehabilitation Service at Strathalbyn & District Health Service.

The Fast Stream Rehabilitation Service was established in December 1999 and provides inpatient rehabilitation programmes tailored to the needs of the individual.
We provide Fast Stream Rehabilitation programs for persons who have undergone surgery or are debilitated due to illness. Clients can be admitted to the service from both public and private metropolitan health facilities and from health facilities throughout the region. Admission can also be arranged for clients referred to the service by General Practitioners and Community Health Service professionals from throughout the region. The service is able to admit Public and Private clients (including patients covered by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs).

Designed and equipped specifically to meet the needs of the rehabilitation client, the service provides a non-clinical atmosphere in which the clients can gain strength and acquire the skills necessary to ensure they are able to return to their home settings with confidence. Clients are encouraged to develop independence in daily living. The service provides in-house physiotherapy and can access other allied health services to meet each individual clients needs. The service has established links with Community Health Services throughout the region. Clients are referred to Community Health Services for the provision of ongoing home services and equipment, if needed.

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Last updated on: 22 July 2002