The Calvary Health Care Bethlehem NDIS Service

Calvary Health Care Bethlehem is a registered NDIS service in the bayside suburb of Parkdale, supporting people with progressive neurological diseases across Victoria to live well and achieve their goals.

 

Calvary Health Care Bethlehem is a not-for-profit health service that provides specialist palliative care and a Statewide Progressive Neurological Service and we are a registered NDIS Provider.

We have over 30 years’ experience and expertise working with people with less common progressive neurological conditions, including, but not limited to, Motor Neurone Disease and Huntington’s Disease and we are passionate about the work we do.

We are here to help patients and their families to navigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to ensure you receive appropriate supports to enable you to achieve your goals.

We are here to help if you need:

  • Assessment and selection of aids and equipment (Assistive Technology)
  • Assessment for home or vehicle passenger modifications
  • Assessment for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
  • Swallowing, diet and home enteral nutrition (HEN) support
  • Support with communication
  • Specialist Behavioural support
  • Music therapy
  • Counselling related to your disability
  • Training in the use of Assistive Technology and other new skills
  • Family and carer education and training

 

Ask us how we can work together to achieve your goal

Call us: (03) 9834 9358 or email: BethlehemNDIS@calvarycare.org.au and ask for our NDIS Coordinator.

 

 

OUR TEAM

 

Our NDIS Team are very experienced and skilled at being able to navigate your care. Our expert team comprises:

  • Occupational Therapists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Speech Pathologists
  • Dieteticians
  • Neuropsychologists
  • Clinical Psychologists
  • Music Therapists

Our NDIS Provider Service caters to the needs of both participants and providers

NDIS participants

  • Advice based on an understanding of the progressive nature of your condition
  • A team approach – working with you, your family and other health and service providers to achieve your NDIS goals
  • Services in your home or community
  • A range of communication options

 

NDIS providers

  • Education and training on the management of people with progressive neurological diseases
  • Consultations to support local NDIS providers

  1. NDIS Code of Conduct

  2. NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission website

  3. Speak up brochure – making a complaint about a provider to the Quality and Safeguards Commission Speak up campaign 

  4. NDIS – Make it known, make it better – campaign resources

  5. Calvary Privacy brochure

  6. Calvary patient rights brochure

  7. Emergency and Disaster management handout

Tu’s Story

Bethlehem patient Tu spent several months in hospital following her diagnosis with Motor neurone disease (MND) in 2020. During that time she was supported by the Bethlehem NDIS Provider Service, a multidisciplinary team of therapists who worked with Tu, her family, MND Victoria and NDIS support workers to oversee her transition from hospital into specialist disability accommodation.

This involved setting up suitable assistive technology, providing training to the support workers on how to best help her with her everyday activities, and ensuring she had access to an appropriate level of NDIS funding for her supports through the provision of thorough assessment reports.

Since the move 18 months ago, regular visits have continued to address Tu’s changing function and needs. These have included continuing to educate support workers as her routine and positioning needs change. Tu has also had regular support to help her to continue to communicate and maintain her connection with her family through special software and an Eye-gaze camera which allows hands-free access to the computer.  This type of set up requires regular specialist support from the Speech Pathologist and Occupational Therapist to ensure it is customised for Tu’s needs and that the support workers are also trained in how to help her to use it. 

Tu uses her Eyegaze communication system all day every day and says she can’t live without it!