Calvary Health Care Kogarah
Services and clinics
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah we offer a high standard of patient care to the communities of the St George and Sutherland Shires, as well as a comprehensive range of health services.
At Calvary, we care about your physical, spiritual and emotional needs. These support services are available to our patients as part of our holistic care.
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If you need help at home or are considering moving into an aged care home, you may need an assessment by the Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) that services the local government areas of Georges River and Bayside (south of Cooks River).
You will need an ACAT assessment and approval if you want to:
- Access aged care services through any level of Home Care Package
- Receive Transition Aged Care goal orientated short term services if you are in hospital at the time of assessment
- Receive access to respite care in a residential aged care home
- Move into permanent care in an aged care home
How to access this service
- Referral by My Aged Care or call 1800 200 422
- 02 8328 7270 – SESLHD ACAT Central Intake Service
Calvary Health Care Kogarah has a thriving and dedicated hospital Auxiliary that fundraises throughout the year on behalf of the Hospital.
Our Auxiliary members find every means to raise much needed funds for Calvary Health Care Kogarah. The net fundraising income will enable the group to purchase items of comfort and care for patients of the Hospital, as well as much needed equipment.
Auxiliary activities include selling goods and craft, and fundraising opportunities such as raffles.
The Little Shop
Auxiliary members can be seen throughout the working week manning “The Little Shop” located near the reception area on the ground floor of the Hospital.
Interested in joining the group?
If you are interested in joining the group or would like to donate items of craft, please do not hesitate to speak to one of the friendly members of the Auxiliary team manning “The Little Shop” or contact us directly:
Grief is a normal and natural response to the death of someone significant in our lives. After a death some people may benefit from speaking to a specialist bereavement counsellor – someone outside their usual family and social networks.
Our fully qualified, professional counsellors provide empathic and non-judgemental support in a safe and confidential environment. The service is located in a comfortable cottage near Calvary Health Care Kogarah.
The Calvary Bereavement Counselling Service is open from 8am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Appointments must be made prior to attending the service.
The service is available for people who live in the local government areas of Georges River Council, Bayside Council and Sutherland Council. The death may be from any cause – sudden and unexpected, or after a short or long illness.
We welcome enquiries from potential clients or health professionals. A GP referral is not required to access the counselling service however, a self-referral must be made. Appointments can be made by calling 9553 3025 and are free of charge.
How to access this service
- Self referral essential
- 40 Ercildoune Avenue, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8am – 4.30pm
Nursing Services provided by Calvary Kogarah Community Health are for persons living in the Georges River or Bayside (south of Cooks River) council areas.
Assistance provided by the CCH nursing service includes:
Continence assistance:
- For clients who are housebound and are unable to attend an outpatient clinic
- Assessment, management and treatment of bladder and bowel issues such as continence issues, frequency, urgency, retention, constipation and other related conditions. Assessments are conducted in the home or clinic setting
Dementia support:
- Short term non-acute service provision
- Carer support and education following a dementia diagnosis and through the phases of care
- Assessment and advice on the management of behavioural issues/BPSD
- Referral to appropriate medical, allied health or community support services
- Medication compliance strategies
Carer support:
- Assess carer concerns, refer and link with support services as appropriate
How to access this service
- Referral via Calvary Community Health Intake – 02 9553 3033
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8am – 4.30pm
- 02 9553 3033 – enquiries – Calvary Community Health Intake
Calvary iREADi Program
The Calvary iREADi (Integrated Rehabilitation for Early-Stage Dementia) program is a free rehabilitation program for people living with early-stage dementia and their care partners.The program aims to improve participants' knowledge, skills and confidence in managing dementia while providing education, practical strategies and peer support.
The program is available through referral from a GP, specialist, other health professionals or by self-referral with confirmation of a dementia diagnosis.
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah our specialist team of nutritionists and dietitians will work with you to create an individual treatment plan. If you are a patient at Calvary Health Care Kogarah, our detitians will collaborate with our in-house chefs to ensure your meals are appetising, delicious and meet your specific dietary needs. If you are at home, our dietitians will come to your home and assist you to meet your nutrition requirements and manage any related health conditions using a dietary approach.
We also provide nutritionally adequate meal plans, nutritional supplements and educational resources to help you maintain your nutritional status both during your admission and after you leave.
Calvary Health Care Kogarah dietetic services can help with issues including:
- Food allergies
- Cachexia, frailty and sarcopenia
- Tube feeding
- Gastrointestinal conditions
- Nutritional requirements post-surgery
- Dietary approaches to manage nutrition impact symptoms (taste changes, poor appetite, nausea, feeling full quickly, etc)
- Optimising your nutritional status
- Nutritional adequacy on a texture modified diet
- Coeliac disease
- Diabetes
How to access this service
- Referral for a dietitian in the community via My Aged Care or your Calvary Health Care team member
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 7.30am – 4:30pm
- 02 9553 3502 – Department Head, Dietetics
The Equipment Loan Pool (ELP) is a program that loans assistive equipment to people for short term periods (three months).
