Blue Shores Occupational Therapy Service

18/08/2024

Lovely weekend walk! I love being an OT

31/01/2022

Very exciting news!! As part of the OT service blue shores now provides patient handling course.

12/01/2022

Another Lovely day working in Cobh. Love being an Occupational Therapist

28/10/2021

Did you know occupational therapists are leading the way in LGBT+ inclusive healthcare?

Our Good Practice Guidelines have been read widely throughout the profession & are being translated into several languages for use in other countries.

Available free here: https://bit.ly/aotiLGBT

15/05/2021

We're available to provide reports for anyone applying for grants. Call 0860556552 for more information

✅ Grants for people over the age of 66 ✅

I have been contacted by many people looking to avail of grants to help adapt and improve their homes. If anyone over 66 is in need of the following, there are grants available to assist you. This is available for people in Council AND Private homes.

👉 grab rails;
👉 a ramp;
👉 an accessible shower;
👉 a stair lift.

👉 help repair or replace the roof;
👉 upgrade the electrical wiring;
👉 repair or replace doors and windows;
👉 provide central heating (where there is no central heating or it is broken beyond economic repair).

03/03/2021

Great to see funding made available. I'm available to do home assessments and reports for your application

Funding is provided for local authorities expenditure incurred on the suite of adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability.

20/02/2021

Happy to say I am fully vaccinated against covid 19.

05/10/2020

Pleased to announce I've had an article published in the Irish examiner about being dyslexic.

Also listen out at 12.20 on newstalk tomorrow to hear me being interviewed!

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40059623.html

21/09/2020

Happy to announce we now offer manual handling and patient handling training

07/08/2020

We are available to help with applications for this and can assess your needs and provide OT reports for the council regarding any required adaptations. Call 0860556552 for more information

Housing Adaptation Grant for County Cork -

The Government announcement of €5,872,758 that has been allocated to County Cork for housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities.

It will be up to €30,000 grants for people with disabilities who need to do work on their properties to make it more suitable for people living with a disability. Up to €8,000 to assist older people who are living in poor housing conditions and need necessary improvements carried out and up to €6,000 for mobility aids to address mobility problems for members of the household.

The type of works allowable under the scheme are as follows .Access Ramps.Downstairs Toilets.Stairlifts -Hoists.Accessible Shower Adaptations to facilitate wheelchair access.Extensions.

Any other works that are reasonably necessary for the purposes of rendering a house more suitable for the accommodation of a person with a disability or an elderly person .

Find Application at -
https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/apply-grant