Allied Health

Our dietitian, Elizabeth Borgo from True Food Nutrition is available for consultation for individual dietary requirements and issues and is also instrumental in reviewing the menu twice yearly.

We have a contract with Coffey’s Aged Care Physio Services Pty Ltd.

All residents are assessed by the Physiotherapist on admission to St Nicholas and a therapy program is designed to meet their individual needs. Residents are then reassessed on an ongoing basis and the program re-evaluated twelve monthly.

The Physiotherapist also oversees the exercise and individual walking programs. Each resident has access to two 1:1 Physiotherapy sessions per week and exercise classes at no cost to you.

If further physiotherapy is requested (by family)/recommended (by Physio and/or Doctor) for your loved one then this will be at an extra cost to you. Further Physiotherapy may be recommended for maintenance/improvement of physical capacity (muscle strength/endurance/power (mobility), static and dynamic balance (falls prevention), cardiovascular fitness/lung health, joint range of motion and contracture prevention, pain management, injury rehabilitation, and overall social and emotional well-being.

An Occupational Therapist visits when required to assess residents referred by the doctor, physiotherapist or registered nurse.

Speech pathologist Moya Patti visits when required to assess residents referred by the doctor, or registered nurse.

All residents are assessed by the optometrist yearly, if they wish to. The visiting optometrist is from HealthCare2You. This service is provided at no extra cost for all residents.