You Therapy Services

09/12/2025

🌟 Meet Jordie — Our New Occupational Therapist! 🌟

We’re excited to welcome Jordie, an AHPRA-registered Occupational Therapist who brings a wealth of experience and a genuine passion for supporting individuals to live more independently.

Jordie graduated from The Australian Catholic University in Melbourne in 2019 and has since worked across a broad range of settings, including inpatient acute care, rehabilitation hospitals, and NDIS community practice throughout Victoria, Queensland, and New South Wales. She has also gained valuable clinical experience in both public and private health systems in the UK.

Now based in Newcastle, Jordie is continuing her career in NDIS assistive technology, home modifications, and functional capacity assessments (FCA). She is particularly passionate about working with people with physical disabilities, helping to reduce environmental barriers and maximise opportunities for independence, safety, and quality of life.

Outside of work, Jordie loves travelling, spending time outdoors, going to the beach, camping, playing social sport, and unwinding with a good fiction novel. 📚🏕️🌊

We’re thrilled to have Jordie on the team and can’t wait for our community to meet her! 💙

20/11/2025

We love seeing the difference the right home modifications can make!

This recent bathroom modification was designed to support safer, easier, and more confident access for our client. By incorporating features like a step-free shower, secure grab rails, and thoughtful layout changes, we’ve created a space that supports independence while still looking modern and inviting 🙌.

Accessible design isn't just functional, it’s empowering .

Swipe to see the before photos. 🛁✨
Builder cred - @

01/11/2025

The new Aged Care Act, including the new Support at Home program comes into effect today from 1 November 2025.

From today, the new Aged Care Act comes into effect.

This legislation is designed to strengthen the aged care system by:
• placing older people’s rights at the centre of care
• improving access to services at home, in the community, and in residential care
• ensuring providers meet clearer standards and responsibilities
• offering better protections for older people and those who speak up

To learn more about what’s changing and how it may affect you, visit the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing https://www.health.gov.au/our%20work/aged-care-act

31/10/2025

Consultation closes 9th November. Have your say on the NDIS today!

Only one week left!

Have your say on 6 supports being reviewed by the National Disability Insurance Scheme Evidence Advisory Committee.

Your feedback will help ensure these supports are safe, suitable, and cost-effective for people with disabilities. These are the first of many supports that will be reviewed by the Committee.

Supports for review include:
🔹 active passive trainers
🔹 assistance animals for autistic people or people with intellectual disability
🔹 psychiatric assistance dogs
🔹 seizure alert dogs
🔹 exercise physiology
🔹 smart home appliances (for cooking, cleaning and gardening).

Consultation closes at 11:59 pm AEDT, 9 November 2025.

For more information, see the comments below. 👇

29/10/2025

🏡 The new Support at Home program begins in just a few days.

To better help you stay at home for longer, it has:
◼️ ongoing services with 8 funding classifications
◼️ 3 short-term pathways – to access upfront support when needed.

If you have a Home Care Package, you will automatically transition across to Support at Home.

If you have questions about Support at Home, you can:
📞 call My Aged Care on 1800 200 422
👇 read our Support at Home resources, via the links in the comments.

27/10/2025

Happy World OT Day today, whick kicks off OT week 2025 🎉

16/10/2025

Thanks Nikki and Action Occupational Therapy for clarifying an extremely confusing situation 😵‍💫

🔍 Clearing up confusion about “low-cost AT / capacity building” in the upcoming NDIS Price Guide

Did you know that in the current NDIS pricing framework, there are three ways assistive technology (AT) can be billed from a participant’s plan?
· Core
· Capacity Building
· Capital

In recent days, we’ve seen quite a bit of distress over the announcement that the new price guide (effective 24/11/2025) is removing the ability to claim low cost AT to support Capacity Building line item. Many are interpreting this as meaning participants will lose access to low-cost AT altogether.

But here’s the reality:

This change will not alter how we currently claim low-cost AT in practice.
Here’s a brief history and clarification:

· In 2020, in response to COVID-19 and the rise of telehealth, the NDIS introduced a mechanism allowing devices to be claimed under Capacity Building to support ongoing access to therapy.
· That practice has since remained in the price guide, under the name Low Cost AT to support Capacity Building Support Delivery.
· Since October 3, 2024, transitional rules have effectively prevented new device claims from that line, with devices now needing to be funded as “replacement supports”.

