Occupational Therapy

RPH's Occupational Therapy service, based in Wellington Street, was the first of its kind in Western Australia and we have a long and proud history.

We are leaders and specialists in clinical Occupational Therapy and provide advanced teaching and training in collaboration with others. We also undertake research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement activities that provide customer-focused services.

We incorporate the Inner City Geriatric Service Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) and Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) team.

State-wide specialities:

• Trauma
• Spinal
• Neurosurgery
• HIV
• Emergency Department (ED)
• Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).

Our tertiary-level specialties:

• Neurology
• Plastics
• Orthopaedics
• Rheumatology
• Internal Medicine
• Oncology
• Psychiatry
• Geriatric Medicine
• General Surgery
• Respiratory Medicine
• Vascular
• Cardiology
• Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT).

Specialist Occupational Therapy:

• Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH)
• Domiciliary care
• Equipment prescription
• Home modification and adaptation
• Splinting and upper limb management
• Scar management
• Lymphoedema management
• Wheelchair assessment, prescription and training
• Stress management
• Cognitive/perceptual rehabilitation
• Aged care
• Physical rehabilitation
• Amputee rehabilitation
• Pain management
• Acute trauma
• Well-Tel rehabilitation
• Care coordination (CCT).