The role of the ELP is to assist eligible clients who have short term disability to return home or remain home by providing appropriate equipment, aids and appliances.
Eligibility criteria
- have a short term disability and need equipment to return or remain in your home environment
- live permanently within the Georges River or Bayside (south of the Cooks River) Local Government areas
- live permanently within the Sutherland Shire and currently being treated by the Community Palliative Care Team
Exclusion
- Discharges from private hospitals, unless patients are coming onto the Transitional Aged Care Team or Calvary Palliative Care Team
How to access this service
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- (Enter via Ercildoune Avenue – driveway next to 52 Ercildoune Avenue
- Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm
Occupational Therapy provides support to people whose health or disability makes it hard for them to do the things they would like to do. An Occupational Therapist can identify your strengths and difficulties, help with practical solutions, and help you to take part in everyday life.
Occupational Therapists can help you maintain, regain or improve your independence by using different techniques, changing your environment and using equipment.
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah our Occupational Therapists work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the following clinical areas:
- Rehabilitation – Orthopaedics and Aged Care (inpatients)
- Transitional Aged Care Service (Community Aged Care)
- Community Rehabilitation (frail older people and adults with a health condition or disability)
- Palliative Care inpatients
- Community Palliative Care Team
Our Occupational Therapists will work with you and your family with the aim of maximising your independence, mobility and safety in order to make life easier and for you to remain at home. They can visit you at home to suggest equipment and/or home modifications to help you to overcome difficulties caused by injury, illness or ageing, to participate fully in everyday activities and remain safe and independent.
How to access this service
- Referral by GP, another hospital, specialist, healthcare provider, patient or carer
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8am – 4.30pm
- 02 9553 3064 – Head of Occupational Therapy
For Calvary Community Health Occupational Therapy call My Aged Care on 1800 200 422
Clinics are offered in the following specialties:
- Aged Care – Staff Specialist
- Rehabilitation – Staff Specialist
- Palliative Care – Staff Specialist
- Motor Neurone Disease (MND) (multidisciplinary clinic)
- Podiatry (Commonwealth Home Support Program)
- Referral for all staff specialist clinics by GP, Specialist or healthcare provider
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm
- Referral to the Podiatry Clinic is via My Aged Care
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm
Palliative Care focuses on supporting those who are approaching or reaching the end of their life.
The goal is to help you or your loved one achieve dignity, comfort and maximise the quality of life for you, your family and loved ones.
We provide palliative care as an inpatient service, at home or in residential care facilities. You can be admitted for Slow Stream Rehabilitation – pain and symptom management, or end of life care.
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah, we understand that a patient is more than just their diagnosis and symptoms. Our Pastoral Care professionals specialise in caring for the emotional and spiritual needs of patients, families and staff in our hospital. Pastoral Care work closely with doctors, nurses, allied health and other staff. Pastoral Care is part of Calvary Health Care Kogarah’s comprehensive approach to care.
What if I’m not religious? Spirituality is more than just religion. Spirituality is at the core of every person – that part of us which gives our life meaning and connection. Some people express their spirituality through religion. Others may find meaning and purpose through nature, the arts or their relationships and community groups.
Calvary Health Care Kogarah embraces and celebrates the diversity of our community. A Multi-Faith Room is available on the second floor. Our Chapel is located beside our garden and is open during business hours. Both are available to all for prayer or quiet reflection.
To receive a visit, ask your nurse to contact the pastoral care office.
How to access this service
- Referral not required
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 8pm
- Saturday and Sunday, 8.30am – 4pm
If you would like a visit from the Pastoral Care Team during your stay, please ask a staff member to contact us.
The pharmacy department at Calvary Health Care Kogarah provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services aimed at supporting the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) and fostering patient-centred care initiatives.
Our dedicated team offers a range of pharmaceutical services tailored to meet the needs of patients across various departments, including rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care. This includes care for both inpatients and outpatients, as well as community palliative care patients and those due for discharge. Our services include medication management throughout patients’ stays and upon discharge, pharmaceutical product supply and verbal and written drug information.
We prioritise patient and caregiver education alongside staff training, ensuring all stakeholders are well-informed. Additionally, our pharmacy department actively contributes to clinical drug trials conducted by the Calvary Health Care Kogarah Research Department.
How to access this service
- 91 – 111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 5pm
- Phone 02 9553 3563 | Fax 02 9553 3156
Physiotherapists assess and develop programs to improve your strength, mobility, movement and function. Our team offer advice on personal mobility and safety in both individual and group sessions. Patients need to reside in the Georges River or Bayside (south of Cooks River) council areas.
