Homecare Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
Vista Healthcare is a professional healthcare services provider that offers a range of services to homecare package clients in Sydney.
Vista also collaborates with approved homecare providers to offer brokered services. Homecare packages are government-subsidised programs that allow people to receive support in their homes, with four levels of funding based on their care needs.
Vista Healthcare is committed to assisting all homecare package clients to live safely, independently, and happily in their homes for as long as possible.
They aim to optimize the quality of life for both the individuals and their carers in their home environment.
Home Visiting Clinicians Sydney Service Area
Who can access Vista’s homecare services?
Our residential aged care services are available to all homecare package holders. Our clinicians are mobile across the greater Sydney region and into the Blue Mountains.
Home Aged Care Sydney Services
Vista Healthcare is a holistic provider of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy services. We are a mobile team of clinicians and visit people in their homes. We help with:
- Rehabilitation at home
- Assessments
- Equipment prescription
- Community access (i.e. wheelchairs, walkers, gait pattern)
- Lowering and managing pain
- Falls prevention
- Optimizing daily living
- Post-surgery rehabilitation
- Minor home modifications
We understand that our services help people towards their emotional and social wellbeing. Our clinicians strive to form wonderful relationships to help people have fun, feel engaged and love looking forward to our visits. We are proud to be trusted by the community to do so.
We are also experienced with a range of physical and neurological conditions, as Vista Healthcare’s origins began in aged care.
What is included in homecare therapy?
At an individual’s home, our Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists Sydney conduct an assessment or therapy session that typically lasts for 1-2 hours.
We use both subjective and objective assessments to determine the person’s current ability and create a clinically appropriate rehabilitation plan.
We also monitor progress towards goals and track any declines while providing recommendations for beneficial assistive equipment. Our team takes a holistic approach, inquiring about other areas of life, such as continence and vision management.
For homecare cases, we evaluate falls risk and conduct environmental reviews to promote safety.
To lower the risk of falls, we may:
- build lower limb strength
- prescribe bathroom rails
- prescribe shower chairs
- address fatigue components
Our clinicians provide rehabilitation strategies that focus on building strength, prescribing home exercise programs, and teaching safe strategies.
We also maintain detailed records of the session to accurately track progress.
Real Success Stories From Our Homecare Clients
Vista Healthcare was fortunate to help a lovely client that lived on a very big property.
The husband has advanced Parkinson’s disease and the wife had moderate to advanced dementia. Upon meeting these people, the wife was chair bound and struggled to stand without the assistance of a lifter or carer. Because of this, she spent a lot of time sitting in front of the TV.
The lady loved cooking and standing at her sink which overlooked the mountains and her lovely garden. It was her meaningful goal to develop the capacity to walk herself to the kitchen and safely cook dinner, look at the beautiful view and enjoy herself at home.
We worked together to safely practice walking. At first, it was just a few steps at a time, then a few more. Having a neurological condition, it is important to lower the risk of falling. Falling mostly occurs because someone cannot react fast enough to move their feet. So, we practice a lot of balance and sit-to-stand exercise together.
Vista Healthcare worked with the lady for several months, and in the end, the lady was able to walk to the kitchen and enjoy her beautiful home and independence. For the times where she was tired, she had access to a wheelchair to help her.
Home Care Package Client FAQ
- What does Vista Healthcare do in terms of scheduling, documentation and compliance?
In most cases, we will receive a client from a homecare provider, it is also possible for homecare clients to self-refer.
We will then perform an intake of the referral made, which is us typically phoning the referee and asking more details about the Physiotherapy/OT requirements and synergizing with the case coordinator.
We will organize our initial assessment at the persons residence to conduct an initial assessment. Vista Healthcare takes care of all scheduling. So, we will visit the client and communicate with them in the way they would prefer.
We store all clinical documentation using our practice management systems which can be provided to the homecare coordinator for their compliance, providing we are consented to do so. We value privacy and confidentiality.
In the current environment, it is important to know that we take the risks associated with COVID-19 seriously and all our staff have untaken the Department of Health COVID- 19 infection control online training for health workers in a community setting. This training covers the fundamentals of infection prevention and control for COVID-19.
- Is Vista Healthcare able to assist with all homecare package levels from one to four?
Yes.
We are experienced supporting people under all these types of circumstances. The most important thing is to ensure that we are an appropriate provider and can help people achieve realistic goals.
On the initial phone call, we will ask questions to ensure we are a suitable provider for that person.
- Can Vista Healthcare help short-term restorative care (STRC)?
Yes, we definitely can.
Short-term restorative care is a support program to help people being discharged from the hospital to their home or a respite facility. These programs typically span eight weeks in duration, and we will visit them 1-2x per week.
The common cases for STRC are people who are recovering from hip and knee replacements, which are the two most common surgeries. However, we also handle more complex cases.
Vista Healthcare is engaged to provide Physiotherapy and/or Occupational Therapy interventions to help people live as independently as possible and achieve their wonderful goals.
- Is Vista Healthcare able to perform cognitive assessments and neurological rehabilitation?
Yes.
Cognitive assessments are primarily performed by our Occupational Therapists.
There are a number of different assessment tools that allow us to measure mental capacity, function, short/long term memory, multitasking and so forth. Many of these skills translate into daily life, such as the ability to organize a schedule.
Why Choose Vista Healthcare?
At Vista Healthcare, our client’s needs are at the forefront of everything we do, and we establish lasting relationships with them through our values of compassion & care.
Our ultimate objective is to aid our clients in achieving their goals through a variety of clinical interventions we offer.
Our priority is to assist people to live independently and safely in their homes for as long as possible.
We offer a variety of interventions, such as physiotherapy, to promote activity, strength, and pain management, as well as occupational therapy interventions, which include home assessments to enhance safety and comfort within the home environment.
Our staff members are fully licensed and registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Our team of Australian physiotherapists and occupational therapists is committed to providing top-quality services.
We are completely licensed and insured, and all our members have current police checks and WorkCover insurance. We provide our approved partners with copies of our compliance documentation. We also operate in compliance with the Aged Care Guidelines.
