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Health and Wellbeing
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Nursing |
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Primary Health Care Team - Nursing
The team’s nursing service provides a specialist spinal cord injury consultation to adults with an acquired spinal cord injury, their carers and families, as well as health professionals.
This includes nursing advice on:
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Personal care routines |
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Regulation of the autonomic nervous system |
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Bladder management |
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Bowel management |
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Pressure care |
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Wound care |
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Ageing with SCI |
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Community resources |
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Client advocacy and support |
For more information about nursing, or to request service you can email: spinalnurse@paraquad.org.au or phone the intake number (02) 8741 5674.
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Social Work |
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Primary Health Care Team - Social Work
The team’s social worker provides a direct service to adults with an acquired spinal cord injury who live in the Sydney metropolitan area; or a consultation service in regional NSW to adults with an acquired spinal cord injury, their carers and families, as well as health professionals.
Our social work provides an holistic service addressing many psychosocial needs. These may be needs in areas such as:
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Accommodation (including respite and Department of Housing assistance) |
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Welfare (including assistance with Centrelink) |
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Accessing personal care |
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Education and employment (including returning to work and volunteering) |
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Leisure and recreational activities |
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Client advocacy and support. |
For more information, or to request service, you can email: spinalsocialworker@paraquad.org.au or phone the intake number (02) 8741 5674
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Occupational Therapy |
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Primary Health Care Team - Occupational Therapy
The team’s occupational therapy service provides consultation to adults with an acquired spinal cord injury, their carers and families, as well as health professionals.
This includes occupational therapy advice on:
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Wheelchairs and seating |
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Pressure care |
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Transfers (eg. bed, wheelchair, showering, equipment car etc) |
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Upper limb overuse syndrome |
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Ageing with SCI |
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Environmental modifications and assistive technology (eg. environmental control |
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Equipment to promote functional independence (e.g. Palmar bands) |
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Functional techniques to promote independence in activities of daily living (eg. eating, drinking, dressing) |
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Community resources |
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Client advocacy and support. |
 
Our Primary Health Care team occupational therapists also provide a splinting service every six weeks at the Newington site. This service is free for members; nonmembers will be charged a fee for service.
For more information, or to request service, you can email: spinaloccupationaltherapist@paraquad.org.au or phone the intake number (02) 8741 5674.
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05 Nov 2008
Funds Managers ‘WHEELING FOR A DAY’ For Charity on Monday, 10 November 2008 at Martin Place at 8 am. |
| A registered event for International Day of People with a Disability, Wheels for a Day is focused on promoting access, particularly in the workplace.
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05 Nov 2008
Calling Participants for 'The Dignity Study' |
| The Dignity Studies are suitable for people with Spinal Cord Injury who experience regular incontinence |
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27 Oct 2008
50% OFF DAY ADMISSION: at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary- Gold Coast |
| Value offer for ParaQuad Members only! |
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27 Oct 2008
AAA - Access All Areas |
| Fully accessible travelling film festival |
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