Our physiotherapy team can help you with:
- Education
- Managing muscle and joint pain and weakness
- Reviewing mobility and prescription of walking aids
- Prescribing exercises to help you build strength and endurance
- Hydrotherapy treatment
- Parkinson’s Wellbeing Program
- Strong and Steady Program – balance and falls
- Education
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah physiotherapy is provided to:
- Inpatient rehabilitation
- Community rehabilitation – Calvary Community Health and Transitional Aged Care Service
- Day rehabilitation unit – gymnasium and hydrotherapy pool programs
- Palliative care – inpatient, community palliative care, outpatient gymnasium program and motor neuron disease hydrotherapy pool program
How to access this service
- Referral by GP, another hospital, specialist or healthcare provider
- 91 – 111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8am – 4.30pm
The podiatry service at Calvary Health Care Kogarah provides a range of interventions to people whose feet are considered to be at risk. These services include ulcer debridement, general foot care and diabetes foot assessments. The service is funded by the Commonwealth Home Support Program. Referral is via My Aged Care only.
How to access this service
- Referral by My Aged Care
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 4pm
The goal of rehabilitation is to improve your physical condition and help you to return to your everyday activities.
Our rehabilitation program combines the expertise of medical specialists, nurses and allied health professionals to provide you with the highest quality of care.
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah rehabilitation is offered in the inpatient unit or day rehabilitation unit (DRU).
Programs can also be offered as an outpatient service. Our facilities include a gymnasium and hydrotherapy pool.
Calvary is dedicated to fostering research excellence and translating the best available evidence into practice and policy, to improve the health outcomes of the people and community we serve.
Research plays a critical role in supporting the provision of ethical, quality, responsive and compassionate health, community and aged care services.
Research conducted at Calvary Health Care Kogarah aligns with our mission, vision and values, and reflects the Calvary Research Strategic intent, and is considered as a critical partner to service delivery.
The Social workers at Calvary Health Care Kogarah are concerned with your emotional and social wellbeing and that all of your carers and family are involved with our Services. Social Workers aim to minimise the impact of illness and hospital treatment, promote healthy outcomes and link you, your carers and family with appropriate support services in your community.
Social workers at Calvary Health Care Kogarah work across all inpatient and community services.
Some of the ways Social Workers at Calvary Health Care Kogarah can help include:
- Supporting you, your carers and family to make decisions about short and long term care arrangements
- Assisting in the adjustment to changes, grief and loss
- Co-ordinating family meetings
- Planning for discharge
- Advocating to achieve optimal outcomes for patients and their families
- Information and education
- Short term counselling
- Transport options
- Supporting families during a crisis
- Enhancing the families’ management of illness
- Accessing resources and supports
- Bereavement support
How to access this service
- Referral by GP, another hospital, specialist or healthcare provider, client, carer or family
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm
- 02 9553 3111 – Head of Social Work
The speech pathology department provides assessment, therapy and education to adults and their families for swallowing and communication disorders. These may include:
- Language or communication difficulties including listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Speech difficulties including slurred speech
- Changes in voice production and quality
- Difficulties with eating and drinking
At Calvary Health Care Kogarah our speech pathologists work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to help a variety of people who acquire swallowing or communication issues as a result of ageing, disease, injury or stroke. Our Speech Pathologists work within the following areas:
- Rehabilitation – orthopaedics and aged care (inpatients)
- Transitional Aged Care Service (community aged care)
- Community rehabilitation (frail older people and younger people with a disability)
- Day rehabilitation unit
- Palliative care inpatients
- Community palliative care team, including motor neuron disease services
What to expect
When you visit the Calvary Health Care Kogarah speech pathology unit you’ll first be assessed. An individual treatment plan will then be created, and your sessions can take place in your hospital room, our outpatient rooms or your home.
Education and support is provided to you and your family members throughout the treatment process. Interpreter services are available on request.
How to access this service
- Referral by GP, another hospital, specialist or healthcare provider
- 91-111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8am – 4.30pm
- 02 9553 3560 – Senior Speech Pathologist
The Transitional Aged Care Service (TACS) provides short-term care that seeks to optimise the functioning and independence of older people at home following a hospital stay. TACS is goal oriented, time-limited and therapy-focused. It provides older people with a package of services that seeks to enable the older person to return home after a hospital stay and allows them more time and support to make a decision about their long term aged care options.
Calvary Health Care Kogarah provides TACS packages to people who live in the local government areas of Georges River and Bayside (south of Cooks River).
TACS offers access to a package of services that may include:
- Case Management
- Low-intensity therapy including
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Podiatry (foot care)
- Speech pathology
- Dietetics (nutritional support)
- Social work
- Nursing support for clinical care such as wound care
- Practical support at home such as assistance with
- Personal care
- Domestic tasks
- Shopping
How to access this service
- Referral by medical, nursing or allied health staff from within a hospital
- 91–111 Rocky Point Road, Kogarah NSW 2217
- Monday to Friday, 8am – 4.30pm