Physiotherapy home visits in Westmead

Westmead is defined by its hospital precinct, and so is a lot of our work here. People come home after a stroke, a fracture or a long admission, and there is a real gap between the ward physiotherapist finishing and anything starting again at home.

That gap is where deconditioning does its damage. We pick up where the ward left off, in the actual house, with the actual steps and the actual bathroom, which is a different job to a gym program written on a discharge summary.

The same physiotherapist comes back each visit, which after a hospital admission is worth a great deal. Someone who saw week one knows exactly how much has changed by week six, and says so plainly.

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Local detail

Nearest hospital

Westmead Hospital is the centre of the suburb. Post-stroke and post-surgical reconditioning at home is the most common reason people call from Westmead.

A goal worth working toward here

Walking back into the outpatient appointment under your own steam instead of being wheeled in, which is a target people find genuinely motivating.

Housing stock

A mix of older cottages and newer medium-density housing built around the hospital precinct, with a growing number of apartments near the station.

What we help with in Westmead

• Rehab after hospital — reconditioning, post-surgical recovery and stroke rehab, picking up where the ward physio left off.
• Falls prevention & balance — assessment and progressive strength work in the rooms and steps where the risk actually lives. Two-minute falls-risk check →
• Aged care at home — funded through Support at Home (formerly Home Care Packages); physiotherapy is clinical care with no participant contribution. How it works →
• NDIS physiotherapy — goal-based therapy for self- and plan-managed participants, at home or school. What to expect →