Ambulatory rehabilitation provides community rehabilitation services that are time-limited and delivered according to a care plan that is based on goals negotiated with a person and their carer(s).
Eligibility for ambulatory rehabilitation
Ambulatory rehabilitation works with people who have a physical disability, are frail, chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness. The aim is to help them regain and/or maintain optimal function, and maximise their independence.
The service is available to people of all ages. It may follow a hospital stay or hospital day attendance. Also, a person may access ambulatory rehabilitation directly from the community.
Where ambulatory rehabilitation takes place
Ambulatory rehabilitation can be delivered in a person’s home or at an ambulatory care centre.
The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service
The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service caters for children and adolescents who, as a result of injury, medical/surgical intervention, or functional impairment, will benefit from a program of developmentally appropriate, time-limited, goal-focused multidisciplinary rehabilitation.