Rehabilitation services

Rehabilitation is delivered in inpatient rehabilitation units at Gold Coast University Hospital and Robina Hospital.

Please speak to the nurse in charge and treating therapists for visiting hours.

This program provides a time-limited community rehabilitation service for eligible adults with multi-disciplinary goals - two or more disciplines are required. Disciplines include: Clinical Psychology, Dietetics, Neuropsychology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Consultant, Social Work, Speech Pathology. The program delivers therapy to improve function and quality of life. Services can be provided individually, in groups, and in various settings including centre-based, community, tele-health or home-based as required. CRP episodes generally last 6-12 weeks depending on individual therapy goals.

View the Community Rehabilitation Program flyer.

This is a coordinated rehabilitation service delivered to patients in an acute ward. RRT provides early rehabilitation to patients, collaborating between rehabilitation and medical or surgical specialties. Patients accepted onto the RRT program may be discharged home from the acute ward or go on to an inpatient rehabilitation unit.

The Rehabilitation Outpatient Services accept referrals where the patients’ needs are not better met by other Gold Coast Health community based, post-acute or private services.

This program is goal-oriented, time limited, and targets older people concluding a hospital episode who require more time and support in a non-hospital environment to restore and improve function. TCP episodes generally last on average 45 to 84 days. If a patient would benefit from further transition care, it may extend 126 days with ACAT approval.

This service is staffed by an experienced rehabilitation nurse with high-level clinical knowledge and comprehensive health care system knowledge. The nurse is a member of the Gold Coast Health wide Nurse Navigator Service and can work with you to bring all the pieces of your healthcare puzzle together, from your General Practitioner, hospital, specialist appointments and community supports.

The Nurse Navigator for rehabilitation will usually contact patients while they are inpatients but may also follow up post-discharge about enrolling and participating in the Nurse Navigator Rehabilitation Program.