So while the name “Low Cost AT to support Capacity Building Support Delivery” is being removed, the actual pathways for claiming low-cost assistive technology remain intact via Core and Capital as we do now (and in exactly the same way).

The unfortunate side effect is understandable confusion and concern from participants and providers who aren’t aware of the technical history behind the rules.

🔖 For reference: we've attached a screenshot from pages 100–101 of the current price guide (published 16/06/25) showing exactly what is slated for removal.

Let’s make sure participants and providers alike go into this transition with confidence and clarity.

27/09/2025

👋 Looking for your next OT role? – we’re growing and have space for two!

At You Therapy Services, you’ll get flexibility, a fun supportive team, and a caseload mix of NDIS + Aged Care (Home Care Package). Our New Lambton office is hybrid-friendly, and we’ll back your growth every step of the way.

✨ Ready to love where you work? Apply now or tag your OT bestie!

👉 Link in comments

01/09/2025

We’re Hiring: Contracting Occupational Therapist ✨

We’re on the lookout for a passionate OT (Contractor) to join our team at You Therapy Services. With a focus on home modifications, assistive technology, and community-based OT services, you’ll get to do meaningful work while keeping the flexibility and independence that comes with contracting.

📍 Based in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie & Lower Hunter
👩‍⚕️ Supporting adults (all ages for home mods)

Why You’ll Love It Here:
🌟 Flexibility to work when and how it suits you
🌟 A supportive, like-minded OT crew
🌟 The freedom to choose work that inspires you
🌟 Independence without losing the team vibe

If you’re all about making homes safer, lives easier, and keeping people where they want to be – at home and in the community – we’d love to hear from you.

📞 Reach out to Laura at 0493 250 414 or laura@youtherapyservices.com

✨ Your time to do work that matters, on your terms.

03/07/2025

🛁 BEFORE & AFTER | A Beautifully Accessible Bathroom for a Beautiful Little Boy

BEFORE:
The existing bathroom just couldn’t keep up. The footprint was too small, and no amount of modifying could create the circulation space needed for safe, long-term accessibility. For this sweet 4-year-old boy and his family, it was time to think beyond the existing layout.

AFTER:
✨ Enter one clever solution — An adjacent spare bedroom has been completely transformed into a stunning, fully accessible bathroom. Every detail supports safety, dignity, and growth… all while reflecting the family’s warm, creative style. Think: open space, accessible layout, and finishes that are as beautiful as they are functional.

As an OT working in complex home mods, it’s always a privilege to help bring spaces like this to life — where clinical reasoning and family-centred design work hand-in-hand.

✔️ Spare bedroom converted to accessible bathroom
✔️ Layout meets AS1428.1 circulation space
✔️ Designed for equipment, carer support & future growth
✔️ Family-chosen finishes = practical and beautiful

This is what planning ahead and personalising your space can look like 💛

30/06/2025

🏡 BEFORE & AFTER | From Barriers to Belonging

BEFORE:
For this 13-year-old, getting upstairs to his family home had become increasingly difficult. With mobility declining and stairs no longer safe, carers could no longer support access without significant risk — and daily life was starting to feel out of reach.

AFTER:
✨ Enter: a fully enclosed lift, purposefully installed to connect him safely to the heart of the home. No more barriers. No more heavy lifting. Just access, dignity, and independence — right where it matters most.

As occupational therapist's working in complex home modifications, we are proud to help families find practical, lasting solutions that support safety and quality of life. This is what true inclusion looks like.

✔️ Safe and easy access to the home
✔️ Reduced physical strain for carers
✔️ Future-proofed for changing needs

These are the changes that change lives. 💛

Builder- Access Home Modifications

23/06/2025

A day late but what a morning it was on Sunday at Speers Point Park!

We took part in the Walk to Defeat MND with some of our kids by our side- walking for hope, for awareness, and to show our support for those living with Motor Neurone Disease.

Such a great atmosphere with so many people coming together. Proud to have our little crew involved in learning the importance of standing up for something that matters.

❤️