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Townsville Rehabilitation Unit
The Townsville Rehabilitation Unit works with patients following illness, injury, or surgery to help them regain cognitive and physical function.
The service provides specialist restorative and rehabilitation programs to support patients to gain independence with daily tasks and get them back into their own homes.
Rehabilitation can assist patients after conditions like a stroke, traumatic brain injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, neuromuscular injuries, orthopaedic injuries or reconditioning after trauma or major surgery.
Our multidisciplinary rehabilitation team includes medical, allied health, and nursing staff.
Clinicians involved in your care might include:
- rehabilitation medicine specialists (doctors)
- occupational therapists
- physiotherapists
- speech therapists
- dietitians
- social workers
- psychologists
- pharmacists
- podiatrists
- nurses
- nursing and allied health assistants
- nursing, medical, or allied health students
Inpatient rehabilitation
Inpatient rehabilitation is provided at the custom-built Townsville Rehabilitation Unit, located in the eastern campus of Townsville University Hospital.
The unit includes a specialist independent living unit and has communal areas for patients and their families.
Day and outpatient rehabilitation
Day rehabilitation is provided at the Townsville Rehabilitation Unit in group and individual settings.
Staff will work with you to set personal goals and develop a customised rehabilitation program to achieve these.
How to access this service
To access our rehabilitation service your GP or medical practitioner will need to send a referral letter to Townsville Hospital and Health Service rehabilitation consultant via email or through HealthPathways.
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The Townsville Hospital and Health Service acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which our health facilities have been built and on which we meet today.
We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging; and we value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and knowledge.