holistic approach to injury management

OTWork Health Safety Matters is an accredited rehabilitation provider with Comcare and WorkCover and supplies occupational therapy, injury management and return to work services. We pride ourselves on developing lasting relationships with injured workers and other stakeholders to facilitate a prompt return to a healthy and safe work environment.   

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independent living in the community – aged care

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We work closely with hospitals and aged care providers to deliver compassionate and individualised services including aged care assessments, home assessments, recommendations on prescription of aids and equipment and liaison with GPs and carers.

FREE ADVICE is available to treatment providers to facilitate the most appropriate approach to rehabilitation.  
 

health and wellbeing

Job satisfactionWe focus on early psychological intervention and address any psychosocial issues highlighted by a wide range of factors that could be contributing to the condition. These can include family and social situation, attitudes to pain, emotional status and general function.

VISIT our BLOG to find out how to improve your emotional health

           
News
12 Jan Study: Stress Shrinks the Brain and Lowers Our Ability to Cope with Adversity
Feeling stressed by family and work woes? It could be taking a toll on both your brain and your body. Now researchers say that even everyday stress can be leading to changes in the brain that make us more vulnerable to mental as well as social disorders ranging from depression to addiction and behavioral conditions.
21 Dec What’s up with the work health and safety laws harmonisation?
With some states confirming their decision to delay the commencement of harmonised WHS laws, it is now understood that the full harmonisation of the laws won’t be possible by 1 January 2012. While the Northern Territory, New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Commonwealth have committed to the commencement of the new harmonised laws, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, and South Australia have decided to delay its implementation.
02 Dec Stress Response In Police Officers May Indicate Risk For PTSD
Often stress-related disorders are linked to individuals who work in the firing line. American researchers examined police recruits during academy training prior to critical incident exposure. They provided the recruits with salivary cortisol at first awakening and after 30 minutes. According to the study results, recruits with the greatest increase of the stress hormone cortisol after awakening were more likely to display acute stress symptoms in response to trauma years later as police officers